After much deliberation the Patrol has been sold. She’s been an absolutely terrific vehicle, and confidently taken us and our campers and tents far and wide over the years. She’s never ‘complained’ and never balked at any task asked of her; some of those tasks were pretty challenging as well.
It was a little sad to see her go, but she’d had a couple of failures that severely dented Ross’s confidence in her. The failures weren’t fatal, but enough to put her off the road and into intensive care. The repairs weren’t a huge challenge at the time only because we were at home with the necessary tools and equipment. It would have been a different and very expensive situation had the failures occurred away from home on holidays.
The Patrol was sold whilst it was running well, and worth at least something; and before either of those two important points changed for the worse. In a fitting goodbye on her last trip, on the day before she went to her new owners, she ended up bogged up to her axles in mud in the middle of the steep and wet top paddock at the farm, surrounded by the cows, in the cold and rain.
After much research, test driving, checking and re-checking bank balances ….. the car chosen to replace and live up to the Patrol is a brand new Nissan Navara Titanium STX, turbo diesel twin cab ute with all the plugins. Although a little smaller inside; it’s a little larger over all and a very nice car with better economy and noticeably more towing power.
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