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Help me buy my Prado


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Hi everyone,

I'm about to buy my first Toyota Prado.

I have $45000 to spend but it must be at a dealer. It also must be a grande.

What should I look out for? Which is better, petrol or diesel? Should I be too concerned about kms (I ask this coz I was looking at a 07 grande that had the newer diesel in it but had done 170000kms)

Is the newer model diesel something I should be sure to get? What gearbox? I would prefer auto

Basically any help would be heaps appreciated. :-)

Thanks

dean

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For $45K you should be about to get a 2005-2007 model grande...

Average Kms is usually between 60K-130K

I prefer Petrol but with Diesel you will get more KMs. Its comes down to your own personal choice

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I just bought a 2010 SR5 Hilux, which has the same running gear as a Prado (V6 and A750F 5spd auto). I checked both it and the diesel out and in my opinion the Petrol is the better buy. Mine has done 5,000kM and it is averaging 7.9km/L (12.6/100kM) almost all city driving. I didn't like the manual V6 at all, and I wasn't impressed by the diesel either - auto was awful but in the diesel Hilux it is a 4spd auto. Manual diesel wsn't too bad for what it is, but I'd still prefer the Japanese made V6 than a Thai made diesel. Not a Landcruiser Prado though, but engines as I say are the same.

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