having a bad day can you help

[dazicki]

we started towing 2 years ago with a saab 900 lovely but it cost a fortune in petrol so bought a pug as some of you might remember the tubo failed whilt towing got it fixed lovely now since june weve had a cam belt and new breaks done and 2 fan belts have snapped and weve had the pullys replaced in december, guess what the flippin fan belts gone again could i be any more unlucky

so we recon the garage is conning us but if they wont replace it for free and admit they are wrong we are seriously thinking of getting rid of it im all for replacing parts i know thats life but the same part 3 times in a year is unbelievable

so anyway if we change car what do we get it has to be able to tow the same as the pug 1500

oh about 3 grand we would be spending

any ideas

 

[DavidW1]

Like to help but you are a little short in the info dept. Is a Pug a Peugeot? and what model, also what is the weight of the van you tow?

For

 

[dazicki]

cheers,yes a pug is a peugeot we thought someone would mention toyota we were looking at a terranno short wheelbase but cant find any towwing capacity for it yet gonna keep looking

i think the pug has to go lost faith in it now

 

[dazicki]

soz mean nissan terrano

 

[DavidW1]

Looks like you don't mind 4x4 then? - Terranos are ok, the SWB is a bit cramped and might be a bit "pitchy" for a tow tug. You can get find import versions but in that class of motor I would be looking at the Toyota Surf.

Lots of Surf and Terranno feedback in this forum, hit search.

My tug is a 94 Bighorn 3.1 TD lotus. Paid

 

[BrianStAlbans]

Yes the pump did fail but since being fixed it's running better than ever. I would recommend a Mav / Terrano anytime although I'd go for the LWB as it handles better.

Brian (",)

 

[dazicki]

hi well still no news on our pug the garage are as stumped as we are as to whats up but ive found out that a terrano lwb is actually a group lower on insurance as are most of the 4x4 weve looked but as weve only got 3grand am i gonna get a good 4x4

also someone mentioned a maverick whats the tax like on those??or in fact any 4x4 diesel

 

[BrianStAlbans]

Anything pre 1/3/2001 and over 1549 cc is

 

[dazicki]

hi garage rang they havent a clue so theyve replaced the belt and want to see every 2 weeks to see if anything changes. hate to tell them the little sods out of here as soon as we find a replacement

the tax is the same for the pug then

if we can just make up our minds wed be fine

thanks everyone