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78 series t/d or patrol 4.2 t/d

Submitted: Sunday, May 02, 2004 at 22:27

fat bastard

I am caught between these two 4wds. Can anyone help me make the final decision.
Only 20% of my driving will be offroad, so I will need some on road comfort.
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AnswerID: 56965   Submitted: Sunday, May 02, 2004 at 22:36

Member - glenno (QLD) replied:

Pick the patrol for comfort .
pick the troopy for versatility.
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FollowupID: 318734   Submitted: Sunday, May 02, 2004 at 23:09

fat bastard posted:

Thanks for your thoughts
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AnswerID: 56968   Submitted: Sunday, May 02, 2004 at 23:06

Member - Roachie (SA) replied:

Mate,
I'd have to agree with Glenno to a certain extent. It depends largely on what your personal circumstances are. If you are travelling alone or with one other person and need to carry heaps of gear, the troopie is going to be a better option. If you're like me and have 3 boys, the Patrol suits my needs quite okay. I need a roof rack to store stuff that a troopie owner could probably fit inside.
Horses for courses....both very capable trucks and able to cope with the same level of demand IMHO.

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FollowupID: 318735   Submitted: Sunday, May 02, 2004 at 23:09

fat bastard posted:

thanks for your thoughts
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FollowupID: 318737   Submitted: Sunday, May 02, 2004 at 23:25

Member - glenno (QLD) posted:

You have to kind of love a troopy.
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AnswerID: 56969   Submitted: Sunday, May 02, 2004 at 23:11

Truckster (Vic) replied:

Personally go and drive both. See what you think then...

they are both totally different to drive.
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FollowupID: 318802   Submitted: Monday, May 03, 2004 at 19:20

fat bastard posted:

thank u
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AnswerID: 56977   Submitted: Monday, May 03, 2004 at 07:12

stevesub replied:

We love our Troopy. Great truck but only for 2 up. Any more people on board, it is a pain.

We have never been keen on the Nissans.

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FollowupID: 318803   Submitted: Monday, May 03, 2004 at 19:21

fat bastard posted:

thank u
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AnswerID: 56988   Submitted: Monday, May 03, 2004 at 09:47

Member - Raymond replied:

Hi
Went through this is 2002 ended up with buying the GU ute. More room in cabin, better seats and a much better price tag.
Drove both and found the Nissan more comfortable on the road and off road. Both are great vehicles so comes down to personal preference after driving.
Ray
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FollowupID: 318767   Submitted: Monday, May 03, 2004 at 12:38

GO_OFFROAD posted:

One drawback with a ute though, is you cant wind back the passenger seat for a snooze while on the road.

And another is keeping everything on the back water and dust proof, compared to a wagon, which comes that way.

I had a troopy, and the only drawback was the 2 doors, Polans 3rd door is a great idea, and if I got another troopy would do that before I picked the car up.

I made afew small suspension changes to my troopy, which made it much nicer to drive on road, and off road, and with a 10mm bodylift, fitted 36" swampers on 16x10" rims.

They also come with 180lt of fuel standard, seperate systems on the diesel, a lower low range for when bush, and the good lower 1st gear gearbox.

A troopy sure makes for being able to travel in comfort, by being able to fit everything you want to take though, and once you have had one, and go back to a wagon like we have, you wonder where you fitted everything ;-)
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FollowupID: 318777   Submitted: Monday, May 03, 2004 at 14:29

Davoe posted:

A troopie or ute is also significantly narrower than a wagon (toyota at least) meaning less cut and polish on over grown bush tracks
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FollowupID: 318804   Submitted: Monday, May 03, 2004 at 19:21

fat bastard posted:

thank u
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AnswerID: 57005   Submitted: Monday, May 03, 2004 at 12:08

Member - Peter (York) replied:

I would have to agree with Raymond , I find the room in the Ute plenty and very comfortable , I have a fiberglass canopy on mine we can fit a double mattress crosswise as the tray is 1.9m wide without removing my drawer set up at the front, the canopy is also approx 100kg so I am starting off light before I start adding all the extras , heaps of head room ,and we can get to the fridge from the liftup side window without having to remove it each time . Go for the ST model with bucket seats and a few other extras .The 4.2td gives me all the power I will ever need , hope this helps
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FollowupID: 318805   Submitted: Monday, May 03, 2004 at 19:23

fat bastard posted:

thank u
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AnswerID: 57022   Submitted: Monday, May 03, 2004 at 15:28

ianmc replied:

Troopie narrow with high centre of gravity.
Roof rack would not help at all.
No side doors are a pain as I have been thru this before.
Most things are tucked away where you cant reach them.

Currently run a ute & its great,
Patrol wagon, wider track & better ride & stability.

The 36" tyres & wheels may well void your insurance on a troopy
or anything else nowadays with the wheels necessary to hold em bein more
than 1" wider than standard.

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FollowupID: 318798   Submitted: Monday, May 03, 2004 at 18:44

GO_OFFROAD posted:

Thats why we have engineers........8-)
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FollowupID: 318806   Submitted: Monday, May 03, 2004 at 19:23

fat bastard posted:

thank u
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AnswerID: 57052   Submitted: Monday, May 03, 2004 at 19:16

thomo replied:

Did i miss something ? I cant see anything about troopies in the origanal post.
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FollowupID: 318807   Submitted: Monday, May 03, 2004 at 19:24

fat bastard posted:

thank u
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FollowupID: 318809   Submitted: Monday, May 03, 2004 at 19:25

thomo posted:

I take it your looking at trays.
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AnswerID: 57103   Submitted: Monday, May 03, 2004 at 22:18

ianmc replied:

Glenno used the "troopy" word & I guess I got caught up in it!
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AnswerID: 58547   Submitted: Friday, May 14, 2004 at 00:21

Mike-TS replied:

Comfort and civilised driving and "suburban" = Nissan

Basic with lots of room and industrial/agricultural = Troopy

They cater for very different market segments.

You'll probably find Nissan has more power as well unless you are buying a 4.2 TD troopy.

Drive both and see which one you like. I'd prefer the Nissan - BUT opinions are like a#$%holes - we've all got one.
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