Pity we don't pay a proper price for our own oil, as the 4.8 Patrol is a cracker..
No argument thier mate, I am quiteley kicking myself I decided to pull out of one 16mths ago whan my mate and I both had one lined up here in BNE, They were the last 2 avail and he took his and I bowed out.
To say it's a cracker of a truck is spot on. I would happily swap the 100 for one.
The thing is from my perspective , is that the D trucks are designed outside of aust and everyone I talk too who works in D tells me that our D is crap compared to the rest of the world, so all the CRD motors and such have all sorts of probs with longevity of injectors and pumps, and from the mates I have that have late model D engines ,(1 has a fleet of 14 , 79 series utes and is a D fitting company) Tells me that for the average punter the cost of P is still not far enough above D to justify the extra cost of buying a D let alone the long term running costs.
I am no expert at all in motors but I have a big thirsty P and I love it. Was cheap to by and maintain and over the 100K we have done it, it still is yet to have cost enough to have gone the D option,.
All comes down to personal situation but for $7500 I can rebuild my entire motor not just my injectors and pump. These are things to consider if buying a used truck etc.
Just my uneducated thoughts but its all about $$$ in the end and I like to factor the cost of repairs into car choices.
Jet
