trading 05 D4D hilux for DID triton

Now this will be interesting. Brace yourself, you may have just opened up a can of whop-ass!! Trading a d4d Hilux for a new Triton is just not the done thing to do on this site, and would be a hard pill to swallow for many.....
Good on you I say.

G'day Dazza

I recently bought the Triton GLX/R

Test drove all the others too. Load space isn't quite as good as couple of the others, but for me, I needed rear seat comfort for a couple of teens. They had a BIG say in which one was the best. Triton flogged all the others as far as they were concerned.

I agree with you about the performance. They go like stink.
I went from a '94 Falcon Wagon to Triton. So obviously its going to be a luxury sports car for a while. :))))

The kids call it Misterbishi.

Not that it means much to the grand scheme of things, but the Defender 130 is the first ute to have constant 4WD.

I have just bought the new hilux. Why you may ask? I, like you, balked at the price of the Hilux, so how did I come to my decision? My partner is in the car industry and so when looking at vehicles, she and I did alot of research. The one main thing that got me was reliability. Ok, there are problems with the Hilux, as is with all vehicles, it also has a small towing capacity (2,250kg), but the current model has been around for a while and what sold me was that we spoke to a friend who runs a hire car franchise (AVIS) and supplies a lot of vehicles to the mining industry. Due to invested capital, he went and bought an entire fleet of Tritons. Now, when buying a couple of hundred vehicles, he saved a snot load of money, but, add repair bills to all these vehicles as they get thrashed on the mines, he sits about $1,500 per vehicle in front of a Hilux when he had them as a fleet (2005-2006 stock). So, it makes sense to him. For me, only owning one vehicle, and doing outback touring, this wasn't satisfactory enough as I don't have a team of diesel fitters etc on hand. The Nissan has had too many bad reviews, the Colorado and the Ford, well let's not go there, and that leaves the Mazda. Didn't do too much research into the Mazda but have heard some pretty good reviews though I just wasn't willing to take the risk on something that I knew little about.

I hope this helps. $50,000 (or $40,000 odd) is a pretty expensive mistake to make.


Broe

I'm looking at dual cabs at the moment. Will most likely end up with a Hilux, as I was just informed I can't lease a Triton as it has a payload of greater that 1 tonne. Some good deals on the Triton at the moment to (booo to the tax man!!)

Hello Dazza,
Go the Hilux ! Sales figure show that people respect the brand for many reasons.

Following extensive research throughout 2005-2006, I bought a new 2006 D4D SR5 DC Hilux ute.

1) I know I can get parts for it almost anywhere because of the extensive dealer network.

2) I expect to get good resale value for it when I buy something else in a few year's time. I owned an NG Pajero. I was shocked at the poor resale of the Pajero; a hard lesson learned. Since then I have stuck with Toyotas.

3) I bought it because it produces its peak torque at lower revs (1450 RPM) than the Nissan STX (2000 RPM). It has abundant power as well !

4) The current Hilux is about 5 years old and still looks very modern.

Of course, if money's no problem ......... buy whatever you prefer. The latest Triton is a good product, according to motoring reviewers.

Cheers,
Netnut

Is the D4D in the Hilux the same one in the Prado that is behaving badly after about 30k to 50k? Some injector problem?