I arrived South Africa on Wednesday and had my new (to me) bakkie delivered to me same day by previous owner.
Ive since driven around 600km's and i must say that im a very happy chap.
My one concern was that it may lack a bit of power, but i do like the characteristics of a big diesel and the torque seems to peak just where its needed for tar road driving.
There is also loads of low down pull for chugging along on dirt roads..
The bakkie is currently fitted with new TJM XGS shocks, and the ride is great on corrugations but maybe slightly harsh on the tar. Not so much that it is a concern though.
I spent yesterday driving to Pretoria to some mods done, but will cover that in my other Patrol mods thread.
At the end of the day i bought the Patrol as a keeper and im now looking forward to many more kms over the coming years.
I tend to average around 6k kms per year so it should probably see me out
