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What Car/4x4 ??? Help

hello there im sure this is an oldy but here we go!! I want to do a trip to south america of around a year i like go get off the beaten track but im not one off there people who gets lost in the jungle and starts eating monkey to survive!! hehe i should thinnk it be better a 4x4 because i do like the dirt!! but my budget is not the bigget and i rather spend the money on petrol/diesel than a expensive car!!! also important is it likekly to get spares for the car!! i have had a few thoughts: land cruiser the old ones, land rove? suzuki samurai, panda 4x4. anything will do as long as it last, not to expensive (€4000-5000) what do you think?? thank you
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TOYOTA Hilux - Diesel -no contest but then I'm biased, I've got one - Diesel deffo 4 Africa- Sth America don't know -
Giving 32mpg, a pickup so can sleep in the back- a ton load carrying capacity- tried and tested engines and transmissions- I trust mine-
Landy owners - please, no pelting!
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TOYOTA Hilux - Diesel -no contest but then I'm biased, I've got one - Diesel deffo 4 Africa- Sth America don't know -
Giving 32mpg, a pickup so can sleep in the back- a ton load carrying capacity- tried and tested engines and transmissions- I trust mine-
Landy owners - please, no pelting!
Given your criteria that seems pretty good advice and I don’t have one so I’m not biased
Rust is the only major killer of HiLux’s IMHO. Have no knowledge of spares availability in South America though.

Suzuki. Amazing things off road, simple, robust, cheap. But absolutely horrible to travel any sort of distance in
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Pajero

how about a mitzubishi pajero late 80's modle is that any good saw a couple of them quite cheap but nobod seems to mention them??
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You know, it doesn't really matter, as long as it's not too 'new'. The less electronics the better, no computer, no electronic fuel injection and you'll pretty much be right in anything...

The Zapps travelled all of South America in a Graham Page from 1928, reasonable ground clearance but 2wd, wooden spokes in the wheels and a top speed of 50km/hour...
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thats amazing what they did!!! might read the book!!! love the old car
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Hi there,

observing from the saddle of my motorcycle for the last 11 months in central and south america (Colombia, Equador and Peru till Lima), i definetly would take a toyota hilux pickup. They're everywhere! And toyota dealers all over.

It seems as common as an enfield in India. well not that common, but close...

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