Thread: Y62 patrol

Originally Posted by Tombie

One big question... why did the boss man specify a Y62???

He recently bought 2 work navaras, a isuzu d-max and a kenworth of his mate. He can get a great deal on it he reckons. Hes been banging on about the patrol for a while so see what happens.

Anyway today we went and saw the new ti and pajero exceed. The pajeros price point is good compared to the nissa but for the equivalent tech as the nissan or close to its 65k. This patrol is around 79k.
Sitting in both the mrs and i prefered the patrol to the pajero. In fact the mrs loved the patrol. The pajero feels dated in comparison and the seats are no way near as comfortable. The pajero does have better driver visibility and easier to see all corners of the vehicle compared to the patrol. The patrols surround camera system is excellent.
Anyway i dont review cars professionally so I'll just say that we loved the patrol. No egr, dpf or adblue....big and the comfort is amazing. The roar of the engine reminds me of my drag racing dags, as beautiful as one Beethovens finest.
Compared to the equivalent 200 series id be about 20k ahead. Now 20k buys me a lot of extra fuel, in fact on rough calculations of my average kms id have to own it for 8 years before i broke even with the 200, and then theres the running costs of diesel servicing. In saying that the boss man pays fuel anyway.
I think im sold, the mrs definitely is. She said its so big she feels very safe in it...

Originally Posted by scarry

I was thinking that,why not a D5?

We will go have a look at the d5 next week.

Your right about the servicing costs for the diesel, LC whatever,200,79,76,78.

Every 10000K or 6 months,apart from being an inconvenience, is way below industry standard,and the costs are excessive.

By the way,the petrol LC is also every 10000K,6 months.

Push it out any further and there is no warranty.

Oh,and toyota,no roadside assist.

Originally Posted by scarry

I was thinking that,why not a D5?

Maybe he is not a sadist

Regardless of what i end up with i can guarantee it will not be as good off road as the 110. Everyone knows how modified my 110 is and its a beast. Nothing i buy will compare to its offroad capability. However the 110 isnt even in the same postcode for luxury compared to the vehicles im considering. Its got a very comfortable seating position but no mod cons at all.
I wish there were more solid axle choices than Jeep, 70 series and gwagen but there isn't unfortunately. I know some of you wont agree but i just love a solid axel 4wd.

Just looking in carsales and there are lots of 2013 14 15 ones for sale... i would've thought they would be hard to come by???

3ltr diesel?

Originally Posted by 1nando

I wish there were more solid axle choices than Jeep, 70 series and gwagen but there isn't unfortunately. I know some of you wont agree but i just love a solid axel 4wd.

Me too, but the V8 7X series is a disgrace. How Toyota gets away with widening the front track to fit the V8 and leaves the rear untouched astounds me ( Iknow you can get around it, but...). Gwagens are unaffordable and Jeep.... nup. Trouble is, whatever the next Defender is, if there is one, I'll bet it will be IFS/IRS.