Good Tow Cars?

[260DET]

Mitzi Challenger auto will do me, best diesel bang for buck.

[Weapon]

For 2012 plate onwards you still looking roughly high 30's for one. I'd still buy an ST Navara dual cab as they were selling around the $37k on road brand new most of last year.

[boxheadmr]

Be carefull with the navara. Have a few issues with the timing chain and also in the case of my old mans also the turbo. Quiet expencive and lots of examples on the navara forums.

[Shoota_77]

Diesel Navaras and PJ/PK Rangers are killing injectors too. At $1000 per injector it ends up being an expensive repair! We've traded in quite a few with dead injectors. If you're looking to buy a second hand one, make sure you start it cold as they quite often don't play up when hot.

[JAS-25T]

q7 still towing like a boss

might upgrade to the v8tt when i win loto

Why not the V12, you tightarse.

[fatz]

depends on the lotto win

mind you a 2010 v12tt with 30k on teh clock is 120k

[boxheadmr]

Not good. Seems a lot of cars have issues now, even the Toyotas. One thing I am noticing is the differences in servicing costs.

Landcruiser is 210 I think capped where cars like the jeep are 400odd. What are the other costs on the euro diesel 4wd?

[hrd-hr30]

yeah, but you really need to change the oil twice as often as scheduled on the Landcruiser V8 diesels...

[fatz]

on the q7 at a vw specialist its as follows

minor service 300 every 15k

major service 800 every 30k

i changes the oil inbetween at 7500km about $100 or $150 if old mate does it

double/ maybe tripple that is you get audi to do it

[Shoota_77]

I had a Q5 3.0 TDI which fortunately I bought under the corporate plan (free servicing) but they still gave me the invoices for my records, it was $900 for a standard service (ouch!). A lot of the modern diesels (no, that doesn't count Toyotas...) are using fully synthetic oils now. That where a big part of the cost on a Grand Cherokee Diesel service is, in the oil.

[fatz]

there ya go 3 times as much using the same materials

nasty they also tell you toput on 800 dollar rubber which lasts 20k

i get 40k out of chinas finest linglongchangwongs at 170 a throw

[Shoota_77]

Ha ha, Linglongchanwongs....

I love the brand "Mayrun". Then again they just might not...

[niZmO_Man]

Put the R888s on your Audi Pete

[mii11x]

just a though about insurance and authorities should there be an acco. if you didn't have the correct towing capacity on the towing vehicle, and I don't mean what the towbar is rated at, you might have a problem. im not 100% how insurance companies would view this

Edited January 21, 2014 by mii11x

[JZP]

I paid just under $500 for a 60k service on my Jeep Grand wk2 (current shape, but doesn't have LED head lights). Oils and filters cost the most.

I can't complain about it's reliability. This is my second WK2(I do heaps of k's) and both have been very reliable and awesome fuel efficient tow car.

[Shoota_77]

I sell Jeeps and we have had a few minor issues with the current version Grand Cherokee (fiddly little electrical dramas) but overall they are seriously a brilliant car. I can honestly say that the build quality of the new gerneration Grand Cherokee is brilliant. At this stage it's the only Jeep I would buy but in the next 2 years all Jeeps will revert to the new way of building cars and will be world class. There's a bit of junk in there at the moment which is a hangover from the "old Jeep"...

Value for money, quality, driveability and towability you honestly cannot go wrong with the Grand Cherokee. Tows like a truck (3500kgs) yet drives like a car.

Completely unbiased rant over.....

[niZmO_Man]

I sell Jeeps

Completely unbiased rant over.....

[Shoota_77]

I hope you detected the sarcasm of the last comment....

[Marlin]

I had a Hemi 5.7 litre Grand Cherokee for a few years. 2006 model, what Oz calls a "WH". It was a fkn good thing. Never once let me down, and towed awesome. More posts are herein.

[JZP]

I sell Jeeps and we have had a few minor issues with the current version Grand Cherokee (fiddly little electrical dramas) but overall they are seriously a brilliant car. I can honestly say that the build quality of the new gerneration Grand Cherokee is brilliant. At this stage it's the only Jeep I would buy but in the next 2 years all Jeeps will revert to the new way of building cars and will be world class. There's a bit of junk in there at the moment which is a hangover from the "old Jeep"...

Value for money, quality, driveability and towability you honestly cannot go wrong with the Grand Cherokee. Tows like a truck (3500kgs) yet drives like a car.

Completely unbiased rant over.....

I used to have the WG/J V8 and was in the 'old Jeep' category. Reckon (believe it or not) the Fiat ownership improved build quality immensely. The new one is a million times better.