Monday, Aug 02, 2004 at 12:47
I as an unbiased non franchised motor dealer who lives out the bush & makes my living selling 4wds to public with the same worry that you are having today ( & to whoever/wherever I read on post on here last week blasting car dealers, & how they make $7000 per car, bring yourself & your accountant & the tax commissioner to our business any day & you will be in for a rude awakening, & re auctions never think those cars are " ready to USE " & If you are on " here " looking for info that alone in itself could be a worrying factor for you in an auction situation , but never forget the cars that go to auction this week have usually been passed over by regular buyer dealers chance a week earlier before you the public got a chance your $ you decide )
I look on here regularly & as someone who travels 4-5000k per week in Ex Govt 4wds every week regularly doing sales & deliveries from Warrnambool to
Weipa, the amount of negative
feedback people can read here amazes me.
Everyone who rings my number about to retire & live the dream & tow their van " always has to have 4.2 " & I say to all, come with me for a trip this week in a 3 litre with loaded car trailer on back while we do a delivery to
Toowoomba or Gympie overnight & come next week on same trip in 4.2 with similar load &you will not need to ask me the question you will know yourself.
Here are my own personal
views
Remember a 4wd is always a compromise we want it to be a car & a truck
Yes 3.0 early series were drama, later with bigger sump been no drama to us ever.
In Aust big distances but SMALL world market for manufacturer they also needed to COMPROMISE
80 Ser Cruiser Turbo Multivalve everyone loved & had to have one.
Toyota dropped Turb 80 Nissan jumped the market & the size now suits more households wives than the 100 Series Toyota
Nissan to counteract 80 series turbo bang turbo on old style motor still fuel guzzler still no power to pass a B Double truck when I am doing 100k tonight loaded on way to an interstate delivery.
Yes I have done a gearbox in Gu 2002 4.2 & off road & market 3 weeks waiting on Nissan fix but box not replaced ONLY the one gear.
3.0 Diesel Injected latest technology economical & powerful SUITS world market so Australia gets also, remember If you think Diesel tonight in Dubbo or Coonabarrabran @ $1.07- $1.12 is expensive, think about prices in Lebanon & forget 4.2 Motor.
The 3.0 Litre is good around town great on highway & towing @ legal limit ( or over ? ) nightly I get 7 km/litre out of usually auto (IF WE HAVE ONE in stock the night I am going) towing tandem with Commodore or Stateman or Subaru on the back.
I fill both tanks @
home $100 in @
Goondiwindi all niter & still plenty showing on guage @ sale venue in
Brisbane.
They will pass any truck anywhere & regularly hear on Ch 40 " that thing with trailer on back has plenty of grunt. "
Re Auto & Manual in 3.0 Turbo DI Motor in Nissan I find the auto is more user friendly & suited to the power band in the rev range in Diesel Turbo.
To all you first time buyers of 4 wds remember trucks use diesel cars use petrol you are buying a truck so go diesel
In your petrol car you can rev it up @ lights & go to 7000 rpm if desire,
in a diesel that will never happen & all your power is in a narrow rev range & neither you or I can bang it through 5 gears as quickly as it can automatically change through 4 gears & by having auto I find it more powerful in passing range I need it @ in auto with a car on back than I ever find the same vehicle in auto
& to finish, you are buying a compromise between a car & a truck, your best compromise around town 90% of its use is close to 30mpg in 3.0 litre compared to 15mpg if lucky in 4.2
the most user friendly economical powerful CARLIKE 4 wd you will ever buy is turbo auto & never forget who wears the pants in most households & after selling 4wds to retirees for years let me tell you it is not YOU.
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Follow Up By: Member - Andrew O - Monday, Aug 02, 2004 at 13:15
Monday, Aug 02, 2004 at 13:15
I reckon thats the best reply I' ve read in ages. Double votes for the last paragraph!
Thanks for adding some real life perspective to the
forum.
Cheers
Andrew
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