I wanna buy a Jeep :)

[Shane001]

Originally Posted by fester

Nice to see someone put on the Overland rock rails for you, looks like a tidy unit.

Sadly not Overland rock rails, just plastic trim.

[fester]

That's a bugger, that is about the rock rail colour. At least it looks that way in the pic. Wonder why they are not colour coded. My Limited was and I thought they all were.

[Tyvokka]

Originally Posted by fester

That's a bugger, that is about the rock rail colour. At least it looks that way in the pic. Wonder why they are not colour coded. My Limited was and I thought they all were.

It's weathered and also the part not looked after very well. Just ask me..
Mine's about the same color and overland rock rails sit lower.. Your sis need new glasses, Fess..

[Hoobz]

Good work Shane. Looks good, seems a good choice.

I don't post much these days, but I gotta say...

I just personally rebuilt an OM611 Merc diesel in my Vito. It's the same as the CRD you were thinking about, minus one cylinder...and you did the right thing.


******** me.

I steer EVERYONE away from anything with those suckers in it. Unless you do the work yourself, and enjoy it, enjoy driving them, then it's different.

I agree with most in here with regards to their longevity (lack of it) and getting older.

******** me.


If I ever hear another salesman say that bullshit "It's a diesel mate, they good for 600km...".

******** off. Maybe big old school diesel, but any modern low capacity, turboed, higher tuned, high revver diesel, high maintenance diesel...forget it. No different life expectancy than a petrol, and when it wears out, ya up shit creek.


Good work with the 4.7

[Shane001]

Haha, thanks mate, yeah I'm pretty happy with the V8

Thanks everyone who talked me out of the CRD. I was cursing that there weren't any available around Syd for sale at the end of June but I guess fate was maybe smiling on me for a change

[Hoobz]

Originally Posted by Shane001

Haha, thanks mate, yeah I'm pretty happy with the V8

Thanks everyone who talked me out of the CRD. I was cursing that there weren't any available around Syd for sale at the end of June but I guess fate was maybe smiling on me for a change

Haha. No worries

I couldn't read all the replies on this tablet. It kept freezing up.

The 2.7 has it's place, in the right hands, the right example, for the right purpose.

I'd have one (for touring mainly), so would quite a few in here who can work on them, but to anyone else... no way would I recommend one that's done up around 200 plus, 10 yrs old, questionable servicing.

Yep, true, 95% of cars this old are all ticking time bombs, but diesels like this platform are ticking nuclear time bombs. Whole other level of kaboom.

You take a damaged 2.7 OM647 to a workshop for a comprehensive rebuild...you'll be crying like a baby.

Most likely a write off for sure.

Not that the 4.7 would be really cheap to get rebuilt, but, it's the next couple of levels with the 2.7.

A friend with zero mechanical abillity was looking at getting a Merc van with the diesel in it off a friend for nearly free. I talked him out of it. No such thing as a free boat deal. Get a Jap petrol van, not on gas.

[rich26]

That is a nice rig - pretty much what i want to get. What realistically is the fuel consumption of a V8 4.7 driving normal around town all hours (Sydney)? There seems to be so much variation.. hard to get a reliable figure