G'day Everyone. New to 4WD's. Seeking advice

[Dan02]

Hi Boost

Welcome. You will find excellent advise here, will definately help you in the decision process.
As per previous posts a well maintained diesel will travel distances that petrol motors under similar load only dream about. they are a a low revving motor so perhaps take a one for a spin as they are very different driving experience compared to a revvie petrol sports car. The petrol Patrol is a beast, usually has all the trimming like leather interior, sunroof etc but VERY thirsty. there are threads here with some fuel figures for both.

I Spent a few months looking around for right one for my situation. Then discovered this site and started reading up and everything changed. Some of the key "eye openers" for me were
A well looked after unit that's had a good life and a solid service history is fine regardless of Km's - bought mine with 305,000km on it. Keeping in mind that every bearing surface and wear point has had those km;s You can try dropping the price on high km vehicles.

There were some issues around the ZD30 motor from around 2001 or so. there are many remedies available and thousands of these are cruising around no dramas.

If you have your heart set on a particular model, motor etc. then search the entire country for it not just locally. You never know what can be lurking in some town like in far north QLD that some bloke bought for his wife that only uses it to drop the kids off and drives into Townsville once a month, so basically sits in the garage most its life.

This site was an absolute gold mine during my search . There are some very clever and knowledgeable folks here as well as a wealth of written info including a section on buying a Patrol. if your looking at getting a patrol this is the site will definately help you. Folks are great. Good luck.