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sensible budget for a AWD Toyota Hilux D4D 2.5L Pickup
fully equiped, no such thing
reliable Toyota Hilux D4D 2.5L Pickup
go anywhere no such vehicle!
sleep in the back vehicle Toyota Hilux D4D 2.5LPickup

Did I mention the Toyota Hilux D4D Pickup?
if, however, you want the best 4x4 on the market.....buy a camel or 3! or there's always the Unicat!
Nice second hand MD 45/Unimog U1550 L37going for 'only' 279,000 Euro+VAT (in my dreams!)
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Toyota Hilux D2D 2.5L

Toyota Hilux D2D 2.5L Pickup
Toyota Hilux D2D 2.5LPickup
Umm...hate to be picky...
it's "D4D" - we don't want to lead the gentleman to a dead end.

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there was a really nice pinzgauer camper for sale for 12,000 euro in Austria, I saw the add will try and find the link.

it's a big truck unimog type a thing was all in dakar livery and looked nice.

or a nicely decked out Misubishi Delica it's people carrier that's been bolted to a 4x4 patform will go most places it's Japanese so will run for ever and parts are easy enough to find.

or a nicely decked out regular 4x4 with a tent or roof tent would do the job and spend what you've saved on the trip.

or take a really cheap car like a fiat panda and spend all the money on the trip, fiat panda's regularly make it to mongolia and back, even a Lada Niva's run for ever and in russia anyone from 11-99 can fix one. Again spend the balance of what you've saved on the trip.

I suppose it depends what you want and where your going... it's you driving top tesco's it has to be a Disco 3 with roof tent, bull bars, winch and snokel. If it the desert where nobody cares as long as it runs take whatever you want.

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Origional poster asked for budget for a vehicle, so no toyo v lr bunfights please as they are so boring

I'm gonna stick my neck out and say 10k GBP as a fair budget

yes you can go chaper or alot more expensive (did anyone mention unicat ?) but that budget should get you a built vehicle or a base vehicle + conversion if you do it yourself (checkout mobile.de)

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Iveco 40-10 4x4 base vehicle £3200 which gives you standing space, diff locks etc. and plenty of room for sleeping inside (part of op's spec)

2.5k for tyres, big service, replace all rubber bits etc.

fit out to your requirements , depends if you are happy buying stuff 2nd hand , i saw an engel go for 82 quid recently on ebay, i bought a 1400 quid nat. luna fridge for £350, works great

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Obvious I know but also the more fully equiped, more reliable (more spares, tools etc?) your sleep in the back vehicle becomes, the less go anywhere it ends up! Or you still go anywhere, but perhaps with more body damage, more risk of rolling / getting stuck etc. And having just forked out all that dosh for a nice shiny Unicat you may not wanna do that!

(Sorry if that U word slipped out again, I do it in my sleep apparently too)

More specifically, last year I was quoted £14500 for a good U1300L chassis plus around £3k for a thorough checkover, service etc from two different places. Willinghams of Hull estimated £10k for a suitable camper box, shell only. Continental rather than Michelins were £320 each. A good second hand mog camper could be saving you money rather than new almost before you decide what colour carpet

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Well thanks for ALL the replies (some last request coming for a few tho ).

My post was deliberately vague as I wanted to gauge what those who actually have DONE trips had found it realistic to budget for.

Thanks anyways but no more replies on this.
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My post was deliberately vague as I wanted to gauge what those who actually have DONE trips had found it realistic to budget for.
The trouble with being so vague is that you will never get a quantifiable response.

You can sleep in the back of an 80 or a 100 series and I have had customers that have done UK to Cape Town trips in them with budgets ranging from buying the base vehicle (an 80) for £4k and then spending £6k prepping it or at the end of the scale buying a newish 100 series for £30k and then spending £35k prepping it - that is a massive variation for the same trip in virtually the same vehicle.

I am sure that the same could be applied to one of the long wheel base Land Rovers.

At the end of the day most well serviced leading 4wds will be fine for overlanding in standard form, it is then down to the individual as to what they consider necessary preparation.
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