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Just joking ...
I feel the same when you start rattle afrikaanische.
My name is Marian and I'm from Bucharest Romania. I'm married with a beautiful lady which gave me two beautiful and smart kids (Vlad 16, Ana Maria 22). So ... I'm 50 years old, with a small belly and a lack of hair in top of my head.
I'm in IT business, my wife owns two lingerie boutiques and my daughter study to be Vet. Our house in Bucharest is full of computers and animals (a cat, two dogs, a turtle, aquariums and few birds) and the garden is full of flowers and exotic trees and plants.
Basically I'm automotive engineer so ... I love cars. And I'm mad about TOYOTA HILUX.
The day after tomorrow I'll go to Oradea (600 km from here) to receive my brand new Hilux 3.0 l D-4D 4x4 double cab dark blue. Is a virgin and will be all mine, ONLY MINE.
In 90's I start my first transport company by buying and reconstruct by my hand an old military truck named Bucegi (is the name of a very popular mountain here). He was a beautiful V8 5l petrol engine with 4x4, 5 tones loads. That truck bring me a lot of money and cost me almost nothing. In that time in Romania private transporters was very rare and the fees was very good. May be you heard about a kind of revolution ... Ceausescu ... etc.
After that I own an M461 an old 4x4 petrol engine, an ARO244 4x4 2,5l Diesel, a Lada Niva 4x4 a pure russian and for few years I alternate between Fiat Ducato, Ford Transit, two popular vans and Ford Probe 2,5 l petrol.
But I always want a pickup truck.
I read this extraordinary forum for 2-3 months and I'm full of admiration for you guys. I think in SA and in Australia you can find the true off-road man. True off-road cars and true experience. And I always like to learn from the best.
Start from first of september I'll be a very happy owner of a HILUX. And this is all about.