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There is a reson why the German economy is doing well, car parts and service charges. Enjoy your three year wonder :D

I concur 800 for all new rotors installed

The old Prados and patrol all had f**ked rotor but I didn't car this car I feel the need to service... Just in case

I've gone soft

Towed my 34 down to Brisbane from Mackay (2200km return) with a 3L diesel Hilux. Done the job fine hills didn't seem to bother it too much, just used a little more fuel about 15L per 100km

See, I look at that and say ,"meh".

I've sold it now so can't be accused of being one eyed. But my hemi powered Jeep grand Cherokee Ltd averaged 19 bris-Townsville and return towing my race car n all gear...... and really was a superb tow vehicle. Loped along on cruise, seldom needed to kick down, and even downshifted automatically down hills to maintain speed.

And it'd run low 14's on the quarter even on 22's.

And it sounded tough and was a pleasure to drive.

Bloody reliable too once I sorted a few issues within the warranty ( but I'm damn fussy).

Good thing!

There is a reson why the German economy is doing well, car parts and service charges. Enjoy your three year wonder :D

I'm under no illusion that it won't be a costly beast to keep running, but nothing else in the market with the same towing capacity appealed. I think the Japs do reliability the best, unfortunately they don't do style and interior finish at a level that I was happy with. If I'm going to drive a land barge instead of a sports car then I want it to be a killer place to be, and the Q7 is that. Pity it will be killer on the wallet too... :ph34r:

How's your going Fatz?

same.. mines had just about everything in the tray. wanna get a canopy for it tho so i can lock shit in it for those interstate trips where you stay in some questionable areas lol.

ftw mine uses 13.7 Lp/100 while towing fully loaded with spares, fuel, tyres sitting on 120

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I have a 2003 GU III 4.8 Patrol - 5 speed manual. From memory I think it has the highest towing capacity from the Patrol range - 3.5 tonne or something.

Would need something like this to keep it going towing that weight though...

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Falcon sedan with the ZF six speed auto. That's what I'm thinking of, under 100K klix, don't care if it is not the ideal tow car. Value for money, compact multi purpose car, can't see the benefit in a diesel at present given that they would cost more to buy, are not that much more economical if at all and with the CRD's maybe cost more to own. Falcons are unfashionable which = buyers market.

ZF's don't appear to require additional cooling for towing say 1900kg total but has anyone added a cooler?

are not that much more economical if at all

Don't know what planet you're from but the diesel 4WD's I've driven have been massively more economical than the petrol equivalents (10L/100 vs 15-16 typically)

That aside, the Falcons are pretty good value and hard to go past.

Yeh, ZF has a engine coolant heat exchanger but I'm wondering if that is sufficient. On fuel economy, a couple of diesels mentioned above are said to do 14-15, BA - BF Falcons do no worse than that. Anyway, it's close enough not to be a factor.

I concur 800 for all new rotors installed

The old Prados and patrol all had f**ked rotor but I didn't car this car I feel the need to service... Just in case

I've gone soft

i used to work at audi artarmon... the amount of import brides who fill up diesel q7s with petrol is unfathomable. at 18k to fix, the husbands were never happy.

best tow rig I've used would be dads old cayenne turbo, but that was towing a 67 superbug with a stan pobjoy 1916cc in it.. so weighed less than ur dick but the aeros were quite horrendous.

I should be picking up a VT commodore with the 304 v8 should tow pretty well with heaps of off idle torque

Plus its servicing costs for 10 years will be less than a q7 for 1 year :P

lol

yea i have asked for the gbox oil and diff oil to be changed at the next service 100k

should hurt my ring

lifetime gearbag and diff oil in euro cars lol

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