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Cheers for the vote of confidence guys 
Just need to sort the cash now, which means selling my cars first :/
As for what do I want from the Surf, I'm still undecided. I was convinced up until last night that it has to be 3.0TD, but after a bit more reading I'm wondering about the petrol versions, they sound pretty good, plus all of them seem to be much cheaper to buy, about a month ago there was a 3.5 V6 2nd gen in Essex for £650
Don't laugh too hard, but my wife's last two cars have been a Rav4 then she got the newer shape Ford Maverick, in fairness over the 5 years it never went wrong, she has horses, so potentially needs to be towing stuff out of muddy fields, trips up to the muddy fields in the winter/snow, so she'll certainly be using it fairly regularly come the time.
2nd or 3rd Gen - I'm quite into the whole intimidating, but at the same time shiny and clean look. I think black and some of the dark blue ones look ace. 2nd gen with tidy chrome look mean, especially with the right wheel & tyre combo. Where as the 3rd gen I think look prettier, hence the hairdresser comments, again they can look tough in the right getup, Bushwhaker's looks great to me, I'd just want big knobbly tyres
I'd really like to give off roading a go, but it'd only be a hobby, and I'd not be able to do it that often, plus if I end up with a nice shiny example I don't want to scratch/dent the thing to death, mud doesn't bother me I'll just get the pressure washer out.
Mechanics I'll certainly be attempting myself, I've worked on my own cars for the last 10 years, still don't have a clue what I'm doing, just read up on the web and it takes as long as it takes. I'm guessing the 2nd gen is probably easier to work on than 3rd, as new cars/trucks these days seem overly complicated.
Hopefully I'll have £2000 to spend, maybe £2500 at a push, and from what I've seen on the web over the past few months that should be enough to get me what I want
Just need to sort the cash now, which means selling my cars first :/
As for what do I want from the Surf, I'm still undecided. I was convinced up until last night that it has to be 3.0TD, but after a bit more reading I'm wondering about the petrol versions, they sound pretty good, plus all of them seem to be much cheaper to buy, about a month ago there was a 3.5 V6 2nd gen in Essex for £650
Don't laugh too hard, but my wife's last two cars have been a Rav4 then she got the newer shape Ford Maverick, in fairness over the 5 years it never went wrong, she has horses, so potentially needs to be towing stuff out of muddy fields, trips up to the muddy fields in the winter/snow, so she'll certainly be using it fairly regularly come the time.
2nd or 3rd Gen - I'm quite into the whole intimidating, but at the same time shiny and clean look. I think black and some of the dark blue ones look ace. 2nd gen with tidy chrome look mean, especially with the right wheel & tyre combo. Where as the 3rd gen I think look prettier, hence the hairdresser comments, again they can look tough in the right getup, Bushwhaker's looks great to me, I'd just want big knobbly tyres
I'd really like to give off roading a go, but it'd only be a hobby, and I'd not be able to do it that often, plus if I end up with a nice shiny example I don't want to scratch/dent the thing to death, mud doesn't bother me I'll just get the pressure washer out.
Mechanics I'll certainly be attempting myself, I've worked on my own cars for the last 10 years, still don't have a clue what I'm doing, just read up on the web and it takes as long as it takes. I'm guessing the 2nd gen is probably easier to work on than 3rd, as new cars/trucks these days seem overly complicated.
Hopefully I'll have £2000 to spend, maybe £2500 at a push, and from what I've seen on the web over the past few months that should be enough to get me what I want
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