My first car!

redarrow

redarrow

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So rather ironically a few minutes after creating a MyBB biker group I decided I should post about my first car.. :o

OK it's not 100% my car :o .. it's only half mine and half my brothers, we run a partnership business so this is really a work car.. :)

Toyota Hilux SRX 2.0 litre (not diesel) ... We got it last Thursday and we've already put 1200 km on the clock! :eek: First work trip was to George this week (and a bit further) .. next week it's East London and soon thereafter, Cape Town.. yah we travel a lot.. :)

It's a very nice ride, but it's also a very thirsty one.. the first time we filled up was R550.00 and the tank was not empty! :eek:

I would really have preferred for it to be a nice touring bike.. But hey sometimes you just have to use a car. :o

Maybe next time it's gonna be a new bike.. :D
 
I believe a Hilux is infact a bakkie :P And not a car... But I love bakkies ;)
 
Nice choice for tax and rebates. Also good choice for reliability.

Yah, they can be thirsty, not quite a R6 on fuel eh??

Enjoy it, look after it (unless you make too much money ans are looking to reduce net profits with repairs:))

Good luck with it, now watch the fuel bills climb as you want to travel at 150km/h between towns he he

Good luck.

Ps what business you in???
 
Kokop said:
Nice choice for tax and rebates. Also good choice for reliability.
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Yeah good for tax. ditto on reliability, can't go wrong with a Toyota.. :)

Kokop said:
Yah, they can be thirsty, not quite a R6 on fuel eh??

Enjoy it, look after it (unless you make too much money ans are looking to reduce net profits with repairs:))
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If we were making too much money we'd have bought a more expensive bakkie.. :D

Kokop said:
Good luck with it, now watch the fuel bills climb as you want to travel at 150km/h between towns he he
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Yah.. we'll have to watch that speedo needle.. Sits very comfortably at 140.. ;)

Kokop said:
Good luck.
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Thanks!

Kokop said:
Ps what business you in???
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I'd rather not state it publicly.. :o
It's very unusual, rare enough that 2 minutes on Google will produce all my contact details.. :o - not that I'm paranoid per se, just defies the purpose of an anonymous forum. :)
 
redarrow said:
I'm not too worried.. ;)
Have actually been to Cape Town a fair amount of times without any incident.. :)

In fact of all the places I've traveled I only once experienced a vehicle break in and that was in East London! :eek:
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highest hijack alert on a srx bakkie..believe i know i do the figures:eek:
 
Hey! Congrats bro ;) :D :p I got my first pc this week so I know how you feel, soon you'll have your very own car, I'm sure of it! ;)
 
dablakmark8 said:
highest hijack alert on a srx bakkie..believe i know i do the figures:eek:
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Eish! Oh dear..

Note to self: Do not stop moving in Cape Town..


Well it does have a "anti smash and grab" covering on the windows, forget what it's called but it's supposed to be a bit like shatterproof windows (i.e., very hard to break).. :)


teraside said:
Hey! Congrats bro ;) :D :p I got my first pc this week so I know how you feel, soon you'll have your very own car, I'm sure of it! ;)
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Thanks tera!
Congrats on your PC too! ;)

I'm quite happy to share a car for now...
Resources are sufficiently down enough to prevent me from getting another for quite some time.. ;)
 
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redarrow said:
Id rather not state it publicly.. :o
It's very unusual, rare enough that 2 minutes on Google will produce all my contact details.. :o - not that I'm paranoid per se, just defies the purpose of an anonymous forum. :)
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are you the blokes that clean up crime scenes? powerwash the blood away etc.


...just a random thought....
 
redarrow said:
So rather ironically a few minutes after creating a MyBB biker group I decided I should post about my first car.. :o

OK it's not 100% my car :o .. it's only half mine and half my brothers, we run a partnership business so this is really a work car.. :)

Toyota Hilux SRX 2.0 litre (not diesel) ... We got it last Thursday and we've already put 1200 km on the clock! :eek: First work trip was to George this week (and a bit further) .. next week it's East London and soon thereafter, Cape Town.. yah we travel a lot.. :)

It's a very nice ride, but it's also a very thirsty one.. the first time we filled up was R550.00 and the tank was not empty! :eek:

I would really have preferred for it to be a nice touring bike.. But hey sometimes you just have to use a car. :o

Maybe next time it's gonna be a new bike.. :D
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congrats dude and safe driving!
 
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