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[Big Rod]

THIS!  

[Admin]

Sadness... much sadness!  

I really like yours Rod, and if it were a grand or so ( ) I'd have it off you!

Frontera.... :-/

[Big Rod]

Sadness... much sadness!  

I really like yours Rod, and if it were a grand or so ( ) I'd have it off you!

Frontera.... :-/

I know, I'm taking a fair bit of flack for my choice of forbayfor, but it fits the bill for a price that I can afford without getting into debt over. Remember I need something less than five years old with less than 150k on it and I need to be able to tow a fairly large car with it, so it's not like I'm spoiled for choice, and I didn't fancy any of the Korean alternatives and I'm not alowed a pick up, so Mitsubishi MentalAnimals with roll bars and truckman tops aren't allowed either otherwise I'd've had one of them.

I also know that it's not necessarily the best guage of the vehicle, but all the on-line reviews I've read don't seem to make ownership of one any more daunting than owning an Omega.

Gonna need a box of Kleenex when my Meega goes though!!

[Martin_1962]

Time to hit the company car rules moron with a breaker bar I think.

[Markie]

So Rod do you ave to surrender your car or is it for sale  

I have a black mv6, that i could put the rear seats down in, to make kind of estatey, and fit a towbar to if you want to supply me 7 or 8k

[Big Rod]

So Rod do you ave to surrender your car or is it for sale  

It's for sale Jock, but it's already spoken for, sorry. I did notice you were looking for something like my car but I did promise the buyer first refusal and he didn't refuse.

I have a black mv6, that i could put the rear seats down in, to make kind of estatey, and fit a towbar to if you want to supply me 7 or 8k

Let me think about it..............

Hmmmmmm..............

Nah yer awright.  

[Marks DTM Calib]

The Frontera is very under rated as a 4x4 and has excellent off road capability, murders a Disco on the muddy stuff....the first 18 months of production could be trouble some but, following this they were pretty bomb proof. Plus the 97/98 onwards models are basicaly the Isuzu trooper with a different body work on it with ladder chassis 2.8Td, proper V6 etc......

[TheBoy]

murders a Disco on the muddy stuff....

Not sure I'd agree with that. The Discovery is one of the best of the 'luxury' offroaders. Not that many do see offroad of course.

Personally, never got on with Frontera as a road car. Always seemed a bit of a tank...

[Big Rod]

Well, I'm hopefully going to look at one next Fiday in Loughborough.

It's a manual and it's white, but it's low mileage, 54 plate and cheap.

fingers crossed she doesn't sell it in the meantime.

Unless someone in that neck of hte woods wants to test drive it for me!!  :exclamation

[Big Rod]

Time to hit the company car rules moron with a breaker bar I think.

Too right Martin! You've no idea how much of a headache this has been for me recently!!

The thing is, even though the car allowance isn't particularly generous, I could run two cars off it if they weren't so anal about the age restriction.

I even tried to get out of the allowance scheme but they wouldn't allow it.

To make matters worse, I did actually think about taking a company car. We liked the S-Max actually, a tremendous little car it is, but under the company scheme it would cost me about £400 a month in lost allowance payments and buy up penalties. Granted it's insured, road taxed and maintained into the bargain, but I don't agree with new cars at all.

[Martin_1962]

murders a Disco on the muddy stuff....

Not sure I'd agree with that. The Discovery is one of the best of the 'luxury' offroaders. Not that many do see offroad of course.

Personally, never got on with Frontera as a road car. Always seemed a bit of a tank...

A Discovery is good off road - I have been a passenger and I was surprised we got through.

[Martin_1962]

Time to hit the company car rules moron with a breaker bar I think.

Too right Martin! You've no idea how much of a headache this has been for me recently!!

The thing is, even though the car allowance isn't particularly generous, I could run two cars off it if they weren't so anal about the age restriction.

I even tried to get out of the allowance scheme but they wouldn't allow it.

To make matters worse, I did actually think about taking a company car. We liked the S-Max actually, a tremendous little car it is, but under the company scheme it would cost me about £400 a month in lost allowance payments and buy up penalties. Granted it's insured, road taxed and maintained into the bargain, but I don't agree with new cars at all.

Sounds bad - how big a company?

[Big Rod]

Sounds bad - how big a company?

Huge; I work for one of Siemens' many divisions.

[Martin_1962]

Sounds bad - how big a company?

Huge; I work for one of Siemens' many divisions.

Oh dear you are shafted then

[Markie]

The Frontera is very under rated as a 4x4 and has excellent off road capability, murders a Disco on the muddy stuff....the first 18 months of production could be trouble some but, following this they were pretty bomb proof. Plus the 97/98 onwards models are basicaly the Isuzu trooper with a different body work on it with ladder chassis 2.8Td, proper V6 etc......

I had always discounted the Frontera....so maybe i should considor a post 98 - v6 -as a tow car :-/