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Have a look on Youtube to see what the crazy guys in Kuwait and Saudi are doing to their Y62's. Getting over 1,000Hp is common, and I saw one recently with quad turbos putting out ridiculous amounts of power and funny enough, had very little room left in the engine bay.....
[QUOTE=1nando;2766566]Your spot on when you say that complaining about economy when u own a 3 ton bus is ridiculous. What everyone seems to forget is that in its category (large capable family bus) it is by far and away the best value for money. There are really only 3 vehciles in the same category in my opinion and the other 2 options are too expensive and overpriced. 1; the LC 200 which is a outdated vehicle and 2; the range rover which isnt my idea of value for money in any way shape or form. I considered a lot of smaller suvs but the mrs loved the Patrol.
The worst thing about the Patrol is the stupid rear lights which i just sorted. Looks quiet good now i think.
Yep could not agree more, we bought the 200 because being petrol it was ridiculously cheap and the equivalent diesel Sahara was 40k more... I thought and still do that my family will be safer in a larger vehicle, might has right, that and we have always either lived in remote parts of Australia or overseas... had a V8 D3 before it... unfortunately a D4 V8 was not available...
Only issue is, I drive it and wonder how a LS3 would go in my Camel...
Hmmmmm. Been watching quite a few vids and reading a fair bit about these. Certainly seem like a much underrated vehicle. The fuel consumption and overall running cost comparisons with a lc200 turbo diesel are quite interesting. Certainly seem very reliable too... hmmmmm
Jv
From my research the y62 is a very reliable vehcile. If you do a google search for y62 reliability or issues nothing comes up.Quote:
Originally Posted by cripesamighty
They seem to be heavily engineered and the drivetrain unbreakable. In fact nissan spent a huge amount of hours bashing it offroad in the middle east during the research and development perfecting it. I can tell you that crawling under the y62 everything is huge. I work with trucks and the y62 diffs are huge and the chassis is massive, bulky.
The fact that people are extracting huge reliable power from them isnt surprising and its a mystery to me why they dont sell more of them over here in greater numbers. In the UAE they are the number one selling vehicle, with sales growing year on year and they are pretty much the same price as the land cruiser: United Arab Emirates August 2017: Nissan Patrol up 67% to 10.3% share – Best Selling Cars Blog
The people in the UAE regard the Patrol as the toughest and most reliable SUV in the market and thats why sales keep growing.
Whats even more impressive is how dominant the Toyota propaganda has been swallowed in Australia hook line and sinker. The way they've brainwashed people into thinking they are so reliable is amazing, when in fact they have issues in nearly all they're flag ship models. I now understand why Toyota forums are so hard to join, Toyota reliabilty is near impossible to Google and why they charge so much for their vehciles. People in Australia love the BS and as a result they charge stupid prices for outdated crap....
The y62 doesnt have a diesel option and if allowed and encouraged can drink heavily but the fact that its so reliable will more than likely make it the cheaper option to run over a 150,000+ kms i think. Thats why they haven't bothered putting a diesel in it. "If it ain't broke don't fix it"....my opinion.
My thoughts are from firsthand experience with the ridiculous costs of dpf and egr replacement with modern diesels. Not to mention hpfp and injector costs... petrol vehicles are becoming a viable proposition. ...Quote:
Originally Posted by 1nando
Jc
They were designed with the UAE as the primary market.
This was admitted during the release phase.
The following link is interesting. They compare the nissan titan with the same engine as my patrol to the 5L v8 cummins diesel that is rumored to be going into the y62. I think the end result may surprise some of you, it suprised me. Working with heavy vehicles everyday i know and undertsand and also love the benefits of a diesel engine. Going to a petrol wasnt easy and TBH if the mrs hadn't loved it so much i probably would have gone the pajero (which she hated). Im glad we dod though and im starting to love this beast.
Whats interesting here is that the 200 LC owners crap on about this rumored towing advantage yet the cummins 5L v8 diesel which is a far superior engine leads me to think otherwise.
Enjoy;
2016 Nissan Titan XD Gas vs Diesel, Towing vs Empty Highway MPG Review - YouTube
Look forward to opinions.
That was an interesting vid for sure. I expected the differences between petrol and diesel to be more pronounced.
Well, i just did a trip from adelaide to the high country and back with a modern diesel, in a vehicle about the same size as the Y62. It has almost as much torque, at lower revs, and more torque to weight than the Y62.
It used around 9L/100km on the highway, and 15L/100km in the high country, including hours and hours and hours of 1st gear moderate/difficult and somewhat extreme offroading, involving masses of very steep climbs. So, the Y62 at an average of 13L/100km, may use around 50% more on the hwy(?).
A 4.2L petrol Y61 did exactly the same stuff and used around twice as much fuel.
So how much does the Y62 use offroad?
Would be significantly different in our commonly populated areas with the hills etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by cripesamighty