Y62 patrol

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Originally Posted by rar110

My Perentie has front and side bars but is never used for touring anymore. My L322 is the workhorse for regular family trips and holidays and no bar work. I don’t drive at early morning, dusk or dark unless it’s a roo free zone ie M1 btw Coolangatta to sunny coast.

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Same. I used to cannonball from Perth to Coral Bay , Exmouth or Shark Bay to go fishing for the weekend in my youth... drums of fuel in the back of the 308 WB ute and a heavy right foot. Leave after work friday and was hauling in Big Golden Trevally or Queenies by lunchtime Saturday.... saw plenty of wildlife but only a few very minor taps but happy the steel 4 poster on the front and Bosch Bull250 driving lamps did their job. Wouldn't attempt such behaviour nowadays...😮

I lived in the country for a while with a 2wd with no bar and had a few roo hits, but none were in the bullbar zone so it wouldnt have helped.

I put a bar on my current vehicle, and two roos have succumed to the bar.

Next time i will go for hoops as well.

Watch all the way to the end. :

Warning; if you own a d4 be prepared to be impressed or upset.


Towing LIKE A BOSS! Nissan Patrol Y62 up hill with 2.8t - YouTube

One of the things that turned me off the Y62 was a few reviews that it wasn't as stable as the 200 series. Lack of towing software is a concern as well.

Compared to the V8 D4 it had a bit over 20kw and 50nm. So not so much. My D4 can accelerate to 120km/h towing my Jayco at about 2.8T up the Mooney Mooney bridge hill southbound. That is 6000 rpm in 4th but changing to 5th doesn't result in more acceleration.

The D4 is very stable and I haven't found a situation where it has lacking in power or torque yet. I'll how the RRS in the TDV8 or SCV8 goes soon. I think they may be better than the D4 with a longer wheelbase and better suspension and both have considerably more torque than the Y62,

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Originally Posted by Geedublya

One of the things that turned me off the Y62 was a few reviews that it wasn't as stable as the 200 series. Lack of towing software is a concern as well.

Compared to the V8 D4 it had a bit over 20kw and 50nm. So not so much. My D4 can accelerate to 120km/h towing my Jayco at about 2.8T up the Mooney Mooney bridge hill southbound. That is 6000 rpm in 4th but changing to 5th doesn't result in more acceleration.

The D4 is very stable and I haven't found a situation where it has lacking in power or torque yet. I'll how the RRS in the TDV8 or SCV8 goes soon. I think they may be better than the D4 with a longer wheelbase and better suspension and both have considerably more torque than the Y62,

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The y62 has a very soft rear end and as a result heavy towing requires air bags to be fitted to level the vehcile. Once fitted sway isnt an issue at all apparently especially on the Ti amd Ti-L models with the HMBC suspension.

As for torque; a vehcile with greater HP overall and correct gearing will always tow and pull a load faster than a vehicle with less HP and more torque. Watch the video;
Torque Is NOT How Far You Move The Wall - YouTube

Also the 200 makes 90nm more than the patrol but the patrols extra 100hp was able to pull a 3 ton van up the same hill and increase speed without issue. Hp is the rate at which work is done and torque is the force with which its done so 100 more hp with a deficit of 90nm still make it a more powerful tow vehcile.

Granted fuel economy goes up very quickly.
I think its a very impressive result, one a lot of people wouldnt expect

My post was more aimed at your comments on the D4 owners being impressed/upset. I have my doubts if there will be that much difference between the Y62 and my D4 towing and I suspect the D4 might be the better tow vehicle overall due to the air suspension and sway mitigation software.

In my experience the hill shown in the video wouldn't be a problem for the D4 to maintain speed or even accelerate towing the same weight.

😣😣.
I suspect also that the d4 possibly wasn't 'flat to the boards' though...
So The total package of the L322 is what swayed me in the end. I have no issue at all with that glorious 5.6 and the transmission in the nissan they are fantastic... but towing a big heavy full height van the stability control programs, sway assist and sweet suspension of the rangie is far superior. Not going to get into the fuel debate as a comparison with a 5.0SC rangie i would suspect would actually use more anyway...

My reasoning for looking at the y62 is Nissan! Haven't heard any horror stories really, as apposed to all things rover. I really don't want to purchase a late model l322 then have to put an auto in it.
Also, i am only towing around 1t of campertrailer, so the towing system is less critical.
Also i love how spacious the nissan is, it reminds me a lot of my LSE[emoji4]

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Originally Posted by 1nando

Watch all the way to the end. :

Warning; if you own a d4 be prepared to be impressed or upset.


Towing LIKE A BOSS! Nissan Patrol Y62 up hill with 2.8t - YouTube

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Sorry mate. That video just shows he’s a flog.

That Disco didn’t accelerate. He just kept his pace.

I haven’t found a hill yet I can’t hold my speed up towing... and I sure don’t chew the fuel at the rate he was doing that.


Enjoy your vehicle... but those sort of videos are just naff.

Hit that Toowoomba range going west,with a 3T van in tow, and i don't think the speed will be held for long,even if you want to flog the absolute ring out of the tow vehicle.

Correct, that vid means **** all...