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Hey guys,
Well we are in the process of buying a used prado. We have come across one that a few people have warned us to be very careful of and would like some advice from ppl who actually have and use prados.
The prado is an 06 gxl TD 3.0 (1kz-te) with 150k kms,
but a lot of those have been done on longish trips around the west of qld. Its lived its life on a property and has done a fair bit of driving on dirt roads, NOT really off roads much at all. It appears to have been fairly well used (if you know what i mean, a few dints here and there, and a bit of wear to the centre console area).
What id like to know is what are the major issues that are likely to come up and would be the result of this sort of life for the car? (by major i mean costly) We are getting a full mechanical check done by a guy whos a bit of a perfectionist, which is good, but id like to have some idea about it too. The reason we are still considering it, even after all the wear and warnings, is its about the only one we can afford... Its the same sort of price an 02 with 250k kms would sell for. So its a very tempting deal. But not if its going to cost us $$$ soon. (also it needs to be no older that 06 because we are going to get it on novated lease. Otherwise we would be looking such exp cars).
I spoke to a friend of my dads, that just bought an 03. He suggested that i would need to probably replace the suspension straight up, to make sure that there is no dust in the door seals and to really check the engine for dust as these engines are prone to problems with dust getting in? Also to check the radiator, as he has just had replace his, because it had corroded because it didnt have an earth strap?
So if you guys can just talk me through what might be worth looking at, and whether (and i know it will be hard with out seeing it) whether you would consider it with the current description?
Well we are in the process of buying a used prado. We have come across one that a few people have warned us to be very careful of and would like some advice from ppl who actually have and use prados.
The prado is an 06 gxl TD 3.0 (1kz-te) with 150k kms,
but a lot of those have been done on longish trips around the west of qld. Its lived its life on a property and has done a fair bit of driving on dirt roads, NOT really off roads much at all. It appears to have been fairly well used (if you know what i mean, a few dints here and there, and a bit of wear to the centre console area).
What id like to know is what are the major issues that are likely to come up and would be the result of this sort of life for the car? (by major i mean costly) We are getting a full mechanical check done by a guy whos a bit of a perfectionist, which is good, but id like to have some idea about it too. The reason we are still considering it, even after all the wear and warnings, is its about the only one we can afford... Its the same sort of price an 02 with 250k kms would sell for. So its a very tempting deal. But not if its going to cost us $$$ soon. (also it needs to be no older that 06 because we are going to get it on novated lease. Otherwise we would be looking such exp cars).
I spoke to a friend of my dads, that just bought an 03. He suggested that i would need to probably replace the suspension straight up, to make sure that there is no dust in the door seals and to really check the engine for dust as these engines are prone to problems with dust getting in? Also to check the radiator, as he has just had replace his, because it had corroded because it didnt have an earth strap?
So if you guys can just talk me through what might be worth looking at, and whether (and i know it will be hard with out seeing it) whether you would consider it with the current description?
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