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Funny! That's what I use diesel for? Honestly I drove both. The V6 petrol Hilux is twice the vehicle on road than a diesel one. In the D40 ST-X it was the same, but even more pronounced with the lack of torque in the diesel. Off road would probably be different, but I rarely go off road!

Centre tailshaft bearing support needs attention. This one is covered! I would have actually bought the V6 auto ST-X Navara at $42,500 drive away except for the doggy auto. The Hilux A750F transmission trounces it hands down!

Sorry guys. Bought a new SR5 V6 auto Hilux. Got a great deal on it, so couldn't knock it back. So off to the Hilux forums! Thanks for all the help.

Tony Auto BT-50 is 2500kg, looked yesterday. So they weren't totally wrong! Drove both an auto ST-X V6 and auto V6 SR5 yesterday. Both drove well, but the Toyota has a far superior gearbox. To me the Hilux was more comfortable to drive, but the Nissan has better features. Hmm, will see. Nissan...

I did look at 'Cruisers but they are way too dear, even for a Workmate base model. I also looked seriously at buying a 3.0LTD Patrol (very cheap pricing) and immediately pulling out the scrap metal 3.0L and fitting a crate 6.0L GenIV GM V8. Costs were going to add up too much to make it...

Hmmm, hadn't thought of that! The Cross8 is AWD and the Overlander before it had freewheeling hubs so I could use lo-range 2WD. Mazda BT50 is 3tonne, same as Ford Ranger. 2300kg is enough though, as trailer is 700kg and heaviest load is 1600kg.

I looked at the ST, but the Thai models are missing the rear seat and the dual zone climate A/C. Plus the Thai spec diesel is gutless - one of the utes in my company that an employee drives is a 10 month old RX manual, and I hate driving it. If I was to get a diesel it'd be a BT-50 3.0L - those...

I'm probably not being fair on it I suppose, because I am used to a VZ Cross8 with around 270kW. The problem I can see is my driveway is steep and windey, and the car trailer and 1500kg+ Monaro or Premier is not a light load. On the road or flat ground no worries, but i'm concerned about the...

Not in the new ones, the tub liners come already cut out to go around the floor rails. And the older D40 tub liners won't fit the 2010 examples. I just drove a brand new V6 manual ST-X. Not a bad car at all, but I was very underwhelmed by the lack of power, and i'm worried about it's ability to...

Hi all Just looking at buying a new 2010 V6 manual ST-X. I don't want the genuine hard lid, soft tonneau or tray liner. Hard lid and soft tonneau are too dear. Tray liner has slots cut for floor rails. So I've looked aftermarket, but apparantly the 2010 ST-X has a different back to the 2009...