new nissan

I had a terrible run with Metro Nissan up here in Brissy and I know the bloke who give me the run around is still the service mgr there so I would take a wide berth of this one. I can't remember the mob in Townsvile (Parry Nissan I think), but the service mgr there was obligeing but still unable to solve my probs. Of all the Nissan dealers I have been to Townsville and Western Plains Automotive at Dubbo were the only two I would even consider to give my money to if I was mad enough to buy another Nissan.
If you go Toyota, have a talk to Tamworth (may just be worth the drive also), they couldn't help me enough when I had my 100 series and they knew what they were talking about.
Don't get the wrong impression, my Nissan is reliable and predictable and I have learned to live with it's limitations (which are different to what the dealer thinks the cars limits are). If you are talking about a 4.2 donk and you are not intending to load the crap out of it and expect big speeds of it, then it will last you a long time.
Buy it for a strong relaible vehicle and you won't go wrong, treat it like a draft horse and you will quickly find the limitations I talk of (I know I did).

Cheers, Trevor.

Thanks for the info Trevor, We need a reliable NEW ute for 800kg camper,too old to be crawling around underneath doing servce and repairs. Looking for the best deal any place in the SE corner of Qld.
Regards
Big Al

Big Al,
Do you own a Typhoon ? (Ford type)

Big Al,

You may want to consider the Nissan c/c with the leaf rear springs, as it has greater GVM than the coil cab. Coil cabs can also crack rear spring mounts.

The turbo-diesel Toyota 79series is rather nice, will cost you more money, but IMO is worth it.

Cheers
phil

Hi Big Al,

If you go down the Toyota path, i live on the Gold coast and drove to Hayes Toyota at Murwullimbah nsw.
Great service and happy with price and after sales service. Just bought a SR5 Hilux dualCab and 5 years ago bought my Prado from them also.

I have House and wifes car insured with Suncorp and asked about insurance for my new Dualcab,,,Toyota now have my Work ute insurance,Suncorp could not come anywhere near it. R.A.C.Q where cheaper also. But your poat code seems to come into play more these days when i was getting quotes on insurance.

If you want any info just email me.

Good luck, Cheers Tony

forget dealer service by Nissan in Caboolture/Morayfield...better to go elsewhere in my opinion.

I've bought from Highway Nissan at Springwood Brisbane and Von Bibra at Ashmore on the Gold Coast. Both awful. Wouldn't recommend them to my worst enemy.

Aaron.

I don't know if this helps but I've been sourcing a new 79 series cab chassis in the last 2 weeks. The best price I could find was at Colac Toyota (about 100km from Melb) and they wanted $55,150 drive away, no other costs. No tray though for this price.