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It is a shame and I'm pulling out of this forum. It seems that you can't have a meaningful discussion about a particular brand of vehicle in multi-vehicle forums, without at least one person coming in to bag the brand. Friendly jokes are fine, but all too often it just goes too far. I tried to...

When all else fails, you start attacking the person. Very sad. BTW, I photograph for a newspaper, 4WD magazines don't interest me. Oh, and if it was Cain that you were talking to, say hello and let him know he's got things a little mixed up about what I do. Cheers Ray

Don't waste your time, this chap has experience and he'll drag you down to his level and beat you with that 'experience'. ;) Cheers Ray

The Waeco battery pack is a pretty good unit, for its size, and comes with an in-built charging system so it can be charged while on the move in the car, through a cigarette lighter, and can run fridges etc at the same time. You can't use it for jump starting. In hot weather, the most I've...

The Patrol is a most capable and forgiving 4WD, but it can't compensate for driver capability in every circumstance. ;) On the other hand, Cruiser owners do need the ocassional morale boost, and recovering a Patrol is as grand as it gets. Even if it is just on a sealed road. :D Cheers Ray

OK, you win. You've brought me down to your level and beat me with experience.;) Cheers Ray

Came through Wonnangatta on Australia Day weekend, the tracks are in pretty good condition, so travelling through shouldn't be too difficult. I won't venture to say whether you'll make it only on gas, as anything could cause you to use more than calculated in these areas. If you want to...

Well Mr Rocket Scientist, the Cruiser just happened to be next in line, so by our reasoning it was the logical choice, considering the conditions. But by the sound of things, you're not familiar with such things. BTW, the Crusier owner now drives a Patrol. :D:D:D Cheers Ray

They don't need to, because this is where they excel: High Country Cruise 2008-1 High Country Cruise 2008-2 Australian Image Just a small taste of life in Mexico. :D Cheers Ray

The Red Book is a legitimate guide, as it gathers sales figures from across the board and provides realistic sale price averages. What an individual actually gets is a matter of good fortune or gullible buyers. Then why raise this in the first place? The 3.0lt is getting to be a 9 year old...

You can fit it yourself, it simply plugs into the ODB socket under the dash on the right hand side of the steering column (don't have the ignition on when connecting or disconnecting, as a safety measure). You just need to find a place to put the gauge so that it's easy to see and manage. I have...

Seriously! Don't feel badly about this. You guys are completely locked up compared to us Mexicans. A recent visit to Kilcoy and a tour past LCMP and environs showed just how emasculated our northern neighbours really are. We still have relatively free rein throughout the High Country, to camp...

The Otways has always been a green enclave and over the last 30 years most of it has been shut off. Interesting to see that our 'responsible' trail bike riders appear to be the catalyst for this latest foray and the 4WDers end up being the victims. I've always said that 95% of trail bike riders...

I've added all the usual accessories as well, so the weight equivalence in this case pretty much remains the same. Other factors to consider are that the Patrol sits higher, so there's inherently more drag (the axles alone are a big culprit) and that increases with a suspension lift. The much...

No disputing that, the current Toyota diesel and the previous one are very frugal. But looking at the other side of the coin, it would take a very long time to recoup the extra $15-20,000 or so the 200 series diesel costs over the Patrol CRD. If you're talking about the Prado V6, then all...

The Patrol/Navara motors are quite different, even in the Di range of a few years back. Put the 3.0lt in a Commodore and you'll probably get 6lt/100km or better. Practical experience on my part shows that no petrol engine of equivalent or larger displacement, in a similar sized/weight body...

That was just the last reading, which is one of a number that I'm now recording to see what is really going on. Funnily enough, all of my previous Patrols seem to have started to loosen up after around 15,000km and come fully on song somewhere well after that. I've just noticed an improvement, a...

Never heard of a large capacity petrol 4WD getting those figures, under similar driving conditions, and certainly not an 80 series under any driving conditions. The smoke was mainly due to the higher setting on the DPChip and when flooring the loud pedal, nothing out of the ordinary. There is no...

It was smoking somewhat when I had it at setting 8, so I've put it back to 7 and it's now pretty clean and seems to give good performance, especially since the engine has a few more Ks under its belt (14,000km). But it's still fairly tight. I use the ScanGauge to keep an eye on various settings...

Nothing terrible about it at all, considering it's a 3 tonne flying brick, with an auto transmission. I think your figures may be a little off, if all you're using is your odometer reading. Cheers Ray