Recent content by DavidW1

Yep Simon, I can aggree with you - fitted several over the years to various cars and they are great for value and quality. Their cusomer service is very good too with expert advice online or phone.

I had the 3.0 Auto in my 97 Shogun and found that flicking it out of overdrive before the revs dropped off was quite benificial, specially on motorway hills. The 3.0 motor liked it's revs to be over 2000 when towing and would often need second gear on hilly sections, it was good practice to...

Hope you had a great time away NGH - the Cotswolds is one of my favourite places in UK. By now you should have experienced towing in 4WD - doesn't feel any different really does it and I could never see much difference in the fuel consumption, maybe a mile per gallon less. I used my shoggie...

The Shogun Sport/Challenger is a different car to the post 2000 Shogun 3.2/3.5 and uses the transmission and chassis set up of the older series 11 and 111 Shogun/Pajero. It's axles are stronger and towing a trailer in 2WD will do no harm - there is therefore no warning in the handbook for this...

We made the reluctant decision three weeks ago and now it's reality. Goodby Caravaning after all these years - reason, can't afford all our various interests anymore and something had to go. It's fuel cost, road tax, van insurance, van service not to speak of towcar service and insurance costs...

I agree with Stephen - why put yourself through all this stress. Get an Auto, they don't have clutches and are much better as towcars IMO. Before every treehugger tells me about the planet and higher fuel cost - what about the cost of repairs and rescue when these DMF's pack in, not to speak of...

Hey credit where it's due folks. Honest John and Whatcar both rave about this car and cite no particular gripes except minor reliability problems on early models. HJ calls it an SUV sportscar and WC give it 5 stars as a used buy. I'd have one if I could afford it and it came with auto 4WD.

When I checked last year an indi wanted

I have always been tempted by Beemers in general as they tick lots of towing boxes as RWD and as 4WD they are potentially excellent towcars. Been put of though by the forementioned skyhigh service cost and high insurance premiums. Also the general consensus says you must change the oil on the...

Yes Emmerson it can be a bit "choppy" solo over certain surfaces but it makes up for that when towing - like the 4track it has almost no overhang at the rear so it has a very low moment about the towball which reduces pitch considerably. With a twin axle the stability in the for and aft pitch...

Hi Colin, So the trusty old 4track is finally going then? Bet your'e sad. A hill farmer of my aquaintance in the Beacons National Park had one for donkeys years but it finally let him down when the back axle casing cracked. He replaced it with an Isuzu pickup which has given him no end of...

Sorry to ofend you Ray, actually I was expressing my opinion. Sorry it's different to yours mate but there you go. Isn't hijacking taking over by the way?

I aggree with Lutz wholeheartedly on this topic - I also think people who anguish over MPG figures "should get out more" especially with their van! I glanced at my Shoguns handbook just now and it gives an average figure of 21.7 mpg - havn't zeroed the fuel computer for ages now but guess what...

I think the cost advantage, in the UK anyway, has eroded to the point of both types of power being about par actually Mcghee. If you take initial higher purchase price, higher servicing costs and DERV being about 12% dearer there aint much in it unless you are a megga miler or fill up in...

Hi Craig, Sorry only just read your post, you should have titled it "Shogun tyre pressure" The answer is a small decal on the drivers door pillar and it is 2 bar for everything except sustained high speed. This is also repeated in the handbook. 2 bar is 29 psi I leave mine at 29 psi all the...