The last time we drove this, it was sopping wet and almost impossible to drive. This time around there's a NEW interior, plus it's dry! Paul Maric gets behind the wheel the updated Nissan Patrol Warrior V8 to see if it's still decent value for money.
Hardness tester, noise and lane keeping results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/121Auf6HGvaBqRToYcuAz94alin7Sw55SpOPECBDlnKE
2024 Nissan Patrol Warrior V8 on/off-road review! This SUV is a beast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cjyUYu0YQU
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Intro: 00:00
Exterior: 01:32
Interior: 05:07
Practicality: 07:32
On-Road: 08:54
Accel. & braking: 14:13
Off-Road: 16:07
Verdict: 23:49
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Hardness tester, noise and lane keeping results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/121Auf6HGvaBqRToYcuAz94alin7Sw55SpOPECBDlnKE
2024 Nissan Patrol Warrior V8 on/off-road review! This SUV is a beast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cjyUYu0YQU
Skip Ahead:
Intro: 00:00
Exterior: 01:32
Interior: 05:07
Practicality: 07:32
On-Road: 08:54
Accel. & braking: 14:13
Off-Road: 16:07
Verdict: 23:49
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00:00Look, I know that this isn't a sports car, but this is fun.
00:05Oh my God, there is no light support on these seats either.
00:08You're basically sort of falling out of them constantly.
00:13It's actually ridiculous that we're driving this thing the way that we are.
00:23G'day, I'm Paul.
00:24So there is a brand new Nissan Patrol out there, and this is the old Nissan Patrol.
00:28But we have an updated interior.
00:30Well, another updated interior.
00:32This actually looks much better.
00:34And also, we have a dry road.
00:36The last time we tested this, the Patrol Warrior, which is currently unique to Australia.
00:40It was sopping wet, and it was impossible to drive.
00:43So I'm excited to have another crack in this today.
00:45We're going to go for a bit of a fang in it.
00:46I'm going to show you that new interior, run you through some of the highlights.
00:50Also, this car is now going to be exported to South Africa with the Warrior components, which is pretty cool.
00:55Now, there is a new version of this coming, but it isn't coming in right-hand drive form for another year and a half.
01:01So that's why you're seeing heaps of left-hand drive patrols out there in the new Turbocharged 6, whereas this is the older, naturally aspirated V8.
01:10So the Warrior, top of the tree, it's priced at just under $110,000.
01:14Now, if that is too expensive, the entire range kicks off at just under $100,000.
01:19So you are still getting the updated interior, even if you don't go for the Patrol Warrior.
01:24Today, we're going to do a review of this.
01:25If you do want to skip ahead to other parts of this review, you've got timecodes on the screen there, or if you're on YouTube, you can scroll down and use the chapters below.
01:32Let's talk about design.
01:33So, Patrol Warrior, this has been designed and engineered here in Australia,
01:37which means all of the legwork for the changes here have been done in Australia and, in my opinion, have been done properly as well with the GVM upgrade to ensure that you are actually getting still usable capacity.
01:48Often, when they do a lot of these changes, change suspension, tyres, all that sort of stuff, you end up eating into your payload,
01:53whereas here, with the GVM upgrade, you still retain all of the original capacities the vehicle had.
01:58So down the front here, you've got this piano black grille.
02:00Well, underneath the skin, you've got, look at this, underbody protection down here with Warrior etched into there.
02:08Looks really cool there because the colour offsets beautifully there with the body colour.
02:12You've got full LED headlights, you've got LED fog lights.
02:15Warrior here on the side there.
02:17Have a look at these meaty tyres.
02:19My goodness, they are enormous.
02:21So, these are proper all-terrain tyres.
02:23The issue we had with these last time, and these were on an 18-inch hollow wheel, was stopping distance in the wet.
02:29So, my understanding is Nissan has addressed that.
02:32So, today, we're going to do a brake test to make sure that it does stop a significantly shorter stopping distance than it did in the wet.
02:38So, we'll see how that goes.
02:40Our patrol on the side here.
02:42These side steps.
02:43Now, these are interesting.
02:43I reckon they could have done a bit of work on these because the issue I've got is when you go to step inside the car,
02:48there's not really a great deal of purchase on that.
02:50And if it's wet, you kind of almost slip off it.
02:52With the increased ride height here, it is just a little bit tricky to sort of get in and out.
02:56So, we'd love to see these stick out a little bit more.
02:58And perhaps a different material as well, given the off-road bend to this.
03:02V8 sticker there with this stripe down the side that has Warrior.
03:05Down here, you have functional side pipes.
03:09It's kind of my favourite part of this because it sounds unreal.
03:12The V8 sounds great just in general, but the side pipes there sound so good.
03:19So, in addition to those 34-inch tyres, you've got a 50mm lift.
03:23So, it sits noticeably higher off the ground here.
03:25I mean, I'm 185 centimetres tall and you can see how big the vehicle actually is.
03:30So, along the back here, Patrol.
03:32You've got Warrior badge just there.
03:34LED taillights as well.
03:36Retains the three and a half tonne towing capacity.
03:39And you have some recovery points there as well.
03:42So, I'm going to run you through the specs here.
03:44I've got them in front of me.
03:45So, you have basically that 50mm lift is 29mm from suspension, another 21mm from the tyres.
03:52The GVM upgrades.
03:54So, it's now 3620, which is a 120kg upgrade over the non-Warrior version of this.
03:59I mentioned it retains the 3500kg brake capacity.
04:02It has changes to the body control module to cater for the ride height and tyres.
04:07And that's important because a lot of people will go and get these modified,
04:10do all sorts of crazy stuff to them,
04:12but not actually think about how that affects the vehicle's dynamic control systems.
04:16And as a result of that, it can end up doing some funny stuff, especially if you're towing.
04:20So, it is important to have all of that stuff integrated into the platform itself,
04:24which is what they've done here.
04:25You've got firmer front springs, softer triple rate rear springs,
04:30progressive rate rear bump stops, adjusted dampers, front rear track increased by 40mm,
04:36and then you have 2.3mm front bash plate as well, which we had a look at before.
04:40So, a lot of comprehensive changes here and not a huge amount of money above and beyond a standard patrol.
04:45So, yeah, from that point of view, I think it is actually pretty good value for money
04:49when you look at the big changes they've made here.
04:51So, I'm excited to drive it on the dry road today.
04:53By the way, you can see an exhaust down here because it actually has two outlets.
04:57That side pipe is really like, I guess, an adjustable valve that opens depending on throttle position and revs as well.
05:04So, depending on where you are in that band, it'll either be coming out of here or the side pipes.
05:08So, we are inside the Patrol Warrior.
05:11I've already done a detailed review on this, looking at everything here in detail in our last video on this.
05:17If you want to check that out, there is a link in the description below.
05:19Today, I'm just going to run through the stuff that has actually changed here.
05:23And, like, the most immediately obvious thing is the new infotainment system.
05:28So, Nissan confusingly had the ancient interior in this car for quite some time.
05:33Then they upgraded it last year with a sort of locally grown infotainment system with smartphone mirroring.
05:40But now, we're kind of getting the previous generation US spec interior here,
05:45which means 12.3-inch infotainment screen up the top there, a new display ahead of the driver as well.
05:51And then some changes to the seats as well.
05:53So, these seats look really cool.
05:54So, they've got this diamond sort of stitched pattern on them.
05:58They do have perforations as well, but we don't have heating or cooling here in the Warrior
06:02because it is based on the TI spec and not the TIL.
06:05So, how does all this work?
06:07Well, this infotainment system is going to look familiar to you.
06:09It's quite similar to what you find in the X-Trail.
06:11It sits perfectly nicely and it looks natural up here as well.
06:14It doesn't look like an aftermarket edition, which I think is the key core part.
06:18On the audio front, you've got a six-speaker sound system with AM and FM radio.
06:23In addition to that, you have wireless smartphone mirroring.
06:25So, Apple CarPlay is what it looks like.
06:27Full-screen integration, which is great.
06:29And this is what Android Auto looks like.
06:32So, full-screen, wireless as well.
06:35Also changed is the screen ahead of the driver.
06:37So, small digital display, but importantly, this brings with it an off-road monitor.
06:42Probably one of the things I don't love about this interior,
06:45I do like that they've ditched all the old-school wood grain and stuff
06:47and they've got this sort of Alcantara-style material,
06:50but just a lot of piano black here.
06:52I wish they could just pick a different material there,
06:54but, you know, beggars can't be choosers.
06:56It's not the end of the world.
06:57So, I really am just glad they've been able to bring this in with it all.
07:01In addition to that, you've also got the wireless phone charger
07:04under this cubby hole here.
07:05Not an ideal location because if you do close that,
07:08the phone's going to overheat and it'll shut down.
07:10There's no sort of cooling on that by the look of it.
07:12So, just one of those things you've got to be wary of.
07:15USB connectivity down the bottom.
07:17In terms of your camera, you've got a 360 camera,
07:21but camera quality is pretty terrible,
07:23so they obviously haven't updated that as part of this screen update.
07:27Has been updated, though, as part of the next-generation patrol,
07:30which we haven't driven yet for Australia.
07:32So, outside of that, in terms of the main features,
07:34so dual-zone automatic climate control,
07:36no heated or cooled seats, unfortunately, for Warrior.
07:39Second row has stacks of room back there,
07:41so you've got another zone of climate control,
07:44you've got USB connectivity,
07:45loads of headroom, legroom, kneeroom, all that sort of stuff.
07:49Cool thing as well here with this centre console,
07:51you can actually open it from the back row
07:53to get access to that too.
07:54So, it is a pretty versatile setup there
07:57with a lot of room there for adults to stretch out.
08:00Now, second row doesn't slide,
08:02very similar to the 300 Series Land Cruiser,
08:04but for the third row,
08:05it is a surprising amount of space for an adult.
08:08Typically, with these vehicles,
08:09you can't really fit anyone in the third row,
08:11but, you know, here, you can't actually fit adults,
08:13and while it's not incredibly spacious for shorter trips,
08:16it's going to be perfectly fine.
08:18And given that this is based on the TI,
08:20it's actually an eight-seater,
08:21so you've got two seats here,
08:22three in the second row,
08:23and another three in the third row,
08:24which is good.
08:25On cargo space,
08:26you've got adequate room there to put a bag in
08:28when you do have the third row in place.
08:30If you do drop the third row,
08:31the space expands quite generously,
08:34and then, if you do want, like,
08:35the alternate sort of van-slash-people-mover,
08:38you can drop the second row as well
08:39to really just open that space up
08:41and give you a lot of storage inside the cabin.
08:43This is, like, the ultimate family vehicle,
08:46tourer,
08:47plenty of room inside,
08:49loads of passengers,
08:50like, it really just ticks all of those boxes.
08:55Okay, so we've just hit the road in the Patrol Warrior.
08:58Now, have a listen to this.
09:00Can you hear that?
09:01No beeping.
09:02This is the first car I've driven in a long time
09:05that hasn't had annoying beeps
09:07and other crap that we've had to turn off
09:09just to keep you sane.
09:11It is just refreshing to get back into a car
09:13that is just normal.
09:14So, thank you for having a very old car on the market
09:17still Nissen.
09:18Now, let me run you through this.
09:20This is still one of my favourite engines on the market
09:23because it's so simple
09:24and so effective in what it does.
09:265.6 litre, naturally aspirated petrol V8
09:30and that is exactly what you need in a vehicle like this.
09:32It has plenty of grunt for towing.
09:34It's got all the, sort of, oomph you need
09:36to get up and moving in and around town
09:38and it gives you the flexibility off-road
09:40to have the punch that you need.
09:41So, that means just under 300 kilowatts of power
09:44and a little over 550 newton metres of torque
09:47which are both really, sort of, healthy numbers
09:49for this, sort of, thing
09:50and that's made it to a seven-speed automatic transmission.
09:53Now, what does all that feel like behind the wheel?
09:55Let's give this a punch.
09:56Yeah, very nice.
10:00Now, that racket that you're hearing,
10:02that is that side exit exhaust
10:04and you can have it on all the time
10:07if you're manually shifting using the gear shifter here
10:10and that just stays open
10:13and then if you're not in manual mode,
10:15depending on where you are on throttle and rev position,
10:18it will then open up.
10:19So, under light throttle, it's not open,
10:21give it a bit more of a kick
10:22and then opens up and you can hear it.
10:24So, really cool setup
10:25and I think if I was an owner,
10:26I would probably just bypass the,
10:29if it's in manual, it's on mode
10:30and just wrap it on all the time.
10:32Don't do that if you're not allowed to
10:34because I don't know if it'll melt stuff
10:35but I think that is what I'd be doing.
10:37Now, in terms of fuel economy,
10:38this is not a Toyota Prius.
10:40So, it's not going to be using a little amount of fuel.
10:42The official figures, some are about 14.
10:45We're averaging like 16 points something
10:47and that's predominantly with highway driving.
10:50So, it just gives you an idea of how thirsty this thing's going to be
10:53and especially with Warrior,
10:54it sits higher off the ground,
10:55it's carrying more mass.
10:56These are all things going to combine to lead to more fuel use.
11:00Let's talk about the ride.
11:00We're about to get to our sine waves
11:02but before we get there,
11:03the ride in and around town is fantastic.
11:05Under the skin,
11:06there's actually like a hydraulic setup
11:07for diagonal sort of body levelling
11:11and it's a bit hard to explain.
11:13You'll see when the speed picks up for our faster lap
11:16but it actually keeps the body nice and flat
11:17and also in and around town,
11:19the tuning work they've done to the suspension setup here
11:22has just resulted in a really pleasant car to drive around town.
11:25Sorry, I'll punch this up to 130.
11:30And it also translates here to the sine waves.
11:32It just stays fairly composed.
11:34It doesn't have that sort of carried body momentum
11:38that some cars do on the sine waves,
11:40especially big four-wheel drives.
11:41They've done a good job keeping all of that in check as well.
11:44Now, bumpy road time.
11:46What is it like along here?
11:47We do this at 90 k's an hour.
11:50Let's see what it's like on this shocker of a road.
11:52We have a condensed sine wave here as well.
11:55There's 90.
11:58Now look, it is surprisingly comfortable.
12:00It's got sort of sharp edges to it
12:02but you've just got to remember
12:03that this is built for off-road driving
12:04and they've somehow made it laughably fun
12:08through corners as well.
12:10Yeah, it's just surprising with such a big car
12:12to be so versatile across so many different aspects.
12:15Let's go for a bit of a quicker lap, I reckon.
12:17There is no sport mode
12:19but I will use the manual shifter just for fun here.
12:22So we'll drop that back to third and give it a punch.
12:26Oh, that sound is so good.
12:29All right, let's see what the brakes are like.
12:33They're actually not too bad.
12:35A little blip on the downshift as well, if you don't mind.
12:38Now there's that hydraulic system working.
12:45As I'm sort of tipping in there,
12:47I actually feel it working to keep the body nice and flat
12:51but the steering isn't, you know, a 911
12:54given that it's a hydraulic setup
12:58but this thing is absolutely hauling
12:59and for a vehicle this big,
13:01it's actually staying fairly composed.
13:05The in-gear acceleration is unreal as well.
13:08Look, I know that this isn't a sports car
13:10but this is fun
13:12because the last time we drove this,
13:13it was sopping wet
13:14and I could not go around corners.
13:18Oh my God, there is no light support on these seats either.
13:20You're basically sort of falling out of them constantly.
13:25It's actually ridiculous that
13:27We're driving this thing the way that we are.
13:33All right, here's the back straight.
13:34We'll give it a little punch along here as well.
13:38Oh, nice.
13:39It's got some legs.
13:40This thing is absolutely unreal.
13:43That is impressive.
13:47Now let's talk about road noise.
13:49Surprisingly, not a great deal.
13:50Even though you're sitting on a monster set of all terrains,
13:52they really don't introduce a great deal of noise into the cabin.
13:55Even on course-chip roads,
13:57it is still a really quiet and serene place to be,
13:59which is good news.
14:01Now on the visibility front,
14:02I can see clearly down the front there,
14:04giant wing mirrors.
14:05Visibility out the back is okay but not amazing.
14:08This is another car that would benefit
14:09from a digital rear view mirror
14:10just in case you have a third row of passengers there.
14:13Okay, let's do, comically,
14:15a little bit of performance testing
14:16just to see how quick it goes
14:18from zero to 100 and then through to 120.
14:20I'm going to switch off traction control here
14:23just so we can see how that performs.
14:26Yeah, it should be good fun.
14:27All right, I'm going to load up the throttle a bit
14:28and we'll just stomp on it.
14:30Here we go.
14:39Nice.
14:40Nice and strong off the line.
14:42All right, there's 100 and 120.
14:50Very nice.
14:51Okay, so that was zero to 100, 7.31 seconds
14:57and 80 to 120 in 4.96 seconds.
15:00So both pretty decent numbers there
15:02for such a big, heavy thing,
15:04especially when you consider that
15:05the other stuff in this segment is V6 diesel
15:08and it will come nowhere near those numbers
15:12during acceleration.
15:14All righty, we'll do our stop from 100.
15:18Never going to get sick of that sound.
15:26Okie dokie.
15:27So let's have a look at how that works.
15:30All right, so 100 to zero, 3.09 seconds,
15:3343.62 metres.
15:35So yeah, it's about on par
15:37with other vehicles in this segment
15:39and keep in mind when it was wet
15:41and we did this last time,
15:43it took an eternity to stop.
15:45Just ridiculous.
15:46So it is good to see that in the dry,
15:47it is significantly better.
15:48But if you are driving it in the wet,
15:50it is something I'd be keeping tabs on.
15:53Okay, so how fast does it go in reverse?
15:56Let's find out.
15:57Here we go.
15:57Just over 70 k's an hour.
16:08Okay, so this is the bit
16:09where we normally do off-road,
16:11except our hill is in, like, BYD mode.
16:17It's been compacted again
16:19and I don't know why,
16:21but it's compacted
16:22and it's going to be entirely pointless
16:24because I'm in high range
16:25and, like, yeah,
16:28it's so compacted
16:30that you can drive up here.
16:32I could probably drive up in reverse.
16:34Like, it is just so easy to do
16:36that there's no point
16:36even trying to film this.
16:39So yeah, what I will mention, though,
16:40is you do have this terrain monitor
16:43now ahead of the driver.
16:44So it gives you
16:45all your different information there,
16:47including off-road stuff.
16:49So if I sort of back down the hill a little bit,
16:53you can actually see there
16:54that the angle of the hill
16:55starts appearing as I go down.
16:58So I guess that stuff is kind of handy to have
17:03if you are sort of doing some off-road driving,
17:05gives you a bit of an idea
17:07of what's actually going on around you.
17:08So what we're going to do,
17:10we're going to overlay footage
17:12from the last Warrior test
17:13that we did
17:13where it was a little wet here
17:14and it'll just give you an idea
17:16of what this is like off-road.
17:17But yeah, we will try and get that hill fixed
17:20so it's a bit more challenging
17:20for the next car that we test here.
17:22Okay, let's do a little bit of light off-roading.
17:25I'm going to run you through the specs here first.
17:27So let's start off
17:28with the approach and departure angle.
17:30So approach angle, 40 degrees.
17:32So they have lopped a whole lot off that front end
17:34to get at that attack angle.
17:36That's awesome.
17:36So approach angle is the angle of the face
17:38you can approach before you hit something
17:39with the front of the car.
17:40The departure angle, on the other hand, 23 degrees.
17:43Not as good,
17:43but that integrates that tow bar in the rear as well.
17:46That's the angle of the face.
17:47You can approach,
17:48but in reverse from the back of the car.
17:50In addition to that,
17:51ground clearance,
17:52just over 320 millimeters.
17:55So that is thanks to that 50 mil lift.
17:57This already had quite a generous ground clearance as well.
17:59So that has just increased it even further.
18:01In terms of the hardware,
18:02you're in four-wheel drive automatic most of the time,
18:05but then you can switch over
18:06to four-wheel drive high range.
18:07You have four-wheel drive low range,
18:09a rear diff lock,
18:10and then you have a number of different drive modes
18:12and a hill descent control as well
18:13that I'll run you through in just a second.
18:15Now, if you do want a better explanation
18:17of how all of this stuff works,
18:19we actually shot a video
18:20explaining four-wheel drive controls
18:21and demonstrating them as well.
18:23So click up here to watch that.
18:25So what we're going to do,
18:26we're going to head over our mogul,
18:29our offset mogul first.
18:30Normally, we do this in two-wheel drive high range,
18:33but because this doesn't have two-wheel drive,
18:35we'll just see what it's like.
18:37Actually, I'm going to switch the parking sensors off.
18:39We'll see what this is like in high range
18:42with the rear wheel off the ground
18:43because it'll give us a good indication
18:45of what the traction control systems are like.
18:48I'll just wait for that rear wheel
18:49to get off the ground.
18:51There it is around there.
18:53It'll give you a bit of an idea
18:54of what the articulation is like as well.
18:56So I'm just going to lean on the throttle
18:58and we'll let traction control do its work
19:00so I can feel it biting there.
19:03There's that wheel off the ground.
19:06Nice.
19:07That felt really nice and capable there.
19:10That traction control system is excellent.
19:12This did a really good job of maintaining momentum.
19:15All right, let's go back again.
19:17Okay, this time around,
19:18we do this in four-wheel drive high range.
19:20So I'm going to flick that over now.
19:21That is engaged.
19:23So this is basically a cross-axle situation
19:25where we have only two tyres with traction.
19:29And we'll see how the car
19:30maintains itself through here.
19:33So I'll just get it set up in that spot just there.
19:36So I'm going to roll onto the throttle now
19:38with that front wheel off the ground.
19:40We'll see how it performs.
19:43I feel the traction control biting.
19:48Nice.
19:50This is a really good system.
19:52When we did our big SUV comparison,
19:54this thing absolutely demolished the off-road course.
19:57And it's just demonstrating here
19:58that it is arguably the king off-road.
20:01I know a lot of people think the Land Cruiser is,
20:04but I reckon this is right up there.
20:05Okay, time for some hill climbing.
20:07Now, our little hill here,
20:10it's okay in the dry,
20:11but in the wet,
20:12it can just be a little bit challenging at times.
20:14So to put it into low range,
20:16pop it over to neutral,
20:18slide it over to four low.
20:20That engages low range.
20:22Also lock the rear diff lock
20:24just to be on the safe side.
20:26So you can only do that when it's in low range.
20:29All right, here we go.
20:30So rear diff is locked.
20:32What I'll do,
20:32I'll just climb this with gradual throttle,
20:35and then we'll come back and climb it,
20:37come to a stop,
20:38and then take off
20:39just to see what traction is like.
20:42But here at the moment,
20:43it is getting up here
20:45without any dramas at all.
20:46Those all terrains are just fantastic
20:48for this type of thing.
20:49They give you all the traction you need
20:51when you don't have it.
20:53So there we go.
20:54That was a piece of cake.
20:56And then we've got our little mud bath just here.
20:59Okay, so time to test our hill descent control.
21:01So I'm going to switch that on just there.
21:03I will also put the camera on.
21:05So there's actually a setting here.
21:07Yeah, there it is where it goes full screen.
21:08Despite the camera not being very good quality,
21:10it actually works a charm for this
21:12just to set up the line that you need.
21:14It's very bitey, the traction control,
21:20but it looks like I can actually adjust the speed
21:22using the cruise control switch.
21:25So yeah, it's actually effective,
21:27just noisy.
21:29Okay, take two for the hill.
21:30This time I'm going to basically climb it
21:33and come to a stop,
21:34and then we'll take off.
21:35We'll just see how well it performs doing that
21:38as the rain starts again.
21:40So I'll bring it up to around here
21:42and come to a stop.
21:44Roll onto the throttle.
21:45Here we go.
21:48A little bit of slip there,
21:49but it is masterfully climbing.
21:53Very, very impressive.
21:54Time to drive over some rocks.
21:56So we do actually have a rock mode.
21:57So I've left it in low range,
22:00one-gauge rock mode.
22:01Oh, that's interesting.
22:02So the throttle has become very dull.
22:05So now with like gradual throttle inputs,
22:08it's not anywhere near as sort of surgy,
22:10which is great,
22:11because on rocks,
22:12you don't want to be thrown over them.
22:14So I'm just going to ride the brake with the throttle here.
22:17So it's over 300 mil of ground clearance.
22:19This is the perfect setup for this type of rock driving,
22:24especially with that underbody protection at the front.
22:26This is so comfortable over this.
22:29Unreal.
22:29That is fantastic.
22:34Not a single touch down there.
22:35That is unreal.
22:37You've got to remember as well,
22:38this is all covered by the warranty too.
22:40So it's kind of just like a,
22:41you know,
22:42a win-win if you do want to modify it.
22:44It's already pre-modified and then it's covered by the warranty as well.
22:48So everyone wins.
22:49Okay.
22:49Time to go through our river.
22:52We'll see what that's like.
22:54Okay.
22:54I'm going to lock the rear diff as well,
22:56just in case.
22:57Okie dokie.
22:59Here we go.
23:00So waiting depth of 700 mil.
23:02So it should be a piece of cake.
23:04And it's 700 mil before you have the lift as well.
23:08So come through here.
23:10That parking sensor is annoying.
23:12All right.
23:14Here we go.
23:15And I'm going to climb out of here as well.
23:19That's like a bit of steam coming off the engine.
23:23Beautiful.
23:25Very nicely done.
23:27Yeah,
23:27look,
23:27this,
23:27this is an absolute beast.
23:29I cannot emphasize that enough.
23:32And like I said before,
23:33you know,
23:33it gives you a patrol,
23:35which is a great vehicle beneath the skin.
23:37Then gives you usable off-road mods and a warranty to back it as well.
23:41And at a price that isn't outrageous at all.
23:44So I don't know.
23:46Seems like a really good package.
23:48If you do want to go off-road.
23:49Could have been like a two minute video where we just looked at the interior and that was that.
23:53But I wanted an excuse to have another fang in this and especially in the dry.
23:56And it did not disappoint.
23:58It is so much fun.
23:59I love the noise.
24:00As we figured out last time,
24:02it's such good value for money for what it is.
24:04When you compare this to something like a 300 series,
24:06the 300 series you get for a hundred grand is like not much of a 300 series.
24:09So the value for money here is great.
24:12The new interior just completely solves all the problems that it used to have.
24:15And while it is disappointing,
24:16we don't get the new V6 Patrol here now.
24:19It is coming in like a year and a half's time.
24:21I'm quite content with this for the moment.
24:23So let me know in the comments section below.
24:25What do you reckon?
24:26Do you still think this has the edge in this segment?
24:29I'm very keen to see what you think.
24:31Let me know your thoughts in the comments section below.
24:33If you did enjoy the video,
24:34please make sure you like it and you share it with your mates.
24:36Until next time,
24:37take it easy.
24:37Take it easy.
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