Hello from a rather miserable south Wales

[Chainsawj]

Hi and just a quick hello from a rather miserable taffy

I'm a chainsaw/chipper technician based in south Wales with a rather large family 7 of us in total (should of got an xbox sooner) who used to own a rather nice td5 unfortunately due to someone else thinking it was also rather nice I no longer have a a td5

So I'm now looking for a terranno but don't no a great deal about them eg tuning off road ability and generally living with them but il be picking your brains with loads of random questions as the days/weeks go on

Thanks

[jims-terrano]

Hi and welcome aboard. Several members from wales and plenty people mod them. To be fair a standard truck is a very capable motor. Rust is the biggest enemy but not too bad to repair either. I've had a 2.7 since 2002 and loved, only reason I still don't have it is because some dope was on the wrong side of the road but as I've been told if my wife hadn't of been in such a substantial truck she probably wouldn't be with us. 3litres are supposed to be really great engines too and a little better mpg and oomf but I have no complaints about the 2.7

If you are seriously planning on getting a terrano this is the best place to be.

[don simon]

Originally Posted by jims-terrano

Hi and welcome aboard. Several members from wales and plenty people mod them. To be fair a standard truck is a very capable motor. Rust is the biggest enemy but not too bad to repair either. I've had a 2.7 since 2002 and loved, only reason I still don't have it is because some dope was on the wrong side of the road but as I've been told if my wife hadn't of been in such a substantial truck she probably wouldn't be with us. 3litres are supposed to be really great engines too and a little better mpg and oomf but I have no complaints about the 2.7

If you are seriously planning on getting a terrano this is the best place to be.

Oi! Us Welshies are fine in original spec and don't need modding!!!
Croeso, you'll find plenty of advice in here.

[jims-terrano]

Originally Posted by don simon

Oi! Us Welshies are fine in original spec and don't need modding!!!
Croeso, you'll find plenty of advice in here.

Someone hasn't told Pete that

[Chainsawj]

Just returned from looking at a 2003 3.0 di sve good price nice truck while I was more interested in how it drove the wife was having a good poke about the interior and seems to think the middle belt in the second row was only a lap belt can anyone shead any light on this for me and thanks for the warm welcome

[johnb5177]

Originally Posted by don simon

Oi! Us Welshies are fine in original spec and don't need modding!!!
Croeso, you'll find plenty of advice in here.

+1

[johnb5177]

Middle belt in centre back is lap only, rear rear bench has 2 x lap/diagonal I believe...

[Chainsawj]

Any idea if newer models have 3, 3 point belts in the middle row

[emjaybee]

Man, you are in the right place. Plenty of tuning if that's your bag, although if you buy a 3.0ltr I'd have thought 150bhp was enough (plenty for me, will tow 3ton). Off road ability... well standard with good all terrain tyres, I've got General Grabbers A/T, that gets me across muddy fields, muddy tracks and muddy hills to shoots well enough.

I'm pretty sure someone will be along shortly with suggestions of body/suspension lifts and bigger tyres, but they're not necessary unless you want to do some difficult green laning.

Welcome aboard.

[zippy656]

Welcome
Loads of information here, just read everything

[Chainsawj]

Right then looked at more or less every truck in my area and can't find 1 with 3 3 point middle row seats how difficult would it be to fit them can't find an image on Google or anything related to it. this is a deal breaker for me has I have 5 little uns and really need a truck as I'm losing work as the P.O.S PEUGEOT I bought (feel dirty jut saying the name) hasn't got the power to pull the skin off a sausage help please

[solarman216]

Originally Posted by Chainsawj

Right then looked at more or less every truck in my area and can't find 1 with 3 3 point middle row seats how difficult would it be to fit them

Not really possible as the mount is a streangthened part of the roof during construction, even if you could match it you would need to get it tested by VOSA, Rick

[Chainsawj]

Well took a 70 year old who's crazier than a bag of burning cats to solve my problem

My mum today come up with the idea of getting a child seat that works off a lap belt wtf nearly 20 years of me being a technician why didn't it think of that bet u if u asked my mum how many wheels a car has the reply would be what's a wheel :-/