Bartho 'a potential newbie patrol owner' van wyk

[bartho van wyk]

1. Name: Full Name (Nickname/Registered Name)
Bartho van wyk

2. Birthday and Age:
24 November 1971

3. Town and Country of residence:
Windhoek, Namibia

4. Home Language:
Afrikaans

5. Occupation/Business:
Self employes -- Financial


6. Family status:
Divorced - two kiddies boy 4 (Wicus), Daughter 6 (carli)

7. Membership - Other 4X4 Clubs and Forums:
LCCSA

8. Current 4x4:
Modded 105 cruiser

9. Current Mods:
Land Cruiser 4.5 gx,TRD Supercharger,K&N Airfilter,TJM Bullbar,5 inch Skyjacker Suspension,tjm shocks,swaybars removed, 6" Cibie spotlights,hid conversion on dims/brights and spots,6x Mickey Thompson Baja Claw 305/70/16,Burnco Towbar plus extra sparewheel swing arm,Burnco Rocksliders,Airtec Snorkel,170L extra fuel tank,firestone airspring helpers in rear coils, built-in airtank for airsprings-inflation of tyres etc,two way radio built in, frontrunner drawer system,

10. Mods on wish list:
Buy 4.8, supercharged it, do all of the above on cruiser except go for 37" tyres.......

11. Vehicle on wish list:
4.8 grx (manual) preferred

12. Previous 4x4's:
1947 jeep overlander
2700i Hikux doublecab
BMW X3 2.0D
BMW X3 3.0D
Land cruiser 105 (current)

13. Last 3 offroad or overland destinations:
Ugab
Namib
Namib

14. Your favourite destination:
Namib

15. Other hobbies:

16. GPSr and Map Data used:

17. Rate your 4X4 and overlanding experience:
Extensive

18. Online Photo Site:

19. Photos of you and your Vehicle:






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[Abri Hoffman]

Welcome Bartho,

Yeah those 4.8's are very nice. Why your preference for manual?

[bartho van wyk]

Thanks Abrie

I do lots of rather serious dune driving and except for the BMW X3 3.0D with it's excellent steptronic found that auto boxes cannot cope with the last 3% , 97% upwards of extreme driving. Saw that 4.5 cruisers and 4.7 v8 cruisers with auto boxes arn't as good in the dunes.... changing gears at the wrong times, cannot be revved to the limiter etc. Mind you the perfect vehicle for my would have been my 105 with a BMW X3 Steptronic box

[Abri Hoffman]

Interesting discussion on manual vs auto. But I guess for the extreme stuff, manual control will always be better.
Would be an interesting combination, but where would you fit the transfer case:think:

Would the Patrol be an additional car or replacing the Cruiser? Your Cruiser must be awsome.

[bartho van wyk]

Got a very, very good offer on the cruiser so it almost sold (as soon as the money is in the bank it is .... )so now i will have to start a new project ... but the cruiser was awesome 230 kw / 510 nmt ......... Thats why the patrol will go for a supercharger as the moment i bought it

[Abri Hoffman]

WOW, now that will be a monster. Please keep us up to date.
This would be a good starting point: http://search.autotrader.co.za/www/cars ... 3186218214.
You would probably be able to buy the Patrol and do the mods with the money you get for the Cruiser. Now that is what I call a good deal.

[bartho van wyk]

WOW, now that will be a monster. Please keep us up to date.
This would be a good starting point: http://search.autotrader.co.za/www/cars ... 3186218214.
You would probably be able to buy the Patrol and do the mods with the money you get for the Cruiser. Now that is what I call a good deal.

Yes it's incredible that such a good vehicle (patrol) have such poor resale value. In fact i am going to look at a brand new one in the dealership this afternoon , special on for November where you get N$ 100 000-00 off price as well as inhouse specials on financing(lower rates etc.)

Imagine Toyota EVER doing that ........... WWW

[Abri Hoffman]

The new Patrol is overpriced at R650k at the moment. However at R100k less it become a really good deal. As long as you dont pay too much for it new, second hand value is relative.
But I must agree with you, I just think most people are not aware how good a vehicle the Patrol is.

[bartho van wyk]

Will see what they put on the table and go for my 1st drive in a patrol

[JohnBoyZA]

Daar's n bekende naam! Baie welkom Bartho!