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Car Forum / Australian Car Forums / 4x4 Cars (Australian group) / March 2006Prado 3.0 litre turbo any good?
Currently thinking about selling up the farm and spending a few years exploring oz. As I will be living in it, I reckon a 22ft or so van will do the trick - and when needed I can just park it somewhere and explore the more rugged areas camping. I had a look at a Prado 3.0l turbo, and they seem nice - the Grande model has lots of goodies, but I wonder how it would go towing. I dont need to go fast, and I will not be doing any hard off-road stuff - eg climbing millions of sand hills and digging myself out of boggs is not my idea of fun The only things I didn;t like about the Grande were the sun roof, the price, and the rear doors (cant open them fully with a van attached!!!) Would appreciate ideas, opinions, and advice from any one with experience with the Prado. Also looking for ideas for (low cost) phone and internet access while touring cheers David www.exploroz.com.au has all yor answers in about 23908230498230492834098 different threads Whew! Might take me awhile to read all those David > www.exploroz.com.au has all yor answers in about > 23908230498230492834098 different threads > Currently thinking about selling up the farm and spending a few years > exploring oz. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > David David, last year my bro bought a TD prado, currently has a 22ft van. He rekkons it is fine. Of course it's no speedster :)) Cheers Jim >>Currently thinking about selling up the farm and spending a few years >>exploring oz. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > Cheers > Jim The 3ltr Prado has similar power/torque figures to the 1Hz diesel in the landcruiser and they definitely have no problem towing a van that size and they weight over 2 tonnes so should handle a van that size quite ok although I would be upgrading the rear suspension and fitting those poly airbags in there as well Kev >>>Currently thinking about selling up the farm and spending a few years >>>exploring oz. [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Kev Yep, forgot to mention the new sus. I just did its first re rego today for him (Qld) cause he's in WA but bought it here. His van has its own loo and shower, solar etc with all the knobs and dials. The other night the power went off and he could use everything except the air con and TV. Not sure why not the TV.. Thanks guys for the replies - and another query. Anyone had any experience with the 'toyota' sat nav system that comes with the Grande? Seems expensive if fitted as an extra to other Prado models - $5000 or so the dealer said. David > >>>Currently thinking about selling up the farm and spending a few years > >>>exploring oz. [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > went off and he could use everything except the air con and TV. Not sure why > not the TV.. > Thanks guys for the replies - and another query. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > David David, they look good in the console, don't they ? But are they of any value in say the Simpson ? There are cheaper if less elegant solutions eg laptop or display screen and gps . Cheers Jim |
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