turbo diesel or petrol ???????

Seb,

Go the oiler every time....much better economy and power is pretty good these days too. But look at other brands too.

Cheers,

Go for the turbo diesel more expensive to buy but cheaper to run than the petrol and alot better re sale value to.

Cheers Dave

I'm with the two responses above - and I have a SR5 3.0 td.

My mates auto petrol is nice around town and uses approx 15 - 16 ltrs per 100 kms, and mine around town uses 11.4 ltrs per 100 kms at its current daily weight of 2.4 tonne.

TD certainly has heaps of pulling power and low down torque.

Diesel..

But go and drive both.. its a personal thing.. some dislike diesels power output...

Depends how long you intend to own it for. Work out 'life of vehicle' costs. Factor in service intervals, spare parts costs, rebuild costs, resale values etc and make a decision then. Fuel is only part of the total equation.

Remember, with electronic injection a lot of the advantages of a 'traditional' diesel have gone out the window I reckon. Nice when they work, but not convinced that an undersized, overstressed, turbocharged, electronically fuel injected, multi-valve, overhead cam diesel is something I'd want to depend on and I think a search through the archives might back this up.

They both go well, get the one you like the best.

ooohhh....this is gonna hurt.

Around the city eh! Well in that case go the auto petrol. Petrol is cleaner, powerfull without the need for a turbo, quite, cheaper to service, purchase and rebuild if you should keep it that long. The only advantage diesel has is lower fuel consumption for outback travel but then they have to add a turbo to give reasonable performance. Test drive both. Gee, I'd love to see a Lux petrol turbo, wouldn't that be something.

Go the diesel.I just purchased a diesel dualcab Hilux best thing I ever did

I'd go for the diesel again, but thats just my opinion. Make sure you drive a few first. I've driven plenty and some go realy well and others are complete slugs. Luck of the draw I supose. I wouldn't buy one unless I could drive that particular vehicle first.

No mater which you buy, doubt you'll regret it.

Good luck.

Steve.

Turbo Diesel Hilux are pretty good. I have a 2002 model and have no problem overtaking. It will cruise at 120kph. 9R 15 tyres DID slow and dampen throttle response on the highway.

I have the Lux turbo and it is great. Would not touch a petrol ever again.

Toyota has a new model Turbo Hilux out in 6 months or so. It is a larger engine with a more hi tech motor. Apparently it haule a$$ and will be more powerful than anything else in the duel cab range that is currently on offer. From all reports this new truck will be the bees knees. I would wait. Can you????