Thursday, Jan 26, 2006 at 01:21
Not sure of
Forum Etiquette - I copied the following from another
forum - just because I own a nissan.
The following are comments about toyota vehicles
The motor and gearing are all wrong. At least if you are planning montain work or rugged creek crossings. It simply wont crawl without stalling . And as the torque does'nt kick in till 1800-2000 rpm, it leaves you riding the clutch to avoid bouncing over large rocks and damaging the vehicle? I drove a 4.2 at the weekend, its an improvement torque wise, but still too tall in low range. I owned a hilux before the Patrol, if you plan to do most of your 4wd work in the hills, buy a pre 05" Hilux. I hear the Cruzer is simarly
well geared. My other issue is storage, small item I mean. Where the hell is it? Door pockets are crap, the glove box would store about two pairs of ladies gloves and thats all...maybe a third pair perhaps? The aircraft style trays behind the front seats stop me from storing the melways!
The 3L turbo diesel motors are unreliable, when hauling a heavy load the motor is put under enourmous stress and can blow holes in pistons, this is the last thing you want when in the middle off nowhere, another problem is the turbo, iv'e seen a few fail resulting in a lack off power, even though these problems are covered by waranty theres nothing saying they wont fail after your waranty expires, how much do you think a new motor fitted will be?. The toyo engine is a sucker for fuel, you might as
well throw your walet out the window because you will constantly be at a service staion refueling. The alternate LPG will save you money on fuel but the gas can damage the exhaust shims ive seen this on two 4.8L with gas. On road the ride is not what you would expect, with the solid axles front and back and recirculating ball steering you may belive your driving a truck
The auto is near useless in the bush! (would not reccommend it to off roaders)The light coloured interior shows all little marks and stains. That's it not much really else was a problem.
Still no where to fix a hands free phone cradle. New chrome mirrors are yuk. Should come with standard BF Goodrich All-Terrain tyres - last set lasted 133,000km. toyo could learn some nice storage lessons from Ford with the Territory cars.
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