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hey all here is an update i have for you in our research / search for a Prado for the first time.
Me and the Mrs went to a car stealer locally and sat in a 2006 GXL 3L Turbo Diesel model (auto) yay and put the kids in the back seat to see what they thought. and well here's the verdict the Mrs loved it so much more space and the seats were so comfortable, and the space in the back will hold 3x baby seats for our third child (eventuall will come along) so she is super happy.
whilst there a stealer sales consultant approached us after a good 15 minutes alone in the car fiddling and checking everything we liked...
he took us around the car and asked us what we were looking for i said the VX with sat nav and bla bla bla - he then proceeded to giev similar advise in the last two posts. GXL will have so much more bang for your $ and he said if the Sat Nav is the only reason you're looking at a VX over a GXL - i think personally that's insane - i'm like wow you just said that he goes i'm not here to sell you something i dont think you'd really want i could care less you've got a family and if you want to spend "don't quote me on this" - i am going to quote him here to make the point. if you want to spend an extra $10k on a VX just because of the sat nav but you don't care about any of the other options i'll sell you one but otherwise it wouldn't be worth it...
so now after that the wife and i are going to go and look at the GXL's now in the future. since unlimiting my searches from VX / GXL - i've found a giant range of them for "cheaper" / more affordable price so that's really nice.. so now we're just looking around for the GXL's school me on this what are some specific engine things i should take note of?
also 4speed / 5speed ?? - i get that the 5speed will be better on fuel (but we're not looking at these in terms of fuel economy) so what's better or not better about a 5 speed / 4 speed? still the same driver friendly'ness ?
Me and the Mrs went to a car stealer locally and sat in a 2006 GXL 3L Turbo Diesel model (auto) yay and put the kids in the back seat to see what they thought. and well here's the verdict the Mrs loved it so much more space and the seats were so comfortable, and the space in the back will hold 3x baby seats for our third child (eventuall will come along) so she is super happy.
whilst there a stealer sales consultant approached us after a good 15 minutes alone in the car fiddling and checking everything we liked...
he took us around the car and asked us what we were looking for i said the VX with sat nav and bla bla bla - he then proceeded to giev similar advise in the last two posts. GXL will have so much more bang for your $ and he said if the Sat Nav is the only reason you're looking at a VX over a GXL - i think personally that's insane - i'm like wow you just said that he goes i'm not here to sell you something i dont think you'd really want i could care less you've got a family and if you want to spend "don't quote me on this" - i am going to quote him here to make the point. if you want to spend an extra $10k on a VX just because of the sat nav but you don't care about any of the other options i'll sell you one but otherwise it wouldn't be worth it...
so now after that the wife and i are going to go and look at the GXL's now in the future. since unlimiting my searches from VX / GXL - i've found a giant range of them for "cheaper" / more affordable price so that's really nice.. so now we're just looking around for the GXL's school me on this what are some specific engine things i should take note of?
also 4speed / 5speed ?? - i get that the 5speed will be better on fuel (but we're not looking at these in terms of fuel economy) so what's better or not better about a 5 speed / 4 speed? still the same driver friendly'ness ?
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