Introductions

[Lacey Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lacey]

Hello and welcome blkmav90. When you get the new Prado, you will want to hit the dirt more than the tarmac :lol:! I have to ask, why are you ditching the Audi :shock:? Although, I understand the sacrifices that need to be made to make room for the perfect vehicle :lol:. I hope you find the website useful. If you get the chance to go on a trip with PP members, drop everything and go . You will have a blast .

Lacey

[johnv Member Find all posts View Profile Close johnv]

Hi,

Have been a member since Feb 2006. Have been following the forum regulary but not posted much. Forgot password and never got around to renewing it.

Anyway enough of that.

Have been based in Bedfordale WA for the past 22 years but have just last Christmas relocated to Allens Rivulet in Tasmania for work.

Bought my 4.0L Prado new in Oct 2005 after owning an 80 Series Cruiser and Dual cab Hilux. Best thing I ever did.

Really sorry now that I can't join some of the WA Pradopoint trips. Looks like real fun with some fun people. Maybe one day again.

Photo of us on the Old Eyre Highway just before Christmas on our way to Tassie.

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johnv

[DDGX03 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close DDGX03]

Hello there!!

Another Western Australian White Prado here (03 GX TD). Love the site, have to thank McBain for his thread on his Head Unit upgrade - helped me upgrade mine!

Married with a daughter, both of whom are love the car and look forward to our trips up and down the coast!

Love driving, fishing, drinking, camping (not in any particular order) and all things outdoors, would like to tag along to a WA PP trip one day work permitting.

Cheers

Dom

[Chippy Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Chippy]

Welcome aboard Dom

I'm sure there'll be plenty of trips to get involved in ... including a few weekenders and long weekends .... and they're not all about driving 'til ya drop. A bit of fishing, drinking, yakking and down and sociable is what makes this WA crowd so good.

Look forward to meeting up soon.

Cheers
Chippy

[Japan Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Japan]

Good Day All,

my name is Peter, nationality Polish, currently working in UAE.
This is my Prado:



Model: Limited VX 4.0
Year: 2007
Accessories: waiting for loosing some of the plastic parts driving offroad, but nothing lost so far...
Wishlist: ARB Sahara Bull Bar, Winch, Snorkel, OME Suspension and visit Oz some day...

Still newbie offroad, but learning fast and looking forward to swapping tips and experiences in the future... :mrgreen:

Cheers All

[mav Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close mav]

Hi Peter and welcome aboard mate. A snorkle in Dubai, well I would never have picked that as a needed option there. :lol:

[Japan Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Japan]

Hi Peter and welcome aboard mate. A snorkle in Dubai, well I would never have picked that as a needed option there. :lol:

Hi Mav,
so you would be suprised how Dxb roads looks like just after two rainy days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH3xgR8d ... re=related
:wink: :lol:

to be serious, cause Toy is used only 20% offroad that's way still not added. Anyway I have to find how to protect engine against dust during desert trips (snorkl or K&N filter) :mrgreen:

[Hubble80 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hubble80]

Hello...

G'day all, my name is Peter. I don't actually own a Prado as yet, but have joined up as I am considering ordering one on lease very shortly...

Hope to learn a bit more about a great 4X4.

Pete

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Gday all, just joined prado point after finding somehow the other day.
I have a stock stanadard 96/97 petrol. have taken it on a few of the dirty weekends tracks, and used them as a strating point for many others.
Finally got a mate who bought a 4wd, but it is only a patrol.
Just went up to Mt Mee on 28/1, we missed the ABreak section this time as last time I was on my own, and lets say I had the heart going fast. Would be great to join along on some day trips.
May i say there is heaps of info here, its only taken me 2 years to find a site....i am slow.

[Snaga Wishing I was lost Find all posts View Profile Close Snaga]

Gday all, just joined prado point after finding somehow the other day.
I have a stock stanadard 96/97 petrol. have taken it on a few of the dirty weekends tracks, and used them as a strating point for many others.
Finally got a mate who bought a 4wd, but it is only a patrol.
Just went up to Mt Mee on 28/1, we missed the ABreak section this time as last time I was on my own, and lets say I had the heart going fast. Would be great to join along on some day trips.
May i say there is heaps of info here, its only taken me 2 years to find a site....i am slow.

Welcome Matt,

Keep an eye on the trips section... I'm sure we'll be out and about soon enough

[Grumpy Goat Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Grumpy Goat]

Another PradoPoint newbie

Hi,

I ran into PradoPoint quite by accident a few weeks back. It looks like there's plenty of very useful info, so I've registered and will probably lurk most of the time.

My rig, bought new in the summer of 2004 is the LWB petrol V6, and gets on to the sand dunes regularly. I usually drive offroad with ME4x4.

Current mods include the 50mm OME lift kit, steel bumpers front and rear, a Safari snorkel and a couple of extra lights. There are drawers in the back that are full of recovery and camping kit. The snorkel, before anyone asks, is to keep out dust rather than water.

When it had just been done, my ride looked something like this. There are now some spotlights too.

The Goatmobile is my daily drive so it has to be highway friendly. I was frankly amazed how well it behaves around interchange loops, given the lift kit.

[wengnuts Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close wengnuts]

Hi All,

Just a quick message to introduce myself.

I own a 2001 Toyota Prado TX (3.0ltr turbo diesel) that is pretty much stock standard except for an ARB bullbar and spotlights.

I have been reading the posts on this site for a while and thought i would join up, introduce myself and offer help if i could.

Ok have fun everyone.

[pearlie Member Find all posts View Profile Close pearlie]

Hello,
Pearlie here. What a great site :!: Found it quite by accident.

I own one of these wonderful 4WD's, a 2004 VX diesel auto in cystal pearl color. I bought it with a package consisting of a roof-rack and bullbar and have since added a dual battery system, off road tyres, towbar and air compressor to get out into the great outdoors. The roof rack is mainly used as a platform for taking photographs but has been used for carting all my 'stuff' across Oz.

I have trekked much of the Pilbara area, Karijini being my favorite area, and have travelled to Purnululu negotiating several creek crossings and many rutted roadways along the way. I have taken her across the Nullabor, up to Queensland and through many of the national parks and camping spots from Eungella to Lamington, Bunya to Carnarvon Gorge and hope to do much much more. Never has my Prado let me down..
What a comfortable machine. Some photos of these places are on my webpage, if you care to look.

My next trip is going to be a tag along trip with a close friend of mine. The itinerary reads something like this..

We traverse the remote Tanami track visiting Wolfe Creek Crater then Halls Creek, the Bungle Bungles, Kununurra, Lake Argyle, Wyndham, Boab Prison Tree, El Questro, Emma Gorge, Chamberlain Gorge, Jack's Waterhole, Gibb River road, Mitchell Falls and Plateau, King Edward River, Kalumburu, Manning Gorge, Bell's Gorge, Windjana Gorge, Tunnel Creek, Derby, Broome, Cable Beach, Cape Leveque, Fitzroy Crossing, Geike Gorge, Timber Creek, Gregory NP and Katherine.
Time is allowed for walking and helicopter flights in the Bungles and the Mitchell Falls, there are two days in glorious Broome, two days in fabulous Cape Leveque, cruises on Lake Argyle, visit the Argyle Diamond mine and catch fish that you have only dreamt of catching.

Why would you not own a Prado?? :?:

[Chippy Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Chippy]

Welcome along Pearlie.

Isn't Prado ownership in WA just a wonderful thing

Those trips sound amazing ... and there's some pretty stunning pics to make me want to hit the road again.

Cheers
Chippy

[Marto Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Marto]

G'day everyone!

My names Marto and I have been reading this forum for a rather long time now. I don't own a Prado im ashamed to say but I do put around in a Diesel Hilux 4x4 and enjoy off roading as much as I can. BUT! the great news......im in the market for a new car and would you guess it but I want it to be a prado!

So within 6 months I shall join the ranks so untill then im doing as much reading and learning as I can.

Great site, Look forward to being a long time member and hopefully I will be able to tag along on a day out in the bush.

Oh im a North Brisbane based member!

Cheers everyone!
Marto