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**Shalershasker** · 20 September 2010, 09:27

Welcome to the nuthouse mate, the surf is a very capable offroad vehicle but as with many 4x4's a lot of it is down the the drivers ability as well the vehicle itself, tyres for instance will have a large bearing on how it performs off road, yes it does have selectable 2/4wd and hi/low range but the model your after will have no centre diff so don't drive it in 4wd on tarmac or other hard surface, no diff locks as standard either but can be fitted.

**Apache** · 20 September 2010, 10:23

But some are fitted with a rear LSD, which if in good condition helps a lot.

As has been said, out of the box it isn't as capable as a Defender but the driver is a big factor. On the flip side, Defenders are awful, agricultural, noisy, unreliable things with lots of creature-discomforts.

Horses for courses. If ALL you're gonna do is extreme offroad, look elsewhere, but if you want a pleasant daily driver that will go to 95% of the places a Defender will go to (and not break every weekend) a Surf is a better choice.

**kamaangir** · 20 September 2010, 14:25

Hi and welcome,

Mate of mine had a 110 and I liked it a lot, but 1 trip to Scotland and he sold it and bought a Nissan Patrol. He was deaf for 2 days!!

The surf is the most comfurtable thing I have sat in for a longtime, its good around town as its not too wide, I am happy with the performance too, it can be a beast compared to your average mondeo.
Big boot in the back and can tow a trailer if you need it.

Only thing with mine is the fuel consumption is quite high (partly my own fault as I drive like a banshee!) but then I mostly use, waste veg oil so hey who cares!

For me this an important bit: For the money its one awesome machine, I will buy other cars in the future but as I said to swimbo, I am keeping this one!

**TheKeymeister** · 20 September 2010, 15:11

Thanks for the comments, the main reason I want one of these as opposed to a defender is because I do a fair bit on the motorway as well, and would like to do it comfortably!

Both me and my mate are pretty new to the game but a couple of weekends going through the local fords and green lanes has pretty much got me hooked...not sure I'd go on some of the lanes we went in the defender though as his is hammerited black so he doesn't really care about scratching it! lol.

But unlike him I thought about practicality first....and being used to modern-ish cars things like an interior light and a stereo are pretty much a requirement....lol. My dad very nearly bought a surf a few years back but ended up with a Lucida instead, surprisingly I enjoyed driving around in that too.....plus with it being a jap import, working out how to use all the toys....

So thats me pretty much sold other than the insurance part of it.......anyone a similar age to me know what I'm likely to pay? The Escort is costing me about 800 a year at the moment on 2yrs ncb but given a couple of months that'll be 3yrs (touch wood), clean license etc too.

Cheers

**kamaangir** · 20 September 2010, 17:05

Have a read through this thread:
http://www.hiluxsurf.co.uk/forums/sh...ad.php?t=65548

its all there!

**surfingsod** · 20 September 2010, 17:11

I have been off-roading in a land rover and i almost cracked my skull into two pieces a surf is definitely the way to go lol

**surfingsod** · 20 September 2010, 17:13

oh and if you can get one imported from japan cuz of it will have air con and other things like that as standard

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