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Offline Redback

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Re: Please talk me out of buying a discovery??? - NOW - new Prado
« Reply #100 on: April 29, 2013, 05:14:38 PM »
Ithink you have made a great decision, the Prado is a great 4WD, comfy, great fuel economy, good off road and a great tourer.

Have fun mate, maybe we'll see you out and about and have a beer around a campfire, because that's what it's all about after all, getting out there and enjoying the bush.

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Re: Please talk me out of buying a discovery??? - NOW - new Prado
« Reply #101 on: April 29, 2013, 07:27:03 PM »
Hope to do that bl00dy soon.

Lift kit went in today, ordered radios, brake controls etc etc....
I'll post it all up in "my4wd"section.

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Re: Please talk me out of buying a discovery??? - NOW - new Prado
« Reply #102 on: April 30, 2013, 10:31:54 PM »
Quote from: GeoffA on April 27, 2013, 06:44:08 PM
They're very nice, and very capable, but they're not a truck.........

Well its not a train, and its not a boat, Truck is just easier to say than 4WD Offroad Recreational Vehicle.
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Re: Please talk me out of buying a discovery??? - NOW - new Prado
« Reply #103 on: May 01, 2013, 06:45:24 AM »
Quote from: MIC78C on April 30, 2013, 10:31:54 PM
Well its not a train, and its not a boat, Truck is just easier to say than 4WD Offroad Recreational Vehicle.

How about "car".....??
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Re: Please talk me out of buying a discovery??? - NOW - new Prado
« Reply #104 on: May 01, 2013, 07:54:02 AM »
Quote from: MIC78C on April 30, 2013, 10:31:54 PM
Well its not a train, and its not a boat, Truck is just easier to say than 4WD Offroad Recreational Vehicle.

god, at least we are not calling them SUV's on here. That is all that matters  ;D
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Re: Please talk me out of buying a discovery??? - NOW - new Prado
« Reply #105 on: May 01, 2013, 08:13:01 AM »
Quote from: GeoffA on May 01, 2013, 06:45:24 AM
How about "car".....??
taking the car for a drive on the beach just doesn't sound rite stick with truck or you could call it " the god of 4wd's" as other prado owners would surely agree
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Re: Please talk me out of buying a discovery??? - NOW - new Prado
« Reply #106 on: May 01, 2013, 08:20:18 AM »
Quote from: Minibloodhound on April 29, 2013, 12:31:02 PM
but the Prado is a very nice truck and probably what most of the cruiser drivers should be driving - it does everything the cruiser can at a fraction of the price.

Why should Cruiser driver's have Prados?  I test drove Pajero & Prado too but settled on the Cruiser as far superior to the other two.
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Please talk me out of buying a discovery??? - NOW - new Prado
« Reply #107 on: May 01, 2013, 08:57:06 AM »
I love me prado but it ain't no cruiser. The effortless nature of the LC needs to be experienced towing. Then it's in it's own league and prado/Pajero are way behind.

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Re: Please talk me out of buying a discovery??? - NOW - new Prado
« Reply #108 on: May 01, 2013, 10:41:21 AM »
My dad had a WW2 mate on a rural property who used to talk about his 'bus'... was a late 1930's straight 8 Chevy!   8)
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Re: Please talk me out of buying a discovery??? - NOW - new Prado
« Reply #109 on: May 01, 2013, 10:02:03 PM »
Pretty fair call about the landcruisers in a league of their own, but it of course comes at a price.

Unfortunately I don't work for the Gillard government so I can't get copious amounts of cash rorted into my account. I have to go to work to get it.............
Seriously though..............

The price for a cruiser with similar specs was nearly $30K more. That buys me a lot of fuel. and helps keep the mortgage down.
The reality is that the playdo will do everything we want to with ease and comfort.

Yes a LC would have been nice, but its too big for the boss and too pricey for us.

All I do is tow a Jayco camper into the bush and home again.
Suits me perfectly.

Now if anyone does have a new LC they think is too big and wants to do a straight swap, Just PM me and I'll think about it........... ;D

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Re: Please talk me out of buying a discovery??? - NOW - new Prado
« Reply #110 on: May 02, 2013, 09:12:28 AM »
Quote from: TOPNDR on May 01, 2013, 08:20:18 AM
Why should Cruiser driver's have Prados?  I test drove Pajero & Prado too but settled on the Cruiser as far superior to the other two.
My comment would probably be more directed at the 90% of buyers in the general public who use them as shopping trolleys and on the school run.  Most of them don't know how to drive or park them and must think they are about a meter bigger than they are as they need two spaces to park and two lanes to drive.
If you are towing a horse float or caravan it's a fair call to buy one even though I would never get rid of my D4!
We have a LC200 in our group and a few places we have driven and I know how capable they are, just not as good as a landie!
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