NOOB ___ letting go of my XR8 and going back to a Nissan Patrol

[mad_cont]

G'day all
Previously I had a Nissan patrol 4 years ago .... ZD30 ..... 2000 ..... Ex BHP truck .... yea I know ... F@$ked up you say?

Not really, had a few glitches of course, but got it very cheap and managed to fix it up myself and had lots of fun, until tough times came and I had to get rid of my lovely truck & bike (Ducati Monster S2R) back in 2009's GFC so I love speed, read carefully, I said speed not "speeding" the fast acceleration from standing still to whatever speed limit is. with all my turbos, V8's & Fast bikes, 18 years of licence and only 1 speed fine ..... on my wife's barina .... don't even know how to explain that 78 on the 60k zone .... :1087:
any ways' got rid of the toys and got myself a XR8 BA, beautiful, love the ride can't have enough of that V8 note, but know, got a GSXR1100, full customised, and I did all the work so I m not letting this one go easy, so 2 very fast vehicles is a bit of a waste, and I miss all the 4wding fun.

wich brings me to the point. see you XR8 and welcome Nissan Patrol :clapping:

here are the questions now:
looking to get a 2007 onwards Patrol ZD30 common rail engine, are they better and easier to live then the old direct injected ?
Variable vane turbo, still on the Common rail ? does it work better now ?
any other known problems ( apart from the dash bubbling ) ?

Option 2 is a 2000 GU 4.2 non turbo, how do they go? any issues ? overheating ?

if anyone interested the BA still for sale

[threedogs]

Go back a year and look for a 4.2 turbo wagon, Cr easier to live with need a little caressing. look for a 4.2 turbo diesel
what you after wagon or ute???
Welcome too buddy great bunch of people and plenty of info as well, enjoy

[mad_cont]

wagon mate, need at least 5 sets on the car, so either DX or ST would suit.

the 4.2 turbos are hard to find and when you do they are asking 35k for a 1999, is this the real price for that thing ? I know it is a good car but far out ....

Thanks for the welcome and looking forward to this site and being back on 4 wheeling

[threedogs]

Yeah overpriced as all get out, You'll love it here plenty of laughs all that. like I said
jump in any time and enjoy, check the 4sale section might be something to look at

[Irvs]

To be honest the ZD30 patrols are actually pretty awesome these days but the TD42 will go forever with just simple maintenance 600 thou plus.If you can find a GU TD42 Turbo that is less than 25k then there is something else wrong with it so look carefully. Welcome mate and good luck with it.

[healy]

Welcome to the forum mate

[MEGOMONSTER]

Welcome mate, surely the best forum on the net. If you need it, you can get it, if you want to know it, just ask it.


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[growler2058]

G'day mate welcome aboard gotta friendly mob here fulla great info and advice


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[BigRAWesty]

Welcome back.
Yea the old patrols are gaining value of late.. If you find a gq for less than $5000 it's missing something..
Same with the GU's.
As mentioned above try and grab a 4.2 TD, you'll be glad you did down the track with lots of good non-stressful k's on the clock. The NA 4.2 has good grunt down low but lacks up top thus the addition of a snail to make its a top bus..

Whatever the choice, there are heaps of mods to do do make a list...

Enjoy


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[PMC]

G, day Mad cont,

Welcome back,fear no beer. Remember, the only stick you should have in your hand is "Low range" .

PS, enjoy the forum !

Regards,

RLI

[shakey55]

There are good '05, 4.2td around. I got one three and a half years ago with only 17,000 kms on the clock. Was driven by senior executive of the RTA (N.S.W).

The down side of getting a great truck was that I had to pay $43,000 for it.

Been on several trips with my mates, including 8 week trip to Cape York.

Outstanding vehicle


'shakey'

[Dhuck]

Welcome to the forum mate.

[2TROLLFAM]

Welcome aboard !! As most (naahhh ALL) will agree this is a pretty awesome forum with a truck load of information to be found & fun to be had ... Hope you enjoy you're stay - the key is to participate :)

[wildgu6]

Welcome aboard Buddy, top mob here with tons of info and laughs,
Jump in and Enjoy mate

Cheers Pete

[Maxhead]

G'Day and welcome to the forum mate

[mad_cont]

thanks all for the warm welcome and suggestions, really looking forward to get back into 4wding specially with a nissan patrol

searching have started, heading towards Newcastle looking on a few 07, 08 & 09 patrols, 3.0 Diesel, but still a good truck.

will post the updates as it happens :driving2:

[rainman01]

G'day mate and welcome aboard...Plenty of beaut stories and advice in here.

[choppie]

Welcome to the best forum on the planet mate,good bunch of folk here.