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Hi there,
Standard Newb first post but...
I'm looking for a Hilux Surf and i've done a bit of mooching around to get an idea of the key differences between gens etc.
We've got about £3k to spend and it looks that'll get us a fairly reasonable 2nd Gen or occasionally a 3rd Gen if we're lucky. I have a tendancy to always go for the 'newer' generation of any given tech and basically i wanted to get a feeling from you guys whether it was worth spending most of the budget on a 3rd Gen or only some of it on a 2nd gen and then spending the remainder on odds and sods modifications such as suspension, roof racks, winch etc.
We're planning on driving it to Mongolia and back (or to Japan and shipping it back) so we're looking for sub 100k miles and reliability (which by the looks of things the Hilux Surf has).
so in short.
wait for the right 3rd gen and spend most of the budget?
or
get a 2nd gen and do it up?
and what would i be missing (if anything) from the 3rd gen or is it much of a muchness?
thanks for your time and patience guys
Ant
Hi there,
Standard Newb first post but...
I'm looking for a Hilux Surf and i've done a bit of mooching around to get an idea of the key differences between gens etc.
We've got about £3k to spend and it looks that'll get us a fairly reasonable 2nd Gen or occasionally a 3rd Gen if we're lucky. I have a tendancy to always go for the 'newer' generation of any given tech and basically i wanted to get a feeling from you guys whether it was worth spending most of the budget on a 3rd Gen or only some of it on a 2nd gen and then spending the remainder on odds and sods modifications such as suspension, roof racks, winch etc.
We're planning on driving it to Mongolia and back (or to Japan and shipping it back) so we're looking for sub 100k miles and reliability (which by the looks of things the Hilux Surf has).
so in short.
wait for the right 3rd gen and spend most of the budget?
or
get a 2nd gen and do it up?
and what would i be missing (if anything) from the 3rd gen or is it much of a muchness?
thanks for your time and patience guys
Ant