I was thinking about Vic ones aswell, but I have to trade in my Falcon so though that it might get all too confusing....
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I was thinking about Vic ones aswell, but I have to trade in my Falcon so though that it might get all too confusing....
My D3 was bought by a Tasmanian - Doug on here.
Cheers
Chuck
I hope you are not confusing D3 issues with D2 issues. The D2 had a lot of little reliability issues but the D3 is much more reliable
Ive been reading about gearbox oil, various suspension issues, brake switches, brake lights globes, front control arm bushes and ball joints and timimg belts..
Gday...Quote:
Originally Posted by Perazzi Adam
The best place to learn about a marque is a forum. The worst place to learn about a marque is a forum.
Go to the Toyota Owners Forum and you will find an equal amount of "problems" and as many who have nothing but praise.
It's the same with all marques - all have problems ... some show few.
Thankfully - my ownership has revealed very little unreliability. I have also met at least 20 D3 and/or D4 owners in my travels. None have had a problem. But this forum is great for finding out how to identify and/or remedy 'stuff'.
Cheers - John
Sell your car privately - you'll get a much better deal than "trade in " price - (I just sold my wifes Honda privately to a guy from Sydney - sight unseen - he transferred the money into our account and sent a truck around to pick up the Honda) - then stick your cash in your wallet and "come on over" to the big island and buy D3 ... you'll love it ... :D Like I said .. do your research and check the service record etc and you'll be O.K.
Go on ... buy a Landrover ... you know you want to :twisted:
Forums are great for finding out what goes wrong with cars but rarely do people post about what is going right.. The D3 is a complicated vehicle and needs to be maintained. Similar story with the others as well. Realistically you will need to budget more for maintenance than the Falcon to keep all the tricky bits going. Couple this with taking it off road and towing and the extra strains that involves, maintenance once again is higher.
A much better vehicle than a Falcon. Like the others have mentioned, perhaps look a bit wider than Tas for the vehicles you are considering.
I agree with Ashes comment above.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashes
Another thing to remember is that Forum members are only a minority of D3 / D4 owners.
I know a non forum member that has travelled over 250,000Klm's in his 3.0Lt D4 and only ever had to do routine maintenance. He was going to trade it at 200,000Klms, but thought "what the hell am I doing".
I am sure that the good luck stories far outway the bad luck ones, compared to other 4 x 4's.
Perazzi Adam - As Oldsalt mentioned, sell the falcon privately, get on a boat or plane and grab yourself a good D3 on the mainland.
Happy hunting,
Craig
Hi Adam,
Like yourself and some others I've never owned a Landcruiser apart from and old FJ40 and I've never owned a Pajero, but I know people who have and do. Any vehicle you buy will ultimately have a few niggles, either something you do don't like or an inherent reliability issue. Go to a sale yard and they will all be great even the coulour for some reason which you personally might dislike.
Forums generally have people on them who have had a problem or in some cases expecting one. Me I've now owned a few Land Rovers, what I like about the brand is the camaraderie amongst the people, I was travelling interstate, I called into a local LR agent to meet someone I had read some of the posts on the forum couldn't wish to meet a nicer guy, friendly family man................. I can't imagine doing that at a yota or a Mitsubishi yard.
The information and friendliness that comes out of this forum you can't go wrong, even if something does go wrong, then if you add the capability of the LR marque into the occasion, if you want to be on the leading edge of technology for all aspects of what a four wheel drive is about join the group, if you want to be in the pack following buy something else, one thing you have is choice.
I wish you the very best with your selection and I hope you enjoy your D3 or D4 which ever you choose.