2018 Prado

[Kygar]

Hi everyone, I am going to purchase the 2018 prado GXL soon. I have done a bit of researching and understand that the 2.8 diesel engine has the DPF issues in the past. Some people suggest that I should take the extend warranty package from toyota in case the DPF issue is going to happen in the future. Do you guys suggest if its worth to pay extra for extended warranty ? Thank you

How much does the extra warranty cost and how long/extra kms does it provide?

[ronny.nguyen]

Hi everyone, I am going to purchase the 2018 prado GXL soon. I have done a bit of researching and understand that the 2.8 diesel engine has the DPF issues in the past. Some people suggest that I should take the extend warranty package from toyota in case the DPF issue is going to happen in the future. Do you guys suggest if its worth to pay extra for extended warranty ? Thank you

[Snouto]

Apologies..... I'm travelling for work now but would return on Friday evening and be able to put up a few photos during the weekend.

That would be brilliant, thank you!

[sydney_sider]

@sydney_sider I know I asked this once already and didn't hear anything back but just in case you missed it, any chance we can see a photo of your Kakadu in Dusty Bronze? It's what I'm looking at myself but haven't seen the colour/trim combination in the flesh so would appreciate seeing yours if possible.

Cheers

Apologies..... I'm travelling for work now but would return on Friday evening and be able to put up a few photos during the weekend.

[Snouto]

@sydney_sider I know I asked this once already and didn't hear anything back but just in case you missed it, any chance we can see a photo of your Kakadu in Dusty Bronze? It's what I'm looking at myself but haven't seen the colour/trim combination in the flesh so would appreciate seeing yours if possible.

Cheers

[JETURBO]

Nar we bought our new 2015 Kluger from CMI west tce and that was a good experience then it started having issues at ~50,000kms and the service team just couldn’t get Toyota to put their hand in their pocket to fix it properly and it became very frustrating even through the service team did everything possible. We gave them a chance to price us up a good deal to trade it in on this Prado and maybe give us some love on the price but it was all BS games and i just don’t roll like that unfortunately, went to Peter Kittle on MNR and zero BS, cut CMI’s price to bits and the deal was done in like 20minuites

Very happy there’s some dealers that understand stuffing people around is bad for business, I don’t do it with my customers so why should a big corporation !

(Sorry about the rant)

[120D4D]

Picked up the new bus yesterday and I’m very happy with it , Genuine HD towbar,Genuine floor mats,door handle scratch guards,YY plates,full tank of diesel and bought two additional years of new car warranty nothing special but it’s a start

Love the Tow bar arrangement on the bumper


https://imageshack.com/i/poMKDOVoj

https://imageshack.com/i/poBDXkeUj

https://imageshack.com/i/pn8pNwBpj

https://imageshack.com/i/poFl367hj

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Looks good Jet,
Hadn't noticed the unusual way the numbers on the dash go round like that before!

CMI? - I didnt get a big ribbon on mine!

[JETURBO]

Picked up the new bus yesterday and I’m very happy with it , Genuine HD towbar,Genuine floor mats,door handle scratch guards,YY plates,full tank of diesel and bought two additional years of new car warranty nothing special but it’s a start

Love the Tow bar arrangement on the bumper


https://imageshack.com/i/poMKDOVoj

https://imageshack.com/i/poBDXkeUj

https://imageshack.com/i/pn8pNwBpj

https://imageshack.com/i/poFl367hj

https://imageshack.com/i/poYVgUztj

https://imageshack.com/i/pn9uhLVxj

[OzDriver]

Interesting note in recent CarsGuide review (GX manual):
"the approach angle isn’t as good as it used to be - now 30.4 degrees, where it used to be 32deg, and the departure angle is less, too, now 23.5deg (was 25deg). Ground clearance is down by a millimetre, to 219mm".
Not a big change but surprising.

[Mushie]

Page 160 of the Owners Manual......very easy, you put the car in reverse, select L or R mirror switch and adjust to whatever position suits you and then leave the switch in either L or R position. It memorises the mirror position and will move the mirrors to that position everytime you select reverse. To disable the funtion move the L or R mirror selector switch to the neutral position.

Does anyone know if this is a feature on all of the models or just VX and above?

[bigowenb]

I presume side mirror tilting is not a default. If you don't mind me asking, how do you set this up?

Page 160 of the Owners Manual......very easy, you put the car in reverse, select L or R mirror switch and adjust to whatever position suits you and then leave the switch in either L or R position. It memorises the mirror position and will move the mirrors to that position everytime you select reverse. To disable the funtion move the L or R mirror selector switch to the neutral position.

[sydney_sider]

That's good to know. The cameras are still the same, fairly average.....can't say i'll use the front camera much anyway, the rear is the most important imo and the sides can also be useful..... what i love is the outside mirrors that can be set up to tilt down as much as you like whenever you select reverse.....thats brilliant!!

I presume side mirror tilting is not a default. If you don't mind me asking, how do you set this up?

[bigowenb]

ARB sell a relocation kit, I got one a while back but have not put it on yet.

Have they improved the new cameras ? The old one are fairly average anyhow

That's good to know. The cameras are still the same, fairly average.....can't say i'll use the front camera much anyway, the rear is the most important imo and the sides can also be useful..... what i love is the outside mirrors that can be set up to tilt down as much as you like whenever you select reverse.....thats brilliant!!

[Phs]

Same as yours by the sounds of it......about 50% view blocked by the nudge bar, i did expect it though because a workmate has a 2015 Kakadu with ARB bullbar fitted and his is worse plus when he added a big pair of round led driving lights it narrowed the field of view on each side even further! Unfortunately, unless there was a way of bringing the camera forward, loosing some field of view will happen with anything you bolt on the front end......sadly it's a bit of a compromise.

ARB sell a relocation kit, I got one a while back but have not put it on yet.

Have they improved the new cameras ? The old one are fairly average anyhow

[bigowenb]

How's your Kakadu's front view camera working after installing the nudge bar? My front camera's view is largely blocked by the shiny nudge bar. Wonder if this is an installation issue or a design flaw that's happening to others as well?

Same as yours by the sounds of it......about 50% view blocked by the nudge bar, i did expect it though because a workmate has a 2015 Kakadu with ARB bullbar fitted and his is worse plus when he added a big pair of round led driving lights it narrowed the field of view on each side even further! Unfortunately, unless there was a way of bringing the camera forward, loosing some field of view will happen with anything you bolt on the front end......sadly it's a bit of a compromise.