Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone has any advice or experience with either the Toyota Landcruiser or new Mitsubishi Pajero as the best value for money and reliability etc to pull a 21ft van around Oz.

Any advice will be most appreciated

cheers,
ian

Welcome to the forum Ian. I'd go the Mitsubishi purely for reasons of cost and cumfort and I believe the Mitsu Diesel is superior....
You were going Diesel wern't you?

-- Edited by Basil Faulty on Friday 12th of June 2009 12:43:56 PM

Welcome to you Ian. I'm going to disagree with Basil. I realise it's a risky move, but there, I've done it. Not to involve you in Nomad "politics", I'd take a Toyota diesel over the Mitsubishi. The Mitsu is cheaper, but the Toyota has a reputation to live up to. Then again, are you looking at the 200 Series Landcruiser, or the 70 Series, 4.5 V8 turbo? I'd buy the 70 Series V8 if I was buying. I have a very reliable 80 Series 4.2 diesel. It's not turbo, but it is manual, and tows my 20 ft van very comfortably. I'm not comfortable with the 3 litre turbo diesel version of anything. Prado, Nissan, Mitsubishi Pajero and a couple of others. But that's my personal choice. I prefer to have excess horses than just enough. The fuel guage gives a good picture of what goes on under the bonnet when the vehicle is grunting. What ever decision, I hope it works out in your favour, and you have many safe and happy kilometres. Cheers Chris

A cruiser for me

Hi all, Yeah forgot to say that we are looking at the 2009 models in diesel, so I guess it gets down to a choice of consumption under load etc as it seems both are fairly comparable......ah thought all the hard decisions were over and I could just relax !!!!! Thanks to Basil, Cruising Granny and Popeye for your advice and experience, much appreciated cheers Ian