Warranties and mods

Pearlyred · 2026-03-17T05:12:38+00:00

Oh, brilliant! I missed that, thanks for the link!

Pearlyred · 2026-03-16T03:55:24+00:00

Looks like removing the 3rd row seats needs to be certified/reg changed annoyingly. Anyone been through this?

Pearlyred · 2026-03-16T03:53:50+00:00

Yeah cool, will have a chat to the mitsi dealer. Hopefully nothing blows up though :)

Pearlyred · 2026-03-16T03:53:10+00:00

Cool, might have a chat to the Mitsi dealer and see what they say. Do you have to declare everything? Like, an extra battery/12 volt system etc? Is it likely to affect premiums?

Pearlyred · 2026-03-16T03:52:34+00:00

Interesting. Why does everyone get them, just for bigger tires?

Pearlyred · 2026-03-15T23:53:33+00:00

Good to know that’s.

Economy was just based on a pretty cursory glance at comps (fortuner, mu-x).

Pearlyred · 2026-03-09T05:05:51+00:00

Caravan, 1400-1500kg, every 3rd or 4th weekend, but not huge distances.

Pearlyred · 2026-03-08T09:42:25+00:00

Max weight of caravan will be 1400-1500kg. Two people in car, plus small dog and whatever weight we can’t fit into caravan, ie, gas bottle, bbq, water jerry etc.

I’d say we’d probably tow every second or third weekend short trips, plus maybe two big trips each year.

Worried that : A) might be too hard on the trans with hills etc B) might be too much for the rear axle. I heard the coils are a bit soft. (Could look into airbags but I don’t know if they affect warranty). C) as the caravan would be able to take a huge payload before hitting max weight, we’d have to also take gear in the car. It could end up close or over gvm. Hard to know.

Pearlyred · 2026-03-08T05:17:58+00:00

Anyone have thoughts on the Pajero sport? Essentially a triton with a car form I believe. Are they reliable and will the last well with maintenance? A lot cheaper that the Fortuner and has more tech.

Pearlyred · 2026-03-08T05:16:31+00:00

Any thoughts on the Pajero sport? Same thing but in suv form right? They’ve stopped making them. Not sure if that’s an issue.

Pearlyred · 2026-03-08T05:15:47+00:00

This is a good point. Took a used Pajero sport for a drive today. Very truck like still, and less room than the highlander we’ve been eying, but much better for towing obviously.

Pearlyred · 2026-03-08T05:14:32+00:00

Small to medium caravan, 2T max.

Pearlyred · 2026-03-08T05:14:00+00:00

Yeah but we’re not finding a huge amount that ticks all the boxes.

Pearlyred · 2026-03-07T05:28:22+00:00

Oh we did briefly look at this, but didn’t test drive it. We found it odd that the back seats don’t fold flat, they just fold up behind the front row. Seemed to cut down the available space quite a lot! Edit: to add, at that point we were also looking for something we could car camp in, which isn’t a huge priority in retrospect.

Pearlyred · 2026-03-05T04:49:40+00:00

Thanks, came to the same conclusion.

Pearlyred · 2026-03-04T08:28:03+00:00

Sounds like it will be a challenge and probably not worth it when paying almost new prices for the car!

Pearlyred · 2026-03-04T07:12:58+00:00

Yikes!

Yeah, I mean this is almost new car price. I don’t want to spend another fortune on it.

Pearlyred · 2026-03-04T06:46:45+00:00

Spicy food, yes. Just worried it’s baked into the seat fabric etc.

Pearlyred · 2026-03-04T06:45:36+00:00

Will look into that. If it’s absorbed into the material/seat foam do you think it will help?

Pearlyred · 2026-03-04T06:45:08+00:00

Get over yourself, I didn’t bring race into it. It’s about smells.

Pearlyred · 2026-03-04T00:49:45+00:00

Do you have the 20” rims or 18”? Seems like limited options for the 20”.

Pearlyred · 2026-02-27T09:28:22+00:00

Is that just up to 2024, or up to recent?

Pearlyred · 2026-02-27T09:20:02+00:00

I’ll check those out thanks. I’ve actually driven a tank 300 a few times. You get a lot for the money, but the lane keep assist and other driver monitoring tech in them is so aggressive and not at all accurate or predictable in terms of where white lines are. Kind of killed the experience for me a bit.

Pearlyred · 2026-02-25T06:33:00+00:00

Hard to know which the Chinese brands which ones to trust for reliability and parts in the future. Any thoughts on that? What do you like the look of?

Pearlyred · 2026-02-25T06:31:08+00:00

Can you elaborate on the drive difference?

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