Never thought of a petrol tow vehicle previously. The old BT50 has been a great old truck and still has relatively low mileage for its' 8 year vintage. It is a plodder, does everything right and gets there, eventually, but can get very tedious on hills with a load on the back. Thought of a new Cruiser, but the Toyota tax and Toyota sales arrogance ( its a Toyota, we don't do deals, if you don't like the price, then bugger off and buy something else) puts me off. A DPF is something that does not suit the way the car would be driven 80 "% of the time and so I would be stuck with a 2015 vehicle if i did not want that device. That being said, even a high mileage top spec unit ( and even down to a GXL ) puts the price anywhere between $75-90K for a 5 year old car with plenty of miles on the clock. Cannot envisage paying that kind of coin for an old vehicle with sod all warranty.
Been reading up on the Y62 series 5 Patrol and doing a bit of research. You can get a top of the wozza Ti-L vehicle with 5 year warranty for around the same price and, substantially less if you take the lower spec, but still decadently luxurious Ti model. You can buy a tankerload of fuel with the $30 grand plus price differential on a VX or Sahara Cruiser and don't have to deal with self righteous plonkers at Toyota.
With this in mind, i took a test drive the other day and they are a big, but brilliant vehicle with power to burn. Very impressed with how it drove and the amount of kit fitted standard. Yes they get less mileage around town, but am led to believe that towing a 3T 'van they get around the same fuel consumption as a diesel Cruiser. Still way more than the BT, but not much more when towing.
Can anyone who owns one on the site, or knows someone that does, give me any real world experiences and perhaps confirm ( or otherwise) what i have already found?
Unfortunately, the Government throwing around instant capital tax write-offs for this year has seen these flying off the forecourt at a rate of knots and created a demand outstripping supply situation, with the associated " we have them, you want one" syndrome that turned Nissan salesmen into Toyota ones and, whilst there are deals to be done, there is a span of over $15K for the same car at different dealerships around the country and a 2-3 month wait.
This would, perhaps, be the last major purchase of my life for this kind of value, so it is important to be happy with my choice, or it could be a very expensive mistake. I am 9/10ths the way to pulling the trigger and about to roll the dice. All (constructive )input gratefully received.
Been reading up on the Y62 series 5 Patrol and doing a bit of research. You can get a top of the wozza Ti-L vehicle with 5 year warranty for around the same price and, substantially less if you take the lower spec, but still decadently luxurious Ti model. You can buy a tankerload of fuel with the $30 grand plus price differential on a VX or Sahara Cruiser and don't have to deal with self righteous plonkers at Toyota.
With this in mind, i took a test drive the other day and they are a big, but brilliant vehicle with power to burn. Very impressed with how it drove and the amount of kit fitted standard. Yes they get less mileage around town, but am led to believe that towing a 3T 'van they get around the same fuel consumption as a diesel Cruiser. Still way more than the BT, but not much more when towing.
Can anyone who owns one on the site, or knows someone that does, give me any real world experiences and perhaps confirm ( or otherwise) what i have already found?
Unfortunately, the Government throwing around instant capital tax write-offs for this year has seen these flying off the forecourt at a rate of knots and created a demand outstripping supply situation, with the associated " we have them, you want one" syndrome that turned Nissan salesmen into Toyota ones and, whilst there are deals to be done, there is a span of over $15K for the same car at different dealerships around the country and a 2-3 month wait.
This would, perhaps, be the last major purchase of my life for this kind of value, so it is important to be happy with my choice, or it could be a very expensive mistake. I am 9/10ths the way to pulling the trigger and about to roll the dice. All (constructive )input gratefully received.
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