G'day - Andy from Melby

Good mornings smileys,

I usually go by the moniker "Andy".

No, I don't have a Patrol. But certainly thinking of it. And thinking of it. And scheming for it... Maybe sometime in the next year hopefully. Gives me lots of time to read up all about them on here and get an idea for what I'd be getting myself in for.

In terms of future thoughts, the main thing would be probably for the patrol to be set up as a tourer, so I can take junior out to see the country - most of which I haven't seen myself!

In the mean time I'm driving the patrol's little brother - Nissan X-trail. My first foray into operating a diesel, although it does spoil me somewhat - 127kW / 360N.m(2000rpm) tucked into 1500kgs.

My interest has already been caught in the mech threads (I've already done a little sniffing about) because of the vast experience already attained with patrol diesels - the exys are a newcomer to this technology, starting out with a turbo'd CRD.

I successfully managed to put the cart before the horse in this case - got the xtrail and then discovered 4wd'ing. The exy is great and can do a lot, but it does have its limitations, such as no low range. I have already done a couple of mods to it though - 35mm lift (gives 24cm or so under the diffs), 3mm steel bash plates - front, diff and rear end, nudge bar with little drivers. Oh, and AT tyres. The Exy shouldn't be underestimated due to its excess power/torque combined with light weight (but shouldn't be over-estimated either!).

Anyways, looking forward to learning so much from you mob and perhaps occasionally I'll have something I can share back to the community.

Cheerio.
Andy

G'day Andy.

Welcome to the forum and glad you could join us. After 25 posts, you'll be able to access the manuals, and before that,
you'll be able to access a lot of great posts that should help you make your decision.

Take care out there.

Rossco

Thanks for your welcome Rossco. I'm looking forward to the adventure. :)

G'day mate and welcome aboard - great people, information and laughs to be found on here, so join in to make the most of it!!!

Enjoy!!

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum mate, feel free to ask any questions and join in the conversations.

Gday mate welcome aboard gotta friendly mob here fulla great info and advice

Welcome to the forum mate.

Hi and welcome to Nissans Nut House Andy




Tim

Hi, I'm new, I'm hoping that the forum will give me heaps of helpful tips and maybe some updated manuals. The forum looks great with heaps of nice tricked out patrols. Already got some great ideas for my gu ute. My old man has had just about every model of patrol built. No wonder I'm a fan. Patrols make great tourers especially utes with pop top/ pop of units on the tray.