Nissan Patrol

I headed of on another trip to the high country around Woods Point, Jamieson and Mt Stirling. The patrol was fuelled and checked and ready to go to our first nights camping area at Sheep Yard Flat.

Again towing an off-road trailer the 3 hour trip during the hot weather was uneventful as the vehicle has enough power going up hills, great air conditioning to make trip cool and with cruise control made the trip comfortable and less stressful.

Arriving at Sheep Yard Flat (relaxed), setting up camp next to the Howqua river was all done in 5-...

Absolutely beast! Long hwy drives are a breeze and tows effortlessly. Huge amount of room for all occupants and really comfortable. Great value for money and absolutely leaves the land snoozer poo hundred for dead. You won’t regret getting one

Never been off road or on a beach/sand. Massive issue with paint flaking off EVERY panel even inside door jams. Some came off with a garden hose. Has rust on 3 doors as well. Car is 3yrs old and Nissan have denied it’s an issue. They said it’s caused by external sources. Would NEVER buy another Nissan unless it’s in writing from the dealer that this will be covered under warranty.

Daily driving my wife she love it and she drives it like she’s in the Mini Cooper. Fule economy is good to 14 L 100 and over taking road train is breez . We pay 69500 new with tow bar . My advice to people test drive one and don’t look at dealers demo car fule economy that will scare you . Because it’s test drive every one floor it in short test drive

Purchased the Patrol in July 2018, has only covered 20,000 Km but nearly all towing a 3 ton Caravan.
I maintain strict records for each trip and am yet to use over 20L/100K for trip. We have not done any long trips out of the state (WA) as yet but have been as far as Kalbarri (19.8L/100K headwind) and Albany 17.8 L/100K (tailwind) . This car has sufficient power to allow good use of cruise control (Forrest Highway, although not in hilly terrain) and this does seem to keep consumption down. I use the gearbox in manual mode, usually 5th or 6th.
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This is our family car and work vehicle
We use our car every day. Very economical
The fact that it only needs servicing twice a year is a financial help
Highly recommend

Bought new in april and have put 10k kms on it, gets used on road and off road! Love it!
Around town averages 14.5ltrs per 100, out on the open roard averages 12ltrs per 100.
It feels very nimble for a large car, there has been a few rattles and squeaks in interior but nothing to hard to fix..
Offroad its very capable, all the different modes and diff lock is very handy..
Very happy with the buy..

Bought this due to increasing price of rivals, and excellent room inside. Thought i could grab a bargain.
Previously owned 200 series and Disco 4's.
Engine is great, this power in a stock 4x4 is something aussies are yet to fully grasp.
Suspension does a good job for a car of this size. Nothing like the disco though.
Performs seriously well off-road for a stock wagon at 2.8t.
Towing is great, probably on par with the 200.
90% Country/Coastal use, with plenty of offroad & towing.
Uses about 2l more fuel than the 200. 21lph compared to 19lph.

Everything else however lets it down;...

After owner a land cruiser for last 10 years I made the change and regretting it already after 20,000kms. Going through the forums and from my experience Nissan Patrols paint is not up to Australian conditions unless you don't ever take it of the bitumen. Paint chips everywhere and Nissan can't explain. seems like a common issue. Also factory tyres are shot after 20,000kms and need replacing again. Alignments all in spec but no explanation or acknowledgment from Nissan, There customer service team are useless. Buyers beware!

Every 10000 km twice a year and have had a 2001 nissan as well and kept it for 11 years and was going good, that's why i went for another Nissan.

Have now owned my patrol for over a year now and love it! awesome to drive and tow with. gets better fuel economy than my old zd30. very comfy and now have convinced 3 others to buy one love it

Purchased a new Patrol 6 months ago to pull our 2.8 ton van. Our old tow vehicle, a trusty turbo diesel Landcruiser which had been great but getting a bit long in the tooth. Did extensive research re the new cruiser and the patrol. The cruiser with the same equipment was $30000 more than the patrol. Have now covered 7000ks and unable to fault the patrol. Only down side is the foot operated park brake. Fuel use is better than the cruiser diesel. (Averaging 19.6/100lt towing the van compared with 22 with the cruiser). Great to drive around town. I am a lead foot and love the get up and go at the lights from a 2.8 ton rig.

Honestly I wish I could buy two! Best car I’ve ever owned! Love love love it!!! Average fuel consumption is about 13 per 100 which is better than my v6 Colorado :)

I bought this car in preference to a Toyota Sahara which was far over priced and in my opinion inferior in every way to the Y62 Patrol. The engine is unparralled in a 4 wheel drive, is smooth as silk and awesomely powerful. The many standard features leave the Toyota’s for dead. Note that I was formally a Toyota driver but could not justify as extra $40,000 for a Sahara to a Toyota badge, which is the only difference I could see. I love this car and plan to use it to tow a caravan in the future. In my view $iesel is dead as they will not be able to meet the pollution laws in the near future.

Ok I've been a Nissan person for years and owned every 4x4 Nissan has built just about., so when the family started to get bigger so did the car. We had a Qashqai and NP300 Navara, both cars i loved for different reasons but both far to narrow for 2 kids seats and a 3rd person in-between. So we went car hunting from LC200 and Infinity QX80 some larger US cars then ended up ordering a Patrol without even test driving one. We then booked a test drive after paying a deposit and at the better part of 100k the wife got nervous. So test drive day com...