Is it time to get a Pajero?

Not just Land Rover that you pay a "tax" on if shopping for parts etc locally. ;)

I recently bought my young bloke the VW equivalent of Nanocom for his birthday. Could get it in Australia (Sydney / Melbourne / Brisbane) for a bit over $400 plus freight, with delivery quoted at anything between 7 and 10 working days.

Bought exactly the same thing from the US for under $300 - placed order and paid for on a Thursday afternoon - it was delivered to our PO Box in Kalgoorlie the following Monday morning. Freight cost from the US was about $10 dearer than I was quoted from the east coast.

The young bloke has very quickly learned that most parts / accessories that he wants for his Amarok can be had at significantly less cost if purchased overseas. :(

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Originally Posted by Gullible

That will be happening after Christmas. The dealer originally agreed to cancel the sale and swap cars when he spoke to Fair Trading. When he spoke to us he had changed his mind.

Christmas got in the way, it was hard to get quotes out of garages when they were flat out. So we will put our claim in when we get back and see what the court decides. We are going for misrepresentation rather than not fit for purpose.

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Thanks. All the best with it when you do get there.

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Originally Posted by TerryO

The reality is its a 10 year old vehicle and things go wrong with vehicles of this age, the annoying thing was it happened in your and everyone else's Christmas New Years break which also meant it was hard to get parts in a reasonable time.

A Pajero that is 10 years old would have problems as well.

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I couldn't agree more. Sounds like you bought someone else's problem, but I would think you are more than a little optimistic if you think a Pajero of the same age is going to be any better, particularly if you intend to tow with it.

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Originally Posted by ADMIRAL

I couldn't agree more. Sounds like you bought someone else's problem, but I would think you are more than a little optimistic if you think a Pajero of the same age is going to be any better, particularly if you intend to tow with it.

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For the same money though it'd be a much newer Pajero possibly under warranty even

And there in lies the problem.
We love the D3, all the features, the comfort, the space and the much forgotten turning circle. But until we can afford one that comes with a warranty, they are a bit of a liability for us.

I'd like to think that my mechanical skills would be up to fixing most issues but I lack confidence and experience. I do have to say that lots of serviceable parts are quick and easy. The brakes and rotors for example are quick and easy.

If we get a trouble free trip home and then a couple of months without a mechanics bill maybe SWMBO will soften her position.

Hey Gullible,
Sorry to hear about troubles, especially sucks whilst you are on holidays. For what it's worth, you are not the only one who has been through this. I realise this dosen't help much now, but... IF you can find out the history on the gearbox maybe you would be able to get some compensation. I was able to but my circumstances were completely different. Note: the genuine turbo crossover pipe was about $1800 and the non-genuine new one about $900 and a second hand one about $700. It can fixed without taking the body off which will also save your thousands......
good luck mate.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...questions.html

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Originally Posted by Gullible

And there in lies the problem.
We love the D3, all the features, the comfort, the space and the much forgotten turning circle. But until we can afford one that comes with a warranty, they are a bit of a liability for us

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Yes, not that it helps the credit card, but I'm beginning to think of our recently acquired RRS as a running restoration project - luckily we love it :)

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Originally Posted by Stuart02

For the same money though it'd be a much newer Pajero possibly under warranty even

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The current Paj, like it or not, is a reliable, capable and robust unit. The 4M41 is a strong engine, in fact now that they have the Aisin 5-speed it's hard to beat for the money, and because they are getting a bit long in the tooth, they are very well priced.

It looks as though Mits won't be replacing the current Pajero.

I've often wondered about a late model 4M41 conversion for the Deefer. Has to be nicer than one of those Isuzu lumps :p

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Originally Posted by steane

The current Paj, like it or not, is a reliable, capable and robust unit. The 4M41 is a strong engine, in fact now that they have the Aisin 5-speed it's hard to beat for the money, and because they are getting a bit long in the tooth, they are very well priced. It looks as though Mits won't be replacing the current Pajero. I've often wondered about a late model 4M41 conversion for the Deefer. Has to be nicer than one of those Isuzu lumps :p

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They are great value. The later ones all have a rear factory locker. Just don't seem as good off-road.

For what it is worth I have offered an opinion on this forum previously when people have asked the question about buying either a late model D3 HSE or early basic level D4 and that is in my opinion buy a basic D4 2.7 over a D3 with the lot any day.
It took LR nearly five years to get the present Disco platform pretty much sorted and even though the D4 basically is a later model D3 they don't seam to have nearly as many foibles.

I find myself driving our D3 more than the D4 as time goes on because it just feels so comfortable and relaxed to drive in comparison but the maintenance bills on the D3 are scary.

Surely it should not come as to much of a surprise to anyone that a decade old ground breaking 2.5 ton luxury 4x4 with more gizmo's than anything of its time and still way in front of the majority of its opposition today has high on going maintenance costs.

My wife and I love our D3 and D4, simply put they are the best vehicles we have ever owned, however we fully understand that ownership of these types of vehicles often comes at a expense.