What's your budget? Budget? What's your % offroad time vs onroad?. Mainly onroad (95%). The offroad portion is for new business/hobby. Maybe a bit of family weekend fun also (kayak, fishing etc) How severe is your off-roading? Probably quite minimal to start with. But I can imagine offroading is ...

OK. After reading this stuff and talking to a 4x4 friend I think I agree with you regarding the highlander. I think I'll look into a cheap upgrade to replace my Lucida family van and then soo look into a fun off roader. Thinking something along the lines of a pre 2000 Jeep Cherokee. I need some ...

Jerry wrote:Later Pajeros suffer from brake master cylinder failuire
Prado etc if 1Kz they have head issues if overheated but cheap to replace

To be honest I prob wouldnt buy the Pajero anyway. My Mechanic friend said to stay away from mitsi's .

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from my point of view I wouldn't got for the highlander just as it is such a plactic fantastic car made for the soccer mum that may need to park on the odd grass paddock im my view as for the pajeros I would go petrol if u do go for a pajero as they seem to crap out ( mitsi technician ) the diesels ...

Mattman wrote:As I posted above the 4L v6 is quite thirsty. That may or may not be an issue for you.

A highlander could go over devils gate but I wouldn't take one I owned over it.

Matt.

Good info thank you!
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Ha Thanks all for the replies...tho not sure I have understood fully, it sounds Highlander is def not a "offroad 4x4". Im fairly confident the Highlander will handle "Shiny" (is that the word you use) trips. For example a bit more off road than a standard car (farm, beach, mild river gravel ...

Hi all Ive recently become interested in going more offroad to explore areas I couldnt generally get to from normal roads. Im interested in areas that are visually interesting for photography etc. Rocks, Coast, natural environments etc. Beach for kayak etc. I currently have a Toyota Lucida that I ...