Gold Coast Nissan Y62

Still driving the Y62 Ti-L , 118,000 klms now . Off road is superb , on road has always been superb . Towing : fuel consumption is high . Im towing a drill rig on a 12 X 6 tandem trailer : so trailer and rig : 1.9 tonne . Fuel consumption runs at approx. 21- 23 litres per 100 klms ( that's highway 100klm - 110 klm / h ) . Normal highway use not towing : 14 L/ 100 klms : seems to be always the same . I use the Y62 as my work car ... apart form parking sensors that are useless : its a pretty nice work car : on road / off road . Im soil testing so offroad in paddocks , tracks , hills, scrub track and no track rough terrain : whatever basically every day : I cant fault its 4WD ability . If you don't like the look of a car ... don't buy one .. or don't look it at ... lol

Y62 Ti-L lift kit fitted today , up 50mm approx , no change in ride , still feels superb . Vehicle looks a lot higher , but gladly not too high . I had the kit sent up from Melb ,and got the guys at ARB Burliegh Heads to attend to the fitting . I am impressed..

Appreciate your comments . Front ARB bar does look good true , will look into those . I wont get into the debate about the Y62 being suitable for serious off road stuff ( its probably not ) , what I know about off road driving you could write on the side of a match box . Will load up a few pic of my vehicle . Thanks again .

Yes . I contacted Ontrack 4x4 , about a week ago . Said they have fitted six lift kits already , the guy ( forgot his name ) was pretty helpful . They have developed the 50mm lift kit : front and rear based on the assumption that a bull bar is fitted ( adding 70 -80 Kgs to the front end ) . Mine has no bullbar . They have not lifted a Ti-L without that extra front weight , suggested it may sit up front more ... I have no interest in fitting massive bar to the front . I did look into getting a stainless steel USA style push bar custom made , this I had my draftsman draw up ( what i wanted ) .So that would fit out front of the original front end Then got told it would be illegal to have fitted , needs to be engineered and certification issued .... mmmm that sounds like a lot of $$$ for a one off design .. That would be true though wouldnt otherwise you would home made crap everywhere . So Im not sure what to do now . The lift kit was very reasonably priced at $ 1300 delivered to the Gold Coast . Any feed back will be appreciated . On another note , had mine serviced a few days ago , Nissan finally fixed the rear parking sensors , sadly I went to the tip today , backed into a steel post , so maybe sensors not so fixed after all . Yes I have a reverse camera I know , I wasnt looking at it ... Maybe I can get a bull bar made for the rear . Have a laugh ... dont mind ...

Y62 Ti-L , 83,000 km now , cracked the windscreen , got a replacement which the fitters cracked as they fitted it ....mmmm Cant get a replacement till mid August ... I was so impressed . Anybody know of a rear lift kit to suit the Ti-L model ?? Its bum does sit a bit low , up 50mm would be great .

Only been off road a few times , I drove to tassie ( used the ferry ) a couple of times , went exploring on the west coast of tas , new nasty hill tracks , it did preform extremely well . Accept I'm no expert on 4WD s , but i was impressed , hill climbing was effortless , active descent control ( I think that is what you call it ) was fantastic . Couple of deep river crossings , half way across , I thought Ive got no idea what im doing , one was approx 700mm deep , seemed way deeper at the time , but no problem . Off road the suspension has a lot of travel , many times I thought i would be stuck , but again no problem . I have had this vehicle 18 mths , now done 74,000 klm , use it for a work vehicle ( soil testing ) , Im all over SE Qld , mostly on sealed roads but some paddock tracks , dirt roads ect , i do carry a fair of gear in the rear , the vehicle does suit me well . Having said that the lack of support from Nissan from he day I parted with a lot of money has been rather surprising and really a bit sad , Ive had issues with the sat nav like Eagle Heights , Mount Tamborine dont exist !! , sensors that dont work , flat batteries as I mentioned . When i first bought the vehicle , Nissan had no towbar available ,but still took my money for it on the sale. I was not impressed , then I got messed around for weeks , wasnt a good start to customer service . I have another issue , it only runs on 98 octane , thats fine , but it still pings on accel up a hill at slow speed , ( nissan ignore this of course ) . Might be the fuel quality , In Dubai , thousands of these patrols there that I was , all running on higher octane fuel . The Y62 in Dubai has recently had an update : new front end and new taillights , I went to Nissan in Dubai ( my god they were so helpful and so totally professional ) , offered me the new front end and rear lights for $ 3300 AUD ( ship it back myself ) , I contacted the Nissan dealer is sthport to see if they would fit the new panel when I got back ..... NO NO NO ..... Honestly I like this vehicle a lot , but the lack of service and lack of care from Nissan is really not professional and frustrating . Ask me about towing my drilling rig sometime ..... I will give the fuel consumption figures ....lol

Y62 , nice vehicle , purchased new 2013 , if anything goes wrong don't expect Nissan to come to the party on warranty issues , you just get ignored , probably waiting for the warranty to expire . My 2013 Nissan Patrol Ti-L : parking sensors dont work , transmission problem : fails to drop down , GPS : entire suburbs just do not exist , leave your parkers on : battery flat within 30 mins : doesn't switch off automatically when you lock the car . Other than those issues its a very nice car . Sadly all these issues have been raised with the Nissan Dealer , honestly they couldn't care less if they tried .