My Mum just bought this not even 3 weeks ago.
Crazy Jealous here. LOL.
2008 Subaru Forester X 2.5
SEXY thing. Not as good as a Nissan Narava but quite fine! 
The Brissy Car Show! Sexyness
2008 Subaru Forester X 2.5
Too bad now I have the old 87 Skyline. LOL!
Not going to take a pic of it, but the same car as this shiat box.
Take a look at the Diesel Pajeros (just remember not the 2650). They are very fuel efficient for the size and surprisingly not too sluggish off the mark, with the torque to get you into and out again of just about anywhere. The difference between fuel consumption between the petrol and diesel is very large.
you should be able to get a 2.8 litre turbo diesel patrol for about 15k with low ks ,
should be good on fuel , nice cars to drive . they go anywhere in the right hands
my 4.2 diesel gets about 650 - 700 ks out of a 95 litre tank so im not sure what the 2.8 would get.
aaaand u can fit heaps of stuff in there and sleep in the back if u need to . easy to fix too!
I recently bought a 96 Mitsubishi Delica for $9800. Its quite a good van, comfortable inside and capable off road. The only off road driving I have done has been on my parent's farm which is fairly hilly and a little swampy in the gullies because of the rain we have had here.
Stacks of room inside. Its possible to have a 2.5 meter board and windsurfer gear inside and have one passenger in the back. Two backseat passengers are possible but one would have to hop over the board.
Its a 2.8 litre diesel and fuel economy isn't too bad plus you get the trick sunroof and moonroof with the electric blinds. Mine has great reflective tint so its really hard to see inside it day or night. You basically have to stick your eyes up to the glass to see inside.
They look a bit silly but they are fun to drive as you are so high up. Very easy to look down on all the pseudo 4WD wagons that are really 1WD that have trouble getting out of a medium sized puddle.http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_2924/article.html
Disadvantages:
The handling is pretty ordinary compared to an ordinary sedan, which is to be expected.
Engine noise is very present as the engine is very close to the cabin.
They are harder to insure as they are an import.
They do not like shopping centre car parks with low roofs.
However overall they are trick vans.
15 - 18l per 100k's But you tend to forget about how much the fuel is costing when you are enjoying the sights that a lot of people can't.
i c this is the post pics of a pagero thread... well i have a lot but heres the most recent, some others exist but bells is ruining the photo with "gangsta" poses
OK, so if we're posting photo's of Pajeros to encourage Rellie
Shopping Trolley (just before being sold)
Shopping Trolley- NOT!
You wouldn't have got up this hill in a Forrester.
I bet he would have
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If you want to do serious offroad stuff, get a landcruiser. Nothing has ever come close (maybe a hummer, but $ and ****er rep). You will find parts for them in the middle of nowhere.
Wheels will perfectly fit every offroad track.
And look at wikipedia, scroll to 2nd gen pajero.Also called.........Hyundai Galloper.........
Dont get a newer model, it looks like 20 people designed a different section, put it all together and went with that.(the pajero that is)
Also landcruiser been around since 1951, pajero 1981. Both a long time, but 30yrs more is a fair amount.
land cruisers where the ****test offroaders around in south africa, they where way too wide and heavy for all the roads so if you took one off road you would just be hitting trees both sides all day. their wheel base made it so they would be driving out of the ruts, some parks banned them. the land rover is still king of the bush, over here it doesn't matter cus land cruisers are so common that they have made their own ruts all over australia. also your going to be in a **** one for 15k
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Get an XJ Cherokee, you'll pick up a beauty for around $7k and you can spend the rest on petrol 
Just be careful Jeeping is addictive.
Now I can't wait to hear all the non Jeep driving experts tell you how crap they are.
Just be careful Jeeping is addictive.
Just be careful Jeeping is addictive.
Thanks for everyones help again.
Have decided that to give up the laser is too much to bear and restoring her to her former glory is the WTG.
Plus its only $900 for a new engine........
Maybe i'll get a gas guzzling environmental train wreck at a later date !!
I know being a tight arse spending any amount of money on anything is a challenge for me.
So the laser Vs 4WD was a hard decision but $900 Vs $15000 was a reasonably easy battle.
I will get a 4wd in the near furture, for sure, just not yet.
....and thanks to everyone who posted
This picture sealed the 4wd for me
that's scary 
even my 5litre on lpg gets 300km around town on only 50 litres of lpg, loaded up with gear
Only Pajero I've driven was a 3.2L diesel turbo for work and it was shocking offroad.
My missus was following me in my 91 Terrano which was going everywhere the Pajero wouldn't, and that was the first time she had ever driven a 4WD.
I've heard the older Pajero's are good but I wasn't impressed with the new ones.
Laser goes to be rejuvianated this week.
Ill post a Piccy of the new donk when its in
all QLD males, kiters, single show ur cars. HAHAHAHA jk
