Nissan Patrol or Toyota Landcruiser

Drive them both with factory turbo' and your dilemna is over. The Toyota simply does it whilst the Nissan overheats.
furph

Try these

www.pickles.com.au/index.html

www.governmentauctions.com.au/default.aspx

Ex Government located in all major centres around Aust, both nissans and Toyotas

Cheers Kev

g'day
Just went threw the same thing myself and being a Patrol owner from way back was pretty disappointed in what's being offered at the moment.
Now have a Toyota in the driveway!
Reg Al

Go the government actions if you are going 2nd hand, most are 40k and still under warranty, I did this twice and was very happy, but you have to be prepaired to wait for a good one to come up.As for brand, the Toyota is dearer but there are twice as many of them around.As yourself why and you have your answer.
Go the TD Cruiser.
Cheers Lyndon

the nissan has a much stronger driveline but is let down by its motor. You can spend a few grand and get the td42 to go as well as tojo motor but it will always use more fuel.

what size boat are u towing ? i have a leeder 710, 265 hp mercruiser, on a bogey trailer, all up just over 3000 kg. the nissan 4.2 tdi manual does it easy, including the delivery trip from perth to sydney - av 16 l per 100 km.

cheers

Lux,
We bought our 79 series about 18 months ago second hand. There are always some little bits that need to be sorted, we have spent some time doing these for our truck.

I wounder if we have not been better off buying new as the second hand price seems too steep to me. If you decide on a Toyota remember that there has been a recent recall to exchange the rotor component in the from hubs. Just hope that you don't have to get the strarter motor out it is a wretch, believe me. The stupid oil filter is upside down also, so when you take it off about half a litre of oil goes on the garage floor....... After so many years of selling the same truck you'd think they'd get this right.

Chris

I made the same comparison 2 years ago:

Nissan was $5-10k cheaper second hand.
Toyota had better motor - more power, torque and better fuel consumption. Both motors are very reliable.
Nissan has stronger diffs
Toyota has stronger gearbox (H150F) - TD models. Most Nissan boxes are good, but 5th gear failures did occur during that period.
Toyota has longer wheelbase - poorer rampover angle
Toyota has stronger chassis
Toyota has higher payload
Nissan has coil spring option, but chassis cracks
Toyota has better cooling system
Toyota has better forward visibility
Nissan is 100mm wider (and takes wider tray)
Toyota has old fashioned dash, Nissan has more modern plastic dash.
Toyota are more common out in the donga, as are their spares.
Toyota has twin fuel filters. Not sure what Nissan has.

Both good vehicles, but I went Toyota because of the 1HD-FTE and Gearbox.

Cheers
Phil

Both vehicles are good; each with their own idiosyncrasies

My concern would be with cabin comfort, as at 190cm tall I find the Nissan easier to drive and easier in cabin space. But if you are short at one end, then it doesn't matter and you have to decide which way to go on reliability and functionality

hi lux. where in oz are you, iknow of a 06 nissan in se queensland, steel tray, under 30000 km, asking $46000, no its not mine,regards.

2006 turbo diesel cruiser .

Look for sand under body and check roof gutter for any rust spots.

We have only done 12000km but cannot fault it.

I would fit air bags If any load near the GVM.