garethw
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I've had diesels for the last 7 years, ranging from a VW Golf GTTDI fast and cheap to run, a Mercedes M Class that coped well off road even in the snow, a Mitsubishi L200 Warrior and a Triton (same car but Asian spec), and now a Chevy Trailblazer 2.5 Duramax diesel. The L200 was loaded up with dogs, people, and the odd deer after a successful stalk in Scotland, in one of the UK's worst winters in Scotland I was the only person able to get out of the condo I lived in, it coped with mud, water, snow, and reasonably rugged hilly terrain with no worries at all, was comfortable enough to drive 350 odd miles on the motorways down South, and was reasonably economical on a long run at a constant speed, town driving it drank a lot of diesel.
The Chevy is a big old beast for me being English, but is comfortable to drive, copes well with the Thai highways and rural back roads / tracks, pretty economical to run and I am sure it "borrows" the engine from Isuzu.
The Chevy is a big old beast for me being English, but is comfortable to drive, copes well with the Thai highways and rural back roads / tracks, pretty economical to run and I am sure it "borrows" the engine from Isuzu.