Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

1. Name: Full Name (Nickname/Registered Name) Noel Maddison (NMAD)

2. Birthday and Age: 19 Dec , 39

3. Town and Country of residence: Capetown

4. Home Language: English

5. Occupation/Business: Occupational Safety co-ordinator

6. Family status: Married

7. Membership - Other 4X4 Clubs and Forums: 4x4 community forum

8. Current 4x4: Touareg

9. Current Mods: none

10. Mods on wish list: none

11. Vehicle on wish list: 4.5 GRX or 4.8 GRX

12. Previous 4x4's: Landies: Series 3, disco v8i, defender tdi. Colt rodeo 2.8tdi, Nissan sani, Jeeps:wrangler rubicon and sahara, porsche cayenne 4.5

13. Last 3 offroad or overland destinations: namakwa eco trail, west coast and cedberg

14. Your favourite destination: west coast

15. Other hobbies: surfing, hunting

16. GPSr and Map Data used: 276c

17. Rate your 4X4 and overlanding experience: good

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19. Photos of you and your Vehicle:

Welcom!!!

Thanks Roland

You have quite a nice collection of previously own 4x4. Think you will be impressed with the Patrol.

Hope you find that Patrol soon

Noel!

Wow thanks for all the welcomes!

I have had a lot of cars, wife says I am obsessed with cars.

Current one is thew touareg which is mickey mouse offroad, I even got the terrain tech one with low range and rear diff locker and it is not even as good as the landy series 3 that I had 15 years ago

Patrol is amazing , just don't know why i never got one earlier.

I drove a 4.5 grx in cape town last week and I really liked it but its steering was a bit loose and i think I can find better out there and in this case out there is Jburg.

I have my eye on two Patrols one is a 4.5 grx 2000 year model full history with 223k on it for r110k (got one vrot leather seat ) and the other is a 4.8 grx 2007 with 118k for R220k looks like new with full history at nissan.

I am leaning to get the 4.5 as its manual but I am not sure which one to get

Will fly up next week to check them out

Auto boxes have come a long way in the last few years, and the one in the 4.8 is a cracker!

Much better in sand than the manual, but a bit less control on some rocky sections...

You are right as the last four 4x4 I had all had auto boxes, I think I must take both of them for a good test ride and make a decision.

Welcome and good luck on your hunt for a real 4x4