Ferris

Yes. The Territory is a great car, but like all modern diesels, expensive to repair. Incidentally our overall fuel consumption is 7.6 l per 100 km. Mostly highway running of course.

Ian, be aware that injectors and fuel pumps in diesels are very different to a petrol car, and cost a whole heap more. Some years ago I owned a diesel Patrol which needed a new fuel pump, injectors and injector rails. The bill was just over $9000, and I know of plenty of Hylux's that have cost their owners upwards of $5000. The diesel Territory has been an absolutely fantastic vehicle for me; performs well, tows well and is economical, but I wouldn't own one outside of the warranty period.

G'day Ian, I have two diesel Territories. One is my work car, the other for my wife/family. Each does around 50,000 km per year of country running, so a very different use to what you are planning, and I've now had 6 Territories. All except one has been excellent. The dud caused no end of trouble with fuel injection and gear box problems. Thank goodness it was still under warranty. To cut to the chase, all modern diesels are very high tech and very costly to repair when they fail. If you're planning on keeping the car for the best part of two decades, expect an injector/fuel pump repair at some stage, and a bill heading towards an aircraft engine repair.

Hi guys, I was absolutely confident that a heap of info would come my way and it has. Turbo, I'm from the east side of the border, but conditions are fairly similar out west as well. I ran into a telstra linesman today who was kind enough to test my line and check the exchange. Apparently we have adsl1 speeds and the exchange is congested. He wasn't too hopeful about things improving anytime soon. He told me the exchange needs a heap of money spent on it, and telstra have no intention of doing that while the NBN is in the pipeline. Anyway, he loaned me a telstra modem to try over the weekend, but sadly it hasn't made to much of a difference. I got quite a surprise, the young fella went way out of his way to help me and give advice. I'd like to send a note to his bosses, but they'd probably kick his backside for checking my lines and the exchange for free. Anyway thanks for all the tips and tricks and I'll let you know how i get on. Now time for a look in aviation trader.

Now I know this is so far off topic that it's ridiculous, but the knowledge and skill base here is broad and everybody seems to be genuine with their advice. Sometime ago we updated our Internet with a Telstra bundle to get the highest speed available with ADSL2 out here in the bush. We kept the original Telstra Speedtouch modem, which I have now found out was only ever intended for ADSL1. Unfortunately Telstra don't want to play the game and want another 100 bucks for a new modem, so they can go jump as they promised a modem for free. Given that we have teenage kids that are gaming, streaming HD movies and the like. I've had a look on ebay and modems are priced from $30 to $300. So the question is, which one should I get? As I said before this is way off topic, but I am confident somebody will have the answer. Keep the sunnyside up. Ferris