Nissan v The Rest..

Gday Willem,

"Nissan owners are more adventurous and more willing to share some of their misfortune experiences "

Totota owners are even more adventurous and just dont have many misfortune experiences .......


Hahahahah

LOL

Cheers

What do you call adventure? Going to Birthday Pool for a swim...hahahahahaha



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Bloody oath......
I bet you dont know anyone else who has made it out there and back in a NISSAN.


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LOL

Actually, last time I was in Kintore I saw no less than 5 Nissans roaming the pathways. 2 where late model ones too. Was tolf for a fact by old Paddy Bunyard that 'dem Nissan's last longer dan dem Yota's'....true!

Old Paddy tolf me ,Only because they spend half their life in Kittles and not on the road....

Hahahahahaha

Hi Hairy - Our 3 ltr Nissan is great; no mechanical issues whatsoever. The Landcruiser is the one that blew the head (and previously did in a gearbox - common with Landcruisers that do a bit if work)

Motherhen

Rodney,
Ahh the mighty 60! Tought truck indeed!!! And the 80 is a fine machine too, just don't put tooooo much pressure on that front diff

;-))


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Brian

Yep.... you got it in one!!!


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Brian

Umm... no, I don't agree AND I drive a Toyota!!!

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Captain

Really Captain..? Wow..! You should change your name to the Lone Ranger..!!!

Terrafirma, he's not a Lone Ranger at all. I agree with him.

Not sure what Captain doesn't agree with however he drives a Toyota..! Now if he doesn't think Toyota make a better or more reliable vehicle than Nissan, why is driving a Toyota..? Hummm... Makes you wonder doesn't it.! LOL

All jokes aside I drive a Toyota because they make a better vehicle which also happens to more expensive. If there was no such thing as a Toyota I would drive a Nissan.. IMHO..!

I agree with Terrafirma. I also find it amusing Captain drives a Toyota and doesn't agree. That makes me laugh.

Toyota make a better product, no doubting it, thats why you see more of them in the outback than a Nissan or other vehicle.

You cannot dispute this fact, you cannot disagree with it either, it is simply fact.

I only deal in facts and thats why I drive a Toyota.! LOL

OK, I reckon a 200 series is a great vehicle (Da... obvious, I bought one!). But lets just look at the key - oh, sorry it doesn't have one. Thats right, you carry a proximity switch and when you are within 1m of the vehicle, and on the outside, you unlock the door by pulling the handle.

But first the door handle proximity sensor must register that your hand has touched the handle. So to simply unlock the door the 200 series has 10 (yes ten) sensors to read the location of the proximity switch (it knows if you are inside or outside the vehicle) and then it has 5 (yes five) proximity sensors to read if your hand has touched the door handle. Only then will it unlock. And now you have to start the vehicle. Push the start button and ... nothing! Oh, dear, I forgot to have my foot on the brake while touching the start button so no go. Now what happens if the brake switch fails!!!

So how reliable do you think this will be in 5 years time. Give me a key anyday, I can bypass that if I need too and do you think you will be able to bypass this in the bush??? And this is for the BASE model (GXL - no lower model available!!!)

And all that is to start the vehicle. And when you do, there is a quick tug on the steering wheel (don't know why, but it turns ~2 degrees), the brake pedal moves (electrically!) and the seatbelt tightens a tad. Hmm. I am an engineer dealing with PLC's regularly and all this scares me.

Give me a GU 4.2TD if you want to talk about reliability. Nothing is 100% reliable but if you can find anything more reliable than the GU 4.2TD then go for it. But if you want the ultimate in comfort, power, economy etc... then start looking at the 200. All about horses for courses.

But hey, any vehicle breakdown is only a Satphone and GPS co-ordinate away from recovery - not like the old days when it was life and death!!!

Cheers

Captain

I'm not sure I would like the keyless entry either but I might get used to it and I wouldn't assume it's not going to be reliable in 5 years.? Having said that I also think you are asking for trouble with all the extra bells and whistles and sensors etc etc.

And yes you are correct Captain on the GU 4.2TD, great vehicle but so was the 80 series diesel and the Troop Carriers etc etc. In todays age with Sat Phones you can be prepared, but a broken vehicle whilst you are away shouldn't kill you but your missus will..!

LOL..

To right Captain, went to pick up a pesara(aurion) from Mudgee a week a go. Found out customer had left lights on. Because it is keyless we could not get in to it to pull the bonnet so we could use a booster battery.Had to leave it their. Stupid techology for the sake of it.
Cheers Pete

It has it's uses though. At Saturday Soccer we turned up in my misses's Kluger with this system to become aware of the drama of another family who had manged to lock both sets of car and house keys into a brand new $100K plus X5. Tow truck to the dealer/glazier apparently. Can't happen with the Kluger, it won't lock wih a key inside.

OT

Had to get this one in Captain (WA) ! You have made no mention of your previous 3ltr Patrol, or maybe they are not worth the effort. (tongue in cheek). Up the mighty 60 !

Quote "Shane (QLD) posted:
Had to get this one in Captain (WA) ! You have made no mention of your previous 3ltr Patrol, or maybe they are not worth the effort"

Is this true Shane..? Captain hid the fact he owned a 3ltr patrol and obviously dumped it for the new 200 series cruiser..! Frickin Hell Capatin, you duped me big time.! I feel used and abused..!

So the Captain jumps ship big time from Nissan to Toyota but stands by his old Nissan (At least in his memories).

Sounds like the Captain has a bad case of brand identity..! Something a true Toyota owner never suffers..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Shane,

I think my support for the 3.0TD is on record here, but just to recap - "the series III onwards GU 3.0TD are proving to be very reliable and are arguably the best value for money large 4WD on the AUS market".

Main reason I didn't buy another was the absolute crap service by Nissan Australia. My dealer was great (for a stealer!) but Nissan Australia do nothing to support their dealers or their customers. I recently bought my wife a new Mazda CX7 and point blank refused to even look at a Nissan purely because of Nissan Australia's attitude to customers. Their attitude cost them over $120K worth of potential sales from me and until they start to look after their customers they will continue to lose market share - price will only help you for so long.

Cheers

Captain

GOLD GOLD GOLD Terra..! LOL , bleep er..!

Now Captain Read this out aloud..!

""This time , The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth (Except about the fact I owned a Nissan and traded it for a new 200 series Cruiser) So Help Me God!"

Ahh...TerraFirma, well at least you got one bit right, I have no brand loyalty!!! I had my 3.0TD for almost 5 years and I could have easily been tempted into another - its a great vehicle!!! Looks like some non-owners are nervous of just how good it is so want to keep knocking it to justify buying something more expensive.

Me, I am lucky enough to be able to buy what I want. When I sold my 80 series I went the GU 3.0TD over an IFS 4.2TD cruiser and have never regretted that decision. Just because I now have a 200 doesn't reflect on the 3.0TD, I nearly got a D..Di...Dis..Disc...nah, just couldn't go that far :)

Cheers

Captain

Oh and Rut Tearer, check out "My Profile" below, still proudly have my GU in there. Anyone who has been on this forum for any length of time knows I had a GU before my 200. Hey, I have even owned Diahatsu's and once had a Lada (there - you know my dark secret about the Niva now LOL). And if the H3 Hummer Adventurer was available in diesel, thats what i would be driving right now!!!

Cheers

Captain

PS. I think this thread has been done to death now!

Ahh...Captain, I completely understand.! As I said if there was no such thing as a Toyota I would be driving a Nissan. I simply can't put the Nissan ahead of the Toyota for so many reasons. My wifes 3rd Cruiser and Toyota head office have been fantastic. (Master Brake Cylinder went 4 years old, 1 year outta warranty, now these things are seriously expensive). Toyota covered the cost completely, saved me $3-4k. Outside of this I have had no issues other than stupid dealers who always need careful care.

Hope you enjoy the 200 series, on my shopping list right now..! Take care...!

Of course its not brand bashing. Look what the original poster drives....a Woollies Trolley Truck(Yuendumu Special), the most common denominator in the outback....lol(Probably the most bashed vehicle you can find out there)(hahahaha)


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And beautiful boring beige to boot!! Michael

I have to be honest, i did once blow the fuse in the cigarette lighter some time back.. Michael

I don't think John R would agree with you there ;)

I think it's probably more that there is more choice nowdays and the vehicles offer more choice for the purpose of 4WDing. You can still buy vehicles off the floor that will do the task such as Troopy's, Defenders, Patrol Cab Chassis but they don't make good all rounders. Years back that was pretty much all you could get. Unfortunately the generation of vehicles that showed us that you could have a good all rounder (like the GQ and 80) have gone softer and the later generations of similar vehicles need modification to do the same job.

OT

Friday funny come early that one.....

DAZZA


must b the GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE & AFTER SALES SUPPORT











NOT!!!!!!! :-P

Hi Mark

Yes and the great trade in valuation we got for the Navara, we had
it for 18 months, I was putting to many kilometres on it, and the
Cook wanted an Auto, so she can share the driving when we travel,
so it was good business sense to trade it while it was fairly new,
the only down side is I am using her old Exploder, its done only
70ks in 6 years, and you cant get good dollars for it as a trade in, so I
will drive it into the ground.

Cheers
Daza

dazza


driving a ford eh? i wont tell anyone, he he

Hey I dont want to throw the Cat amongst the Pidgeons, but it has
more grunt, than all the Tojos and Nis-cans put to gether, thats
power to weight ratio, but yes sadly it has a Blue Oval on the back
Tail Gate, and since Dicky Johnson got the chop from that Ford Mob,
I feel ashamed to Advertise Ford, I better wash my mouth out.


Cheers
Daza

wash it out with a cold one with me,cheers.

Ahhh we have an informant....keep it up mate...the more dirt you can let us have on that bloke who lives close to the Golden Mile, the better,,,,,,,hahahaha. Wot U say, Hairy???