Wednesday, Feb 23, 2005 at 01:35
Budda,
I owned a 2001 V6 Manual Dual Cab GLS from new. It was my first 4WD.
The vehicle was excellent - no problems at all with the vehicle.
I whacked on the usual ARB fruit:
Bullbar
OME Nitrogen Shocks
Long range tank
UHF CB
IPF lights
ARB Tow hitch
ROH Monsoon Mags
I did 48000 trouble-free kms in her.
I did experience some creaking under the drivers
seat which when inspected was explained to be the chasis flexing, and some of
the spot welds had let go.
I didn't do any hard core offroading in it; some
rock-hopping was done in
Karratha, and some sand-driving around
Coral Bay (through Yardi Creek)
I can't recall the tyre sizes I had, but they were BFG AT's; I think from memory they were 275/75R15
I experienced no rubbing in the guards.
They are definitely a pig with respect to their turning circle.
When I asked the guys at "x" Mitsubishi in
Perth, they mentioned that 'they could improve this, but then tthe trade-off would be the steering's ability to "self-right" itself when exiting a corner, for example.
I towed a 21' fibreglass boat to
Karratha in it - I needed the long range tank, although slowing down at night to about 85-90km/h resulted in a huge improvement in economy (der !)
On the drive back from
Karratha with no boat (back-loaded on a truck), it returned about 14.5L/100km, and this was cruising at 120km/h.
The gearbox sometimes felt notchy when cold - the mitsubishi guys said this was no problem; no gearbox problems in the tritons.. apparently
I only got rid of it because I knew a new shape was coming out and because I bought it brand new, I figured that it was time to upgrade before it depreciated further.
I do miss it, but my 2001 Turbo Diesel Landcruiser has now converted me to large 4WD wagons! I bought a 4WD trailer and it's all good.
You'll love the triton on sand - they love it; the motors, if loved, can be driven quite hard if they have to. I never got stuck in the soft WA sand.
Hope you get yourself a "Monday Car"
All the best,
Davo
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