Irish_Phil
22nd May 2012, 04:16 PM
Hey Kids......Am hunting for a GU Troll and am leaning to the petrol side of the force......
But here is the scenario...... Just moved to Peru from Ireland and they drive like lunatics, rules of the road are not obeyed unless the police are on the street in plain sight, the roads have pot-holes that would swallow small to mid-size cars, the mountain ranges are perfect for causing mayhem and about half the country is jungle!!! So a Troll fits the bill perfectly :wink:
The diesel motor would be perfect except for the fact, that diesel is about the same price as petrol at the gas stations!!! about $5/liter ......And I can only find the 3.0 liter model......they are reasonably priced with low mileage on most (100k - 130k)
Yesterday I found a 2002 4.8 with 85k's ..... with a full Nissan Service History, clean bodywork, nice set of Mickey Thompson Tires, only problem is that it has leather seats.....now yes, this pig will suck a lot of fuel, BUT, they have LPG & LNG at almost every filling station in the country..... and a top notch conversion job will cost about 2k......the LPG is the more attractive of the two and runs you about $1.46/liter (peruvian money) which is about $0.55/liter (Australian)...... a full tank of LPG will cost me
about $45 (Australian)......
So please, if anybody has any information to swing the battle for me, please....let me know...
But here is the scenario...... Just moved to Peru from Ireland and they drive like lunatics, rules of the road are not obeyed unless the police are on the street in plain sight, the roads have pot-holes that would swallow small to mid-size cars, the mountain ranges are perfect for causing mayhem and about half the country is jungle!!! So a Troll fits the bill perfectly :wink:
The diesel motor would be perfect except for the fact, that diesel is about the same price as petrol at the gas stations!!! about $5/liter ......And I can only find the 3.0 liter model......they are reasonably priced with low mileage on most (100k - 130k)
Yesterday I found a 2002 4.8 with 85k's ..... with a full Nissan Service History, clean bodywork, nice set of Mickey Thompson Tires, only problem is that it has leather seats.....now yes, this pig will suck a lot of fuel, BUT, they have LPG & LNG at almost every filling station in the country..... and a top notch conversion job will cost about 2k......the LPG is the more attractive of the two and runs you about $1.46/liter (peruvian money) which is about $0.55/liter (Australian)...... a full tank of LPG will cost me
about $45 (Australian)......
So please, if anybody has any information to swing the battle for me, please....let me know...