Re-think
Submitted: Thursday, Mar 09, 2006 at 20:36
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Andy H
Having got some good advice on this
forum re.Patrol 4.TD vs Landcruiser 4.2TD
I finally decided to go and use some common sense.
Instead of buying a 40K vehicle to learn the ropes in why not buy an old 4x4 instead....wow!¨!!!
Therefore I learn my mechanics skills, learn drive a 4x4 properly and most likely scratch the hell out of the paint and in probably roll it in a mud pit.
So I decide to spend $8-10000 on an old Patrol 4.2D or a Hilux 2.4.
I need something which won't
breakdown on the way to the training course but should need spanner work. Hence I don't want a Land Rover :o)
Now the question.....maintaining either. Which will be the cheapest?
Fuel consumption isn't an issue as it won't be used for touring.
A proper 4.2TD Landcruiser will take on that honour in a years time.
Reply By: Footloose - Thursday, Mar 09, 2006 at 21:36
Thursday, Mar 09, 2006 at 21:36
I used exactly the same logic in 1974 when I bought a series 2 Landy. Learned enough to keep myself out of trouble I hope. Used to have some "unused " land not far away and I made a "
test track", so that any mods could be checked. Land included
creek crossing, side slope, sand, mud etc.
Had a ball until one night decided to charge up a dune...with a big soft sand hole at the base. Straight into the bottom of the dune. Select reverse, BANG. Thats when I learned about their rear axle problems.
Never could get the brakes right though.
One trip from
Wollongong to
corner country and back was enough to realize that I needed something that would do more than 80k/h, had some creature comforts and you didnt have to shout at the passenger.
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Reply By: Member - Duncs - Friday, Mar 10, 2006 at 12:02
Friday, Mar 10, 2006 at 12:02
Andy,
If it was me, and I accept that it is not, I would buy the Patrol. I have not owned a Hilux and will therfore not comment on what they are like but Patrol's, I've had a few. No regrets.
As others have suggested plenty of old Patrols have had a hiding, but there are plenty out there that have only taken the kids to school or towed the boat down to the ramp. Get one that looks clean and is reasonably standard and you will have a relatively reliable and very capable vehicle. You will also have the advantage of having a vehicle which you can tour comfortably in as you get more confident.
Mine had 300,000km on when I set off for
Cape York.
I now own a 2002 4.2 TD GU. It is not the perfect vehicle but it is not bad. Yeah it has limitations but they are not significant and I have learnt to accomodate them in the way I drive. I might suggest that you will have to live with the compromise that any vehicle brings. Over teh years in three different Patrols I have toured alongside Range Rovers, Landrovers:- County and Disco, Landcruiser 80, 100 and Troopy, and the 3.0l GU, I have never been wishing I was in the other car
I can say this of my 3 Patrols, MQ 200k, GQ 385k and GU less than 100k, but still counting. I have never once been unable to get
home.
That's probably not worth 2c but it's what I know.
I do think the idea of a roughy to learn in is a very good idea.
Duncs
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