Thread: please be nice... patrol vs disco

I had a 1996 2.8 TD GQ Patrol. They do have a much less tougher gearbox than the 4.2 petrol and deisel GQ's. Also no matter what you do you will get 500klms to a tank, no more.

They are also a slow beast and absolutly suck the deisel over 100 klms. I had mine for 5 years and traded it in on the MY2003 Disco.

If he goes for a Patrol get the 4.2 Litre variant. Dual fuel is fun to play with. I love both my Disco and my patrol but I think it better that he steers clear of the 2.8TD. They are just not a big enough engine for it.

reporting back as promised.

he went the patrol route...

actually got a good price in the end. bought a cosmetically rough(well relatively) 1999 gu 2.8 with 180k for 14k. interior is great, but one of the rear flares is missing. mechanically its good. i drove it from adelaide to tanunda yesterday for him and despite only weighing an extra 50kgs(manufac specs for tare and kerb weights) it feels like there is more mass behind every movement. it feels to have more unsprung weight, and it did have that slight "shimmy" feeling when doing 100+kmh and over bad bitumen. feels like lateral play or uncontrolled tyre flex. i have to say though, it was a nice car to be in. power felt perfectly fine. going by base specs, it feels about how it should compared to my td5. overall power is basically same (95 vs 101) and although i have more torque(300-315 vs 252) it cruises and accelerates well.

one thing that really annoyed me though, was how much smoother the inline 6 is compared to my td5. in sound, revability and actually feeling it in the cabin. it really only sounded like a diesel when idling. nice turbo noise too.

we're going for a drive back to the border track on saturday (there goes $300 in fuel in 8 hrs) in both cars. taking them both so to get a bit of a comparison(fuel use, comfort, off road ability- i better win!), and also incase there are any hidden issues with the patrol that havent cropped up yet.

thanks for your opinions people

It's simple, If he has kids and needs it to be a school bus as well as 4wd toy/tourer then the Poo would be the pick for the interior space.

If he wants a capable 4wd that will give him the best of both worlds due to it being built to work rather than drop kids at school then get the Disco but make sure he understands that maintenance means more than putting fuel into it.

It's 2 different cars for 2 different uses, 2 different sizes and classes.