Thread: Prado Questions

Unless you're going to be doing a heap of towing, the 4L V6 would be hard to look past. Very nice smooth V6 and plenty of grunt.
Cheaper to buy, and cheaper to maintain than a diesel . Only downside is resale value. They don't hold their price like the diesel models.

Originally Posted by cambo

Unless you're going to be doing a heap of towing, the 4L V6 would be hard to look past. Very nice smooth V6 and plenty of grunt.
Cheaper to buy, and cheaper to maintain than a diesel . Only downside is resale value. They don't hold their price like the diesel models.

Ended up pulling the trigger on a brand new GX with 2.8l diesel. Get it in a couple weeks. Pretty excited...first decent vehicle.

Thought about the petrol but it's only available in VX with the new model and the budget already doubled so another 10k was too much. Not fussed on leather either - always hot or cold.

What do you figure a litre of diesel actually costs if you figure in road charges and maintenance?

my guess, more than petrol.

AA calculate diesel and RUC's together as $1.45/L for a vehicle doing 14000kms on average per year.

But by my calculations:
RUC's for a Prado are about $68/1000kms
Rego is $270/yr
Basic servicing would be $520/yr with no extras like wipers, air filters, diff oils, brake fluid, brake pads, tyres etc. (Unless you got a service plan with the purchase)
Add it all up and it gets pricey.

Originally Posted by cambo

AA calculate diesel and RUC's together as $1.45/L for a vehicle doing 14000kms on average per year.

But by my calculations:
RUC's for a Prado are about $68/1000kms
Rego is $270/yr
Basic servicing would be $520/yr with no extras like wipers, air filters, diff oils, brake fluid, brake pads, tyres etc. (Unless you got a service plan with the purchase)
Add it all up and it gets pricey.

Got 5 years warranty and 5 years free services.

I thought RUC's were set at 50-odd bucks per 1000k's? Well researched obviously but it wouldn't of changed the decision. Wanted a 7 seater and i'm sold on Toyotas after working in aus and watching them eat dust, extreme heat and shitty roads for years on end and we never had one break down. Few flat batteries that was it, and these vehicles were doing 20-40k a year.

I think you have made a good choice MattyP - they look nice
My wife and I sat in a new Prado for about ten minutes at the Waikato Field-days recently - all the Sales people were talking with the TV fishing star who was on their stand - so we left
I got a WOF for my Cruiser in Tauranga a couple of months back and spent about half an hour looking at a new Prado with a sales lady - she said they would get me a price on my Cruiser that was out the back - never heard back from her
Went over to the Toyota yard in Tauranga yesterday and looked at a 2013 Cruiser and a slightly used 2015 Prado for about ten minutes - sales people were all too busy inside - so f**K them
When I am ready I will go over to Thames where I will get some respect
I reckon Toyota sales service rates with real estate agents - absolute crap - they get their money too easy

I guess not much has changed father was interested in a hilux as change from landrovers the salesmans didnt turn up so he has had mitsis since 1981.They do not seem to learn.I had the same getting back into roadbikes only one got back to me guess who I buy off and get services done.

Originally Posted by time out

I think you have made a good choice MattyP - they look nice
My wife and I sat in a new Prado for about ten minutes at the Waikato Field-days recently - all the Sales people were talking with the TV fishing star who was on their stand - so we left
I got a WOF for my Cruiser in Tauranga a couple of months back and spent about half an hour looking at a new Prado with a sales lady - she said they would get me a price on my Cruiser that was out the back - never heard back from her
Went over to the Toyota yard in Tauranga yesterday and looked at a 2013 Cruiser and a slightly used 2015 Prado for about ten minutes - sales people were all too busy inside - so f**K them
When I am ready I will go over to Thames where I will get some respect
I reckon Toyota sales service rates with real estate agents - absolute crap - they get their money too easy

Originally Posted by MattyP

Got 5 years warranty and 5 years free services.

I thought RUC's were set at 50-odd bucks per 1000k's? Well researched obviously but it wouldn't of changed the decision. Wanted a 7 seater and i'm sold on Toyotas after working in aus and watching them eat dust, extreme heat and shitty roads for years on end and we never had one break down. Few flat batteries that was it, and these vehicles were doing 20-40k a year.

Nice choice MattyP.
You will have to bring it into my work (Ilam Toyota) when you need the servicing done

Originally Posted by cambo

Nice choice MattyP.
You will have to bring it into my work (Ilam Toyota) when you need the servicing done

You work there!? Fuck sake, haha. Was there a few days ago looking at the Prado's when we were still thinking of getting one a couple years old.

Bought from Miles in the end - on Montreal Street. Same chain isn't it? So can we get our 5yrs of servicing done by you ?

Edit - that's rough, time out. Pretty bad luck. I've had to laugh a few times when i've struggled to get service at a harvey norman or similar because all the salespeople flock to the guy in business attire. Then finally one who isn't as superficial comes to have a chat and in one case I walked out with a 65" ultra HD Sony a few mins later while the other younger sales rep was looking on in frustration while he kept trying to pitch something to the guy he'd chosen to serve instead of me. Sounds like a few dickheads like that have missed out on a sale with you.