New Member
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:57 am
Hi
I have been lurking on this forum for almost a year now. Having finally found my Pajero I have signed up.
My reason for looking for a Pajero was mainly to hit the long road to the many off beat places around Southern Africa. With my kids being more independent now seemed the right time to go ahead with my travel plans. As many before me the choice of vehicle was always going to be a big decision. Two things were definite. One, Pajero, two, petrol. Then the things got a bit murky. LWB or SWB, Gen 3 or Gen 4. I looked around for many many months mainly at Gen 4 SWB, test drove many loved them all. Then a few days ago I saw an ad on autotrader and went to test drive a 2004 3.8 GLS LWB, 172k on the clock, FSH at dealer, private sale. The car drove like a dream, everything worked. Gear changes are smooth, different transfer box gears engage fine and all interior thingies work perfect. After market Caska with reverse camera retro fitted. Even the Caska unit works perfectly. The car has a few scrapes and scratches but I assumed I may be adding to those anyway.
Did the deal at R92500. Thought that was a good price. I could not justify spending another R100k to R150k on a newer model when this one was in such good nick and drives so good.
Now I look forward to the 180k service which I know is a biggie but it will also give me the opportunity to really give the car a good once over and rectify anything that needs done. I will be quite happy to spend whatever necessary to get the car 1000% in readiness for some journeys.
Took the car to Groenkloof on the weekend to do the trail. Did all the obstacles. Performed perfectly. I know Groenkloof is not heavy 4x4 but I just wanted to see a little of what the car could do.
I am looking forward to meeting other members on the forum and doing a few trips.
Regards
Andreas
I have been lurking on this forum for almost a year now. Having finally found my Pajero I have signed up.
My reason for looking for a Pajero was mainly to hit the long road to the many off beat places around Southern Africa. With my kids being more independent now seemed the right time to go ahead with my travel plans. As many before me the choice of vehicle was always going to be a big decision. Two things were definite. One, Pajero, two, petrol. Then the things got a bit murky. LWB or SWB, Gen 3 or Gen 4. I looked around for many many months mainly at Gen 4 SWB, test drove many loved them all. Then a few days ago I saw an ad on autotrader and went to test drive a 2004 3.8 GLS LWB, 172k on the clock, FSH at dealer, private sale. The car drove like a dream, everything worked. Gear changes are smooth, different transfer box gears engage fine and all interior thingies work perfect. After market Caska with reverse camera retro fitted. Even the Caska unit works perfectly. The car has a few scrapes and scratches but I assumed I may be adding to those anyway.
Did the deal at R92500. Thought that was a good price. I could not justify spending another R100k to R150k on a newer model when this one was in such good nick and drives so good.
Now I look forward to the 180k service which I know is a biggie but it will also give me the opportunity to really give the car a good once over and rectify anything that needs done. I will be quite happy to spend whatever necessary to get the car 1000% in readiness for some journeys.
Took the car to Groenkloof on the weekend to do the trail. Did all the obstacles. Performed perfectly. I know Groenkloof is not heavy 4x4 but I just wanted to see a little of what the car could do.
I am looking forward to meeting other members on the forum and doing a few trips.
Regards
Andreas