4WD Ground clearance specifications!,Where are they measuring it from??

Hi Axle,
The accountant is probably only looking at it from a tax point of view, the landy has depreciated to zero, therefor it's time to claim some more depreciation by buying a new vehicle, bugger the price, he's not paying.
However if that's all he's worried about ignore him.
You could do a total rebuild on the old girl and claim the costs as repairs and renovations in the one year.............. unless the tax people have changed the rules from a few years back .

You'll never be happy unless you keep the old girl and you know it.

Disco.

ha - just been through the very same. My figure juggler suggested I look beyond the legendary exploits that my Defender has taken us through (so did my now elongated teenage boys squeezed in the back of the old 130)

I looked at the D-max and the Colorado and was very tempted by their towing ability and decent rear legroom but wasn't impressed by plasticky interior, low clearance and above all, by the time I'd got a canopy and a drawer system to accommodate a neat dual battery system in the tray/tub I could've bought a decent used Cruiser or Prado. Aaaagh - sacrilege. I looked at a new Prado and given the reduced (although still decent) fuel tank and reduced rear luggage area didn't think it was worth the extra pain $$$$$$$$ over a later model 120 d4d......and that's what we got last week. After the Defender the kids think they're now being chauffered in a Bentley. Very pleased with it given the extra comfort and plenty of power etc but after finding a good buy in the mid-$40,000s, need to trick it up a bit. Was also tempted by a a few Cruisers that now seem to be decent value but the Prado with near enough equivalent power and the Mrs prefers the driveability of the Prado (I can play on the laptop whilst she tows the van;))) she hated the manual. They seem to have superceded the Cruiser in sales now, whereas a few years ago when I had the petrol version the opposite was true. Oh, and I suppose the dealer network is better on the Toyota as opposed to Isuzu. I like the Grenade, whoops 3.0 Patrol but knowing my luck.........

Good luck.

I thought that would have been an easy choice axle - the Patrol cab chassis being a lot better.

When in rough country and on slippy building sites most of the people I know go for the extra stability it has via its wide track and optional wide wheel pack than the cruiser utes better enigne , and the suspension is already the best assuming you get it with coil springs not leafs.

Just think , you can even play with the electric windows.

The engine - well , a concern but now its better than some give it credit for and I'm sure all of us would only buy such a car with the extended warranty in place.

Check out post 84507....249mm with underbody protection and 265mm with out

regarding ground clearance measuring you could look at( Ramp over angle) try googling etc

Surely ground clearance would be measured from the lowest point, most likely to be the diff housing.

Except on a vehicle with IFS one wheel can be climbing over a bump and the other can drop into a dip/hole and hey presto NO ground clearance, mainly due to limited travel.
With a solid axle the clearance stays the same only affected by bits of terrain sticking up.