looking for new patrol

Beat me to it. I was going to say..when they stop making them.

Nice to see informed and constructive replies gents well done.

Comments like that go a long way towards the credibility of this site. And your credibility Andrew, you have just alienated a whole lot of potential Patrol Customers.

al c.
you say you are looking for a new unit and the new common rail Patrol is very good.

But if you are looking for a second hand 3ltr then look at Oct 2002 or later, and thanks to uninformed parrots that repeat what they hear, rather than knowing what they are talking about you will find some great bargains.

there are thousands of very happy Patrol owners out there, and the others, that paid too much for their vehicles, like to knock them.
Colin.

This is a quote from the Patrol forum yesterday.
"go for the 2004-2005 if possible. In my understanding Nissan rectify the engine problem starting 2004 build. Even YOU CAN STILL FIND the 2004-2005 go BANG. But IMHO get the latest year just for the safe side.As for the engine improvement I think they make a bigger oil capacity to overcome the engine BANG problem."

As a reader of this forum i have read about series 1 2 3 and 4
all going bang.
I saw a 2006 model go bang myself first hand.

So please Colin down off your high horse.
And I am a Patrol owner and i did not pay too much for mine.

Now Colin.

He did not ask what year model was better than another.
He did not ask whether there are happy Patrol owners.
He did not ask whether Patrols were good or bad.
He did not ask what was a bargain and what wasn't.
He did not ask what I drive not whether I paid too much for it.

So I didn't tell him all that.

Get down off your high 'orse and avasensahuma.

Andrew who doesn't care what he drives so long as it is in the outback

what is it with some of you guys - the guy asked for some sensible feedback and he gets rubbish and brew you should know better mate - mate i am with "on patrol" if you drive a gu 3.0 td then comment if you dont then hack off - all you have to do is tell al c that if he buys a patrol 3.0 TD GU with a build date from late 2002 that has been properly serviced and oil changed he should be ok - but then maybe an odd one still blows a hole in a piston - so do an occassional landcruiser blow their turbos and discoverys just stop in the middle of nowhere due to electrics and suspension issues and etc etc - and you can bag any 4wd if you want to =just my rant for the day
see you greg gu

Ok fair call Greg. I was only trying to give my opinion. Thats what forums are about aren't they?

yea brew no worries mate they are about opinions - but bag it is you want to but then give some sound advice as well
see you greg

We have a series III 2002 model for reluctant sale (only because we have purchased the F250), and it is in very good condition.