DarlingtonC:
Guys, so I saw this 2005 prado in my area. Body is fairly good and can be made great, and engine is okay too.

Interior is great.

Owner bought a new vehicle I learnt and is willing to let go.

I drove it, legs are very balanced. It's a v6.

Please is it a good deal?

buygala:



I used to own a 2005 Prado v6.. Nice car.. But lacks the refinement of its sibling Lexus GX.. Fuel consumption is quite high and parts are expensive for a vehicle that looks like a towing van.

I got tired of of its looks and swapped it out for a 2007 Lexus GX460... Difference is like night and day.

Dwightventures:


Lol to that. I'm seeing too many Lexus SUVs these days on the road. Might as well be Nigeria's most popular SUV now

buygala:



I used to own a 2005 Prado v6.. Nice car.. But lacks the refinement of its sibling Lexus GX.. Fuel consumption is quite high and parts are expensive for a vehicle that looks like a towing van.

No allow that 2.850m price deceive you into buying what will drain you... Prado maintenance is expensive... No use big eye go buy what you feel is a cheap big vehicle.. That sort of journey hardly ever ends well.

As for me, I got tired of of the Prado looks and swapped it out for a 2007 Lexus GX460... Difference is like night and day.

Ehn, some might say they look alike.. But in very many important aspects, they don't.

Kwamecron:
Very good

Am interested

DarlingtonC:
Thanks a lot Sir for your input.

I'm thinking of buying it and upgrading it to maybe 2021.

And use it for mostly business meetings and important occasions

Don't you think it will be worth it?

buygala:
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No, I don't..

DarlingtonC:
Thank you Sir,

Why you think so?

buygala:



I used to own a 2005 Prado v6.. Nice car.. But lacks the refinement of its sibling Lexus GX.. Fuel consumption is quite high and parts are expensive for a vehicle that looks like a towing van.

No allow that 2.850m price deceive you into buying what will drain you... Prado maintenance is expensive... No use big eye go buy what you feel is a cheap big vehicle.. That sort of journey hardly ever ends well.

As for me, I got tired of of the Prado looks and swapped it out for a 2007 Lexus GX470... Difference is like night and day.

Ehn, some might say they look alike.. But in very many important aspects, they don't.

DarlingtonC:
Guys, so I saw this 2005 prado in my area. Body is fairly good and can be made great, and engine is okay too.

Interior is great.

Owner bought a new vehicle I learnt and is willing to let go.

I drove it, legs are very balanced. It's a v6.


Go for this car. Why do you think the said GX is cheap; na fuel consumption.

I used 2011 GX 460 for my wedding in 2018. Do you how much I spent to fuel the car from Owerri to Enugu to and fro?

The GX is a nice and rugged car, that's why people buy and upgrade it to Prado. However, it can't be better in fuel consumption.

These Prado models were used by MTN then. When it was auctioned , people that bought it refused to resell it for huge amount of money...

Please is it a good deal?

Alex80s:


I'm curious; ; convince me on how a 4.0 litre engine , v8 lexus GX470 made a better fuel consumption than Prado 3.5 litre v6 engine

buygala:



I used to own a 2005 Prado v6.. Nice car.. But lacks the refinement of its sibling Lexus GX.. Fuel consumption is quite high and parts are expensive for a vehicle that looks like a towing van.

No allow that 2.850m price deceive you into buying what will drain you... Prado maintenance is expensive... No use big eye go buy what you feel is a cheap big vehicle.. That sort of journey hardly ever ends well.

As for me, I got tired of of the Prado looks and swapped it out for a 2007 Lexus GX470... Difference is like night and day.

Ehn, some might say they look alike.. But in very many important aspects, they don't.

nathdim:
is there 6 plugs for gx470

buygala:



I don't owe you any convincing.


Shift

DarlingtonC:
Thank you Sir,

Why you think so?

Jagermeister:


Don't be silly; why are you so salty and irritable?

This is an educative forum and you can teach him something he doesn't know that you know.

buygala:


You and him can go fvck thyselves..

If he had asked in a less entitled manner, I might have answered his questions... But e say make I convince am.. As per say him be my Phd Supervisor abi who?..

Then you barge in here claiming "educative forum" .. Na by force say na me go educate am?... You wey be educator fit educate am na

buygala:



I don't owe you any convincing.


Shift

Alex80s:


You know nothing in this field. That was why you could advice someone to go for Gx470,4.0 litre ,(v8) over a prado 3.5 litre engine for fuel consumption reasons. Did you compare the two SUVs online to come to that conclusion.
You didn't reply me obvious because there was nothi to say further. That's the consequences of typing before thinking, and ghosting around every topic on nairaland.