Long term reviews

Original Posted September 2008 ComparisonsWhen you drive other cars you get an appreciation of what is good about car and what isn’t. It is not often that you get in a car and say that this is a must have – it hasn’t happened here either. It takes time to appreciate the better parts of any

Original posted September 2008 After 36 monthsThis update is long overdue due to other projects so here it is. The Prado hasn’t done too many kilometers due to high petrol prices (2007 & 2008) and less requirement to use this car for transporting stuff. In terms of mechanical reliability – nothing has broken down or

Original posted September 2008 After 24 monthsIt been a while and certainly over due for this update! Nothing has really changed or happened with the car so just a further updating of what I’ve said before. You can assume that it has been a reliable experience to date. High mileage Toyota LandCruiser Prado’s are quite

Original posted September 2006/2007 Model refresh and review:As per all manufacturers Toyota has updated the 120 series Prado but this year’s update is much more far reaching than the last which was in late 2004. Considering issues including model life span and history, resale values, pricing in light of fuel prices it still significant. This commentary

Original posted 2006 After 6 months review Some cracks are beginning to show but they seem related to the poor choice of standard tyres rather than something wrong with the design. That said many other cars have the same problem. After about 15,000 kms the tyres started to create the typical humming harmonics. It’s that mid-range hum

First posted September 2005 The first long distance trip within the first 3 months for the Toyota Prado ownership lasted for about 10000ks. The trip was arcoss Australia and back. (Check out the pictures gallery) The long trip so early in the ownership means I can tell you the following and start of the long

Conclusion so far – After 3 months After 3 months ownership of the Prado GXL version this is essentially what I think.When I picked the car up there was an issue with the the fold up 3 row of seats. One of them did not click properly into place. So it wasn’t a good start. This was fixed