opinion getting prado/touareq

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just bought myself a prado yesterday. found it quite good. gold color with ivory inside.seems like a nice car, as not many car that i have seen have this combination. it's 83000km and it's grande 2003 petrol. paid about 41000 drive away. what do you think guys? i still have 3 days cooling off period. it's loaded with bull bar, tow bar, dvd, headlight protector,inside still mint condition, except the bonnet protector been taken off, and peel the paint little bit, 1 owner only, never offroads, no cracking inside the engine wall bay.

bought from toyota dealer, they gave me full check up and 1 year extended warranty. and they ask me if i want to get paint protection and rust protection from motor one company. can't really trust the marketer though. what is that for? do i have to have that to keep the car longer? and also, they offer me reverse camera for 450 fitted in, then i can use the grande screen to see it. i saw on the ebay, reverse camera not that expensive. so anyone have the experience using cheap camera from ebay and use it on grande, would you still able to use grande screen to see it or have to be toyota genuine camera?


thanks guys. this forum help me somuch in choosing and buying this car

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As it is a second hand car I wouldnt be bothering with paint or toher protection.

There is a bunch of threads here on reverse cameras that will have the information you need, Search button will bring them out.
You need to really use the one made for the Grande.

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Congratulations awp!
I hope you enjoy your new purchase. Who knows, if you keep hanging around here, you might even get off the road occasionally :wink:

I know nothing about reverse cameras, except to say that you should always be aware of what is going on around your car and never rely 100% on the vision on the screen.
Agree with Team Piggy, 2nd hand don't waste your money on the paint protection.
Enjoy.

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been driving the car for couple days, pretty much we like it. i didn't put the paint protection and rust protection. but i might consider electronic rust protection. but i'm still searching some review about them. i don't want wasting money for something that i don't need. well, i might need rust protection stuff, thinking of moving house to point cook area, and it's quite close to saltwater. so i still not sure if i want to go for spray or electronic rust protection.

another thing, i found out that the car have dual battery ( 2 battery on the engine bay). i read here about dual battery, but i forgot what is that for. i'll read the thread again on the weekend, i'm sooo busy this week

the only thing that i concern about the car, when i stop on traffic light, or changing from N to D, i heard clicking noise (i don't know if that is called clicking) from the front left of the car, might be from the engine, might be from left front wheel. anyone experiencing the same thing? the car is grande 2003 with 83000km

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We have reverse cameras on our ambulances and they spend more time off than they do on!

I think I have used it once or twice - I wouldn't even worry about it for a small vehicle like prado, patrol, landcruiser etc.

I've only ever used it to see drunk people behind me