Maybe you need to consider a "nice 4X4" for the family and a cheap hack to "roll bowl and a**hole". Theres so many great places to play on the Coast and many of then will damage a shiny 4by. My wife doesn't care about my toy so I can come home from a session with a few dents or the odd roll over ...

Hard case you asking what I want to do with it... my wife asked the same question! Seems she is none to thrilled about the prospect of the family vehicle going bush getting dinged and scratched, rolled, bowled and a***holed. Three years ago we borrowed bo-in-law no 3's Mitzi Challanger for a sojurn ...

Im probably one newbie of thousands to ponder this question..... I want a 4x4 and have it firmly in my mind that I want a Hilux. Bro-in-law no 1 has a Prado and says that they are top dog. Bro-in-law no 2 has a Hilux with beam front axle. He pointed out the greater ground clearance than the Prado ...