frog

Hello newbie ive got the exact same car, with the exact same issues. I have had 2 other patrols ,, 2003 models. clocking up 750000km between them, great cars. I bought this one over the phone, I figured the same great car with a few new bells and whistles, wrong! this thing is a lemon. every single change they have made is a shitter. the big ones are the stupid growling noise every time you take your foot off the throttle or resonating at 70kmh and the shitty fuel econ , im getting around 15. my 450000km 2003 patrol gets 10's voice control , what a joke, I have long conversations with the thing, when driving, never does it provide a useful nav function. in fact I think it will only find addresses in the actual suburb you are in, when moving, by voice, you have to stop the car to navigate to a new town, by voice, whats the point. then there is the aircon, vents way harder to operate than the old ones, relocated so they blow on your hands when trying to blow on your face. slow to cool the car (forgivable with the back vents but annoying as I drive 95% alone) then the harsh steering wheel. hard and uncomfortable compared to the old rubber one. mirror controls, sub tank controls ridiculous location, ' ' ugly flares compared to the old car. mags poke out, rock magnets. auto seems more notchy than the old one, hangs on to third gear too long. What is good is the road noise is reduced ( substituted by turbo growl) One thing I did that may interest you is that I disconnected the snorkel by removing the air filter and plugging the snorkel port into the air cleaner box , for a short trial, it made no difference , its not the snorkel , all the noise is from the engine. im very seriously thinking about trading it. its done a whopping 8k.