Thread: Prados

Originally Posted by Trout

Iv had 3 nissan patrols in the last 40yrs.Water has been up to the door handles or touching bottom of wing mirrors driving thru rivers.Two with snorkles,one with out.None leaking,drowned or written off.Prados need to learn to hold their breath better in water.

Yea I suspect having the intake in the wheel arch isnt the best design. And the chamber in the road which dipped the drivers side down for a bit didnt help too haha

Might have had something in the drain flap in the bottom of the air filter housing too, it literally only requires a teaspoon or two of water to bust crap up in these modern diesels. Mate's ex drowned a fairly new ranger in flooding, was trying to rescue some animals and got told it will be right these things are good for 700mm. That one wasn't so it isn't just a Prado thing, could be a bit of luck of the draw sometimes.

Originally Posted by XR500

That deep and its a write off???
Toyota should hang their head in shame.

Yeh some of the adverts you see on tv really seem to overstate the capabilities a bit.

Hmm I thort a ranger would handle 700mms of water quietly.

Yeah, but nah not in this case. I don't know any more but I would put forward the guess that the pilot might not have used the correct techniques just quietly. The mate wasn't that flattering when describing her driving ability and suggested that she would have been better off staying in the mall carpark with some pet food and just waited for the things to get hungry.

Originally Posted by No.3

Shortly petrol will be on RUC so the cost difference and pain in the butt factor will get closer...

You'd think that'd favour the thirstier petrol vehicles?

The Mrs has a 2003 model 4l petrol. A bit thirsty but very nice to drive, plenty of power when you need it and has been very reliable.wont be in a hurry to get rid of it. 265kms with no issues

Originally Posted by Bush Basher

The Mrs has a 2003 model 4l petrol. A bit thirsty but very nice to drive, plenty of power when you need it and has been very reliable.wont be in a hurry to get rid of it. 265kms with no issues

Got the same rig, purchased at similar km's get about 12.8l per 100km taking it easy. Have done about 90k since I've owned, apart from servicing I've done one battery and one cv boot. Fairly standard wear components as expected.

Originally Posted by GlennJ

So petrol isnt a deal breaker by the looks. We only tow long distances once or twice a year for camping trips and small towing trips into town and back but primarily carting the kids around and going away. Maybe I will have to sell the old hilux and get the wife a runabout for the day to day operations and short trips into town if i go down the petrol route

I have a 2008 VX V6 with 320,000k....and am very happy with it. Can run on either 91 or 95 as the computer will adjust accordingly.
I tow and go off road. (Have fitted snorkle, 2 inch lift and diff breathers...
The official fuel use is 14.2L/100k and I get 12 on the open road (not towing)...179KW so good overtaking power...
Hope this helps.