Vauxhall Frontera

[General Lee]

Hi,

Has anybody owned one of these, if so are they very reliable. Petrol or diesle not bothered. Thinking of getting one as they are very cheap to insure and buy.

Cheers
Nath

[Jack]

Lee had one and was very impressed with it.... LOL lol

[craig green]

Generally pretty good. Not the best off roader but tough & dependable.
Nice & cheap too. Just a re-badged Chevrolet Rodeo from the states IIRC, they havent got too bad a rep in the US.

[chimp007_uk]

My bro bougth a speed boat and it came with one, £800 the pai lol and it had 12months mot. Its the 2litre 8valve ohc, and its soooo gutless and drinks fuel, does about 24mpg.

Not bad off road. RWD in standard form, I've had some doughnut fun in the fields lol

[VXandy]

IMO i'd go for the diesel alternative, very cheap to run and wont fall apart after 100,000 miles

[mdunnxe2b]

total ****e dont even bother get a land rover thats a mans 4x4 they are under powered and ride is terrible and they look rubbish aswell

[Ernie]

SCRAP......... End of.

[General Baxter]

land rover thats a mans 4x4

shame there not 4x4 lol

[mdunnxe2b]

ok then 4 wheel drive still better than anything else:thumb:

[Mike]

Lee had one and was very impressed with it.... LOL lol

lol was just going to say, speak to Lee about his views on these :D

[mowgli]

buy a real jap 4x4, the frontera was not built, it was thrown together

[Stanley]

My mates just got a Trooper 'Bighorn' haha.

Came up cheap and the name 'bighorn' sold it for him!

Quite good offroad. 3.1 TD engine. Good laugh trying to drive up things!

[John]

leave well alone, cheap disco imo!

[mdunnxe2b]

tbh discoverys are cheap as chips at the mo aswell as any other make and you have the best of everything they are comfy to drive , tow really well ,7 seats etc and good on fuel i use mine for everything from on the farm to a trip to the beach or going on hoilday:cool:

[mikey14sr]

They're quite competent off road, I've known of a few that have gotten over obstacles that have broken defenders and disco's.

They're re-badged isuzu's underneath (as is the chevvy version), but they don't have centre diff's, which is why 4wd on non-slippy surfaces is a very bad idea.

The 2.8TD (nicked from the trooper) is the best to go for, just don't expect great mpg from it.

[Joe Richardson]

my oldman had one back in the late 90's and he hated it,got rid straight away,gash motorslol

[bai1ey]

my mum and dad had a 2.2 turbo diesel intercooled. and i want one i loved it awsome to drive very comfy and never had a problem in the 4 or so years we had it. i would highly recomend one

[mdunnxe2b]

a frontera going places a land rover cant not a chance there rubbish off road there a townie car

[General Baxter]

a frontera going places a land rover cant not a chance there rubbish off road there a townie car

lol

and i wont own a landrover, there crap off road lol

[mdunnxe2b]

no taste or sence of adventure then baxter lol

[General Baxter]

lol

edit, read in the paper about that jap land cruser doing a 30,000mile trip to down under last week, for a holiday, a land rover would of broken down comming out of the uk, or get stuck in some sand lol

[mdunnxe2b]

really cant explain my hate for any other four wheel drive i wave the landy flag end of:cool: one life live it all the way

[General Baxter]

when i go off road, i spend 90% of the time pulling landys out, when i just go across normal lol

[mdunnxe2b]

rubbish there crap drivers then not the land rovers fault i wont lie they have there problems with being reliable but when there working you wont find better they have been more places and done more things than any other off roader

[General Baxter]

nar there diff lock is just crap lol

arb air locking diffs for the win

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a191/baxters83/P070908_143201-1.jpg

[mdunnxe2b]

dear god no you must just be great off road like me bax:thumb:

[General Baxter]

dear god no you must just be great off road like me bax:thumb:

i challange you to the widowmaker at toms farm lol
i dont give a **** if i roll it, mines made of steel not tin foil :thumb:

[mdunnxe2b]

this is true but at least mine will bend back to shape easy pmsl:thumb: loving this argument btw

[General Baxter]

i just win lol

jap reliability, and off road in heated massaging cream leather seats lol

[Sloth]

im with baxter on this, the nissans are built like tanks. lnadys have one use. frag feed.

[General Baxter]

iv had mine fall over on its side, i just folded the mirror back out, and carried on lol

[mdunnxe2b]

wtf frag feed?, nissan :D your never crush my landrover soul ahahahaahah

[General Baxter]

id have a good go to run one over lol

[Sloth]

ive seen a landy get stuck and a bloody landcruiser amazon go past it ffs. they really are cock. and it has rover in the name. fail, end of.

[mdunnxe2b]

lmfao ok baxter i will let you try ive just realised we seem to have gone off the topic a little in out own little battle can we agree that the frontera is **** and landys and nissans for the win together in harmony

[General Baxter]

they look good with kids in the back seat going to school lol

that sounds pedorific lol

[mdunnxe2b]

sloth shhh lol

[mdunnxe2b]

lmfao@ baxter just a little matey

[Sloth]

haha, ex toyota mate. all i did was 4x4's....