Help please! Tell me your opinion of Opel Frontera!

> After six moths the police stops you and slamms finnish car tax to
> your face.
> That is not small money we are talking about... (=

My condolences... ;-/

I worked in US for more than 9 months and was allowed to import one vehicle
duty-free back into Latvia. You should have similar laws in Finland, it's a
loophole worth checking out.

> Seriousely speaking, i have considered import from Germany or so.
> It would get more or less the same prize as cars in finland (after
> taxes) There are drawbacks, the travelling, moving of the vehicle,
> tax fuzz + more...
> Adventure thow...

I believe lowest prices in Europe were in Belgium (or was it Netherlands?).
Look around...

> In what prizes the Fronteras are in Latvia?

I paid 13K EUR for mine, 75000km on it. Fronteras, Montereys and other Isuzu
clones are not common in this market, it's not easy to find one.

Peter

After six moths the police stops you and slamms finnish car tax to your
face.
That is not small money we are talking about... (=

Seriousely speaking, i have considered import from Germany or so.
It would get more or less the same prize as cars in finland (after taxes)
There are drawbacks, the travelling, moving of the vehicle, tax fuzz +
more...
Adventure thow...

In what prizes the Fronteras are in Latvia?

Mika

> Consider buying one in nearby Estonia, and keep driving it with Eesti
> license plates May or may not work out - dunno how Finnish laws would
> look at it, but I know of similar practices here in Latvia.
>
> Peter

After six moths the police stops you and slamms finnish car tax to your
face.
That is not small money we are talking about... (=

Seriousely speaking, i have considered import from Germany or so.
It would get more or less the same prize as cars in finland (after taxes)
There are drawbacks, the travelling, moving of the vehicle, tax fuzz +
more...
Adventure thow...

In what prizes the Fronteras are in Latvia?

Mika

> Consider buying one in nearby Estonia, and keep driving it with Eesti
> license plates May or may not work out - dunno how Finnish laws would
> look at it, but I know of similar practices here in Latvia.
>
> Peter

> > That is not small money we are talking about... (=
>
> My condolences... ;-/
>
> I worked in US for more than 9 months and was allowed to import one
vehicle
> duty-free back into Latvia. You should have similar laws in Finland, it's
a
> loophole worth checking out.

Yep. If i remember right, one year abrod and you and your wife can import a
car without car tax to finland.
After that you cannot sell it for 2 yrs (or so) and no one else can drive it
exept you and your family...

> > In what prizes the Fronteras are in Latvia?
>
> I paid 13K EUR for mine, 75000km on it. Fronteras, Montereys and other
Isuzu
> clones are not common in this market, it's not easy to find one.
>
> Peter

Not bad deal, even thow market are small, like finland.

Mika

> > That is not small money we are talking about... (=
>
> My condolences... ;-/
>
> I worked in US for more than 9 months and was allowed to import one
vehicle
> duty-free back into Latvia. You should have similar laws in Finland, it's
a
> loophole worth checking out.

Yep. If i remember right, one year abrod and you and your wife can import a
car without car tax to finland.
After that you cannot sell it for 2 yrs (or so) and no one else can drive it
exept you and your family...

> > In what prizes the Fronteras are in Latvia?
>
> I paid 13K EUR for mine, 75000km on it. Fronteras, Montereys and other
Isuzu
> clones are not common in this market, it's not easy to find one.
>
> Peter

Not bad deal, even thow market are small, like finland.

Mika

> The early Vauxhalls are supposed to have a lot of QA propblems, fixed with
> the later models, If you have them I'd get the turbo diesel 3.1L engine,

I know about the British *quality* at early 90's. I drive a Rover 820Si 91.
It is a very god car and has not cost too mutch to maintain. Actually cheap!

There were some problems when it was new (it was my fathers car then)
Previous Rover 820Si had been even sabotaged at the factory 8(
I like "english" cars thow and i'm not afraid to take that chance...

> Also if on ice the TOD apparantly makes an enormous differance, the
> Americans facing snow seem to love the TOD.

Sorry to be dumb, but what is TOD?

> google for ITOG, the frontera 3 door is the american isuzu Amigo, not sure
> what the 5 door is called.

It is called 'Rodeo' (hope not becouse its driving abilities (= )


Mika

> The early Vauxhalls are supposed to have a lot of QA propblems, fixed with
> the later models, If you have them I'd get the turbo diesel 3.1L engine,

I know about the British *quality* at early 90's. I drive a Rover 820Si 91.
It is a very god car and has not cost too mutch to maintain. Actually cheap!

There were some problems when it was new (it was my fathers car then)
Previous Rover 820Si had been even sabotaged at the factory 8(
I like "english" cars thow and i'm not afraid to take that chance...

> Also if on ice the TOD apparantly makes an enormous differance, the
> Americans facing snow seem to love the TOD.

Sorry to be dumb, but what is TOD?

> google for ITOG, the frontera 3 door is the american isuzu Amigo, not sure
> what the 5 door is called.

It is called 'Rodeo' (hope not becouse its driving abilities (= )


Mika

I have had 2 Frontera's.
The first one was a 2.0i Sport and was VERY good in Snow.
The second one, which i still have is a 3.2 V6 Long Wheel Base Frontera.
Only ever had 1 problem with the first Frontera, when an injector failed and
caused a misfire. This could happen on any car at any time!!!
I would recommend anyone to get one, as i will be getting another one when i
get bored of this one.
The 3.2 V6 is ideally powered with plenty of low power. Only slight
disadvantage is the fuel consumption. It gets around 15-18MPG around towns,
but on a good run, you can expect up to 25-30MPG even with the car fully
laden!!
Buy one... They are Ace!!!

--
Regards,
Andy W...
I Wasn't Born To Ski, I Was Born To Work.... But I Got Made Redundant!!!!
A Bad Day's Ski-ing Is Always Better Than A Good Day At Work!!!
www.amc-comm.demon.co.uk
www.amogen.com

I have had 2 Frontera's.
The first one was a 2.0i Sport and was VERY good in Snow.
The second one, which i still have is a 3.2 V6 Long Wheel Base Frontera.
Only ever had 1 problem with the first Frontera, when an injector failed and
caused a misfire. This could happen on any car at any time!!!
I would recommend anyone to get one, as i will be getting another one when i
get bored of this one.
The 3.2 V6 is ideally powered with plenty of low power. Only slight
disadvantage is the fuel consumption. It gets around 15-18MPG around towns,
but on a good run, you can expect up to 25-30MPG even with the car fully
laden!!
Buy one... They are Ace!!!

--
Regards,
Andy W...
I Wasn't Born To Ski, I Was Born To Work.... But I Got Made Redundant!!!!
A Bad Day's Ski-ing Is Always Better Than A Good Day At Work!!!
www.amc-comm.demon.co.uk
www.amogen.com

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> > The early Vauxhalls are supposed to have a lot of QA propblems, fixed
with
> > the later models, If you have them I'd get the turbo diesel 3.1L engine,
>
> I know about the British *quality* at early 90's. I drive a Rover 820Si
91.
> It is a very god car and has not cost too mutch to maintain. Actually
cheap!
>
> There were some problems when it was new (it was my fathers car then)
> Previous Rover 820Si had been even sabotaged at the factory 8(
> I like "english" cars thow and i'm not afraid to take that chance...
>
> > Also if on ice the TOD apparantly makes an enormous differance, the
> > Americans facing snow seem to love the TOD.
>
> Sorry to be dumb, but what is TOD?

Torque on Demand. A variation of a Torque Converter that kicks in extra
torque when the computer senses it's needed.
>
> > google for ITOG, the frontera 3 door is the american isuzu Amigo, not
sure
> > what the 5 door is called.
>
> It is called 'Rodeo' (hope not becouse its driving abilities (= )
>
Here it's the Wizard, Very good vehicle, one of my freinds has one and I've
driven it, handles very smoothly, more like a large sedan than a 4x4 like my
'88 Bighorn

>
> Mika
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