Battle of the Standards

Regardless of what the book says, I would be inclined to change the oil every 5k, even of you have to do it yourself. JMHO.

Hi phil i have a standard 100 and the sticker under the bonnet of mine says change oil every 10000klm.

Quick question, nissan plastic bumpers dont come off?
[or move up and break the tail light as I have seen]

And if cruisers are mainly mining, yet 78/79 are only about 3-4000 sales out of the 22,000 odd sold last year, how many 100's go to mining out of the 6-7000 odd they sold of those?

If the ute is better, do mining companies not use these, but 100's instead?

Because these points seem to be what your post is implying?

quite a few prados are making their way into mining fleets nowadays too

settle mr offroad,
point 1- I wouldnt have a clue what nissan rear bumbers do I have never driven 1 and there are none at work
point 2 I never said cruisers were mainly mining although I will say that mining uses mainly cruisers
point 3 I dont know how many 100s go to mining but I stand by my point that most l/c STANDARDS go to mining fleet/hire companys
point 4 my reply was ute coz I feel (from driving plenty of work ones) that a ute would suit MY requirments best
point 6 mining companys use a mix of 78/79 and 100s depending on needs eg I use utes alot for putting stuff in the back and carting it around for geos, the shift boss uses a pc to cart the workers around and the rest drive 100s so they can prove they dont have to work lol
point 7 (unrequested) my current vehicle is a cruiser and my next one will probably be one too
point 9 (unrequsted) I dont know what your background is but it is a fair bet I have driven in/been in more cruisers than you can ever hope to in very tough environments so when I make a coment on a cruiser it comes from this background.
and to coops the reason the playdoes are making an appearance in mining is for the bosses so people can see they do even less work than those in 100s (really lol)

Thanks for explaining,

pity most mining cruisers are only standard ones though for you to drive, as afew aftermarket spend ups could see some great info for you to pass on, if you got to drive modified ones too ;-)

Most of those people don't see dirt just school