OT - Finally picked up the TTD V8 200 series today

Just trying to work out why your post is labelled OT, it is about a 4x4 eh,
Anyhow you ya lucky bugger, enjoy it , should serve you well,

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Good on you captain
I got my Poverty Pack (Work Mate) LC79 TD v8 Tray top in april specifically for heavy towing on the Farm and I'm loving myself sick driving the thing.
It is only 150 KW compared to your 200 series 195 Kw but the power is awesome and it's so smooth compared to my two old HZJ75 Utes. I'm towing an 80 foot 2700 litre gooseneck boomspray with mine at the moment (must weigh over 4 tonne) and barely know it's there in the paddock at 20 kph. Also I can't even hear the 9 horsepower Honda pump hammering away on the rig right behind me. When the going gets a bit soft you don't even notice a change in engine note it just starts chucking mud past the drivers window. Must get some wheel arch flares cause the Mud terrains are making the new ute all dirty. Will be finishing putting the crop in on thursday and hope to hitch up the Camper trailer and put it through it's paces for some R & R.

Cheers

Big Nick

On ya Captain, going by the list the old Patrol had you've got some crawliing to do to the other half to fill up the 200 series with what the Patrol was loaded with. Hope all is going well with the new beast lucky buggar. What a combination it would be if they were able to put the 200 series diesel into the patrol. All the power you would need but with the usual Nissan off road capability over the IFS front end cruiser although the KDSS will hopefully over come that issue. Will be interesting to see your opinion of the KDSS from yourself and not some one trying to sell it to you. Heard there brilliant on fuel too 10/11L per 100 bloody fantastic for the grunt it has. Regards Steve M

Reading the Herald Sun Victoria article about the Australian Tax Office using --- luxury car sales--- as a guide to implement their auditing system, $57009 is the benchmark. I hope they don't give people who work hard and make big sacrifices to enjoy their 4X4 pursuits too hard a time.

I took delivery of my 200 series Sahara V8 diesel just before the Anzac long weekend. Mostly I love it but it I have two issues.

It stalled on three separate occasions while decelerating. On two of those occasions it was quite dangerous -- once at a busy intersection & once on a level crossing with my young children & wife in the car. On reporting it to Toyota they immediately grounded the car and I was without it for 9 days. The problem was the same problem that originally delayed the delivery of all the diesels. They had to replace the fuel injector pump which turned out to be a massive job. That is with only 500 Km on the clock.

Secondly I have found when driving on corrugations the back live axle gets out of shape very easily and is very disconcerting when compared to my old 100 series with 2 live axles. I thought the KDSS and the front independent suspension was going to make this all better than the 100 Series, not worse.

Regards,
Peter

Just listening to you guys makes my mouth water for a new TV8 Troopy....I WANT ONE...got to talk to SWMBO...should be OK as I bought her a red TIBURON with all the fruit.....should'nt have a problem then you think guys?

G'day Captain
So, you finally did it and jumped camps into the Toyota clan. Can't say I blame you. I have been looking around the last few days at the various yards, I must admit none of the new vehicles seem to have any head turning stuff. I mean, even the new cruiser, which you are getting, looks similar to the Pajero from a distance at a quick look. I have had it with Nissan, the customer service is absolutely shocking, so it is either the Prado or the new Cruiser like you have got for me. The Toyota bloke tells me there is about a 4 months waiting list and I will probably have to pay the luxury vehicle tax which will elevate the price considerably but I can't really afford a Landcruiser but I am going to bite the bullet and talk to the wife and told her it is probably the last car I will own, so I hope I get 20 years out of it and that's really stretching the life expectancy.
I have rang up 3 different Toyota dealers and with a bullbar, driving lights, towing kit and tinting the prices are unbelievably different, into the thousands different. One dealer even told me that the toyota landcruiser windows are already tinted. I have enquired about all their service facilities which is $180 up to 60,000kms seems quite reasonable but don't what it is after that, they can't (or won't) tell me. The last straw with the Nissan was I took my GUIII Series Patrol in for a trade-in on a new Nissan Patrol only to be told by the Nissan dealer that my car is worth nothing, offered me $16,000. The dealer told me that everyone knows they are heaps of sh.t except for the new common rail versions. He told me that the $16,000 was even really too much. I was expecting a bit more than that particularly as the vehicle is in very good condition and regularly serviced. The Toyota bloke told me he would give me $28,000 as a trade on the new Toyota Landcruiser. So, it looks like I might be heading that way, I took a demo for a drive and just can't compare it with a Nissan, out of Nissan's league and the cruisers and prado always hold their retail value unlike the Nissan or Mitsubishi.
Good luck to you Captain, I am glad you got what you want, just would like to know what tipped you over the edge on this call.
Regards
The Major

Does a person have to have a military rank to take part in this Thread, or will a 200 series Cruiser do?