What vehicle to buy next?

Pfttt. you're being a bit conservative there mate.

Had my D4D Auto GXL Prado since Mar 07. Only done city driving. Up to 9,000km now.

Since the 5,000km mark, fuel consumption has stayed steady at 9.43L / 100km. That's with BullBar and Rhino Cross-Racks x 2. That gives me a range of 1,900km... in the city!!!!

Can't wait for Dec - Mar fishing trips to really test it out on the open road.

To the original poster. I loving call the duel cab utes as having "Suicide Seats". Sit in the back for 2 hours and tell me how your back goes. The angle of the seats keeps the chiro's in business.

Not sure how long you're planing to keep this, but with kids in the back, when they outgrow the child seats...

All I can give you is my scenario. Bought a Kia Sorrento new a few years ago and regretted every day of it. I was stuck to keeping it for 10 years and was really down about it cause I went the "cheap" option.

Won a size full of money, sold the Kia and a corolla and bought 2 x new cars, one being the Prado. You may well say, I got the cars for nothing. That's true, but I could have halved the mortgage as well.

Note: Long after you've forgotten the price, you'll still be stuck with your decision.

Old 96kw motor vs the D4D are worlds apart. It's vast.

Sorry for waffling on a bit. I'd beg, borrow and steal to get the D4D Prado. I know I'm set for 10 years in mine. Good enough to bring my (1st child) Prem Baby home in (a 23 weeker) in 2 weeks time. And good enough to cart her and her friends to school in. Good enough to take family and friends out in comfort. Good enough to do my fishing in and get away from the madhouse of the city.

Ahhhhh the ol' FBT limit

Yes - My Prado is Novated Lease. Just when you get onto a good thing the govt comes up with another way to screw it up.

Absoluutely nothing wrong with the motor in a 2 year old prado, or the rest of the vehicle for that matter.
So if you are going down that path, a 2 year old pajero would also suit your needs.
Both good on fuel mileage, but pajero only has single fuel tank.
Otherwise i think you are stuck with a choice of dual cab utes, and I think any of them in TD would be economical to drive everyday.
Cant say im a fan of the yanky truck.

Cheers Pesty

I dont know or have read any comments from anyone that owns the new Jeep. I have read lots of reviews and the only thing common in all write-ups is its offroad ability. It terms of styling for the Jeep. I think its like the Triton... you either like em or hate em.

Does anyone have fuel consumption figures for the TD Triton?

I was thinking of buying a 1 ton dual cab, as I was under the impression they were "zero substantiation" for tax purposes because of the 1 ton payload.

So a quick call to the accountant to verify, and was told the tax dep't has just changed the classifications - dual cabs are no longer "zero substantiation" vehicles. That probably means that whichever way you buy/lease/rent them, the rule has changed for FBT, etc.

The Jeeps reliabity can not be up to scratch , because we are always hiring rentals cars to their owners. Boss loves them though LOL
Cheers Pete

nice choice but not exactly going to suit my needs.

Is this what you are driving now ? Lol . You could do worse. Pick a certain Nissan model in the 3 litre capacity range and try that. Regards G.T.