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Hi Guys,
I have been able to trade a 2016 and purchase an new 2018 prado. There are definitely some differences other than the printed brochure differences. I have observed the following and bear in mind I have only done 800km since new.
1. Gearbox is behaving far more relaxed. Gear changes are fewer and smoother. 6th gear holds much easier when climbing hills. I have not modified the transmission in anyway and when normal driving ATF is running just over 100 deg and doing a fair bit of hill climbing temp raises to 120 deg whch is of concern. I will contact my dealer to see if this should be considered normal based on them having modified airflow to account for larger tow capacity.
2. Seats in VX are more plush than older model. This may be due to the pin hole leather and seats that now cool and heat.
3. Sound system is more responsive in most music. Playing USB music no longer crashes and seems faster to respond to commands. Mapping system is slightly different according to my children but I couldn't really tell.
4. Engine seems lose already and feels like its been driven for 20,000km already so cant wait to see how it is performing in 20,000km
5. Fuel use I will report on when I do first fill up as I have found on board system estimate to be inaccurate. This is sitting on 10.3l/100km at this moment
6. DPF seems to operate like old one however I did note that temps were reaching high 500's when doing 110km/h. First burn occured at 300km and second at 350km.
7. There is no DPF manual burn button. I asked the dealer and they said it had not been released yet.
Thanks
cuda
I have been able to trade a 2016 and purchase an new 2018 prado. There are definitely some differences other than the printed brochure differences. I have observed the following and bear in mind I have only done 800km since new.
1. Gearbox is behaving far more relaxed. Gear changes are fewer and smoother. 6th gear holds much easier when climbing hills. I have not modified the transmission in anyway and when normal driving ATF is running just over 100 deg and doing a fair bit of hill climbing temp raises to 120 deg whch is of concern. I will contact my dealer to see if this should be considered normal based on them having modified airflow to account for larger tow capacity.
2. Seats in VX are more plush than older model. This may be due to the pin hole leather and seats that now cool and heat.
3. Sound system is more responsive in most music. Playing USB music no longer crashes and seems faster to respond to commands. Mapping system is slightly different according to my children but I couldn't really tell.
4. Engine seems lose already and feels like its been driven for 20,000km already so cant wait to see how it is performing in 20,000km
5. Fuel use I will report on when I do first fill up as I have found on board system estimate to be inaccurate. This is sitting on 10.3l/100km at this moment
6. DPF seems to operate like old one however I did note that temps were reaching high 500's when doing 110km/h. First burn occured at 300km and second at 350km.
7. There is no DPF manual burn button. I asked the dealer and they said it had not been released yet.
Thanks
cuda
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