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Thanks @iRage and @fiat fan for the input. I looked for 2007 upward models and they all seem to be more than 8 mil due to current market. I saw an agent maintained 2003 manual Prado at 6.9 mil (mileage more around 160k). But due to it's age I wouldn't know if it's worth for the price tag . However I also looked for Sorento and Santa Fe as well. Bit hard to find a proper one under around 7 mil and I saw on a thread that the crdi engine can be troublesome close to 200000 km. Thanks, D

Hi guys, I'm looking for an upgrade. I was thinking of a Montero and Prado. I do not want to spend more than 7 mil at the moment and hence within the budget it's mostly like 2003/2004 Montero(v6) (I prefer 3500cc or 3800cc) auto transmission or 2003 Prado 120 GX manual transmission. I haven't driven neither. Hence appreciate if anyone can provide me with information such as real figures of fuel economy( I know what I am getting into. Just to get a more solid idea), maintenance and the common fault that I should check for. Thanks

Hi Guys, I'm having the same problem with my FD1 when driving over 100. During the last service at the agent. I asked them to look upon to it and check wheel balancing and stuff as well. And they showed me that there is 10 degrees angle out in the front right side ( ideally it should be within 0 - 30 range. But it was 40 degrees ). They didn't tell me anything about brake pads or disks. But adviced me to replace the knuckle which costs at the agent around 43K. I was going to do it, but then again I got to know it can be fixed from some wheel alignment shops ( by pulling the knuckle or something that I am unaware of ). Today I went to C*r *Ca*e to get an idea on that. And they said that can be done using a puller. But if the pulling range is higher, they said there is a tiny chance it might affect the shock absorber. My concern is, does anyone have any experience with this puller mechanism? Will that add any unwanted side effects? And also if I am to get the knuckle replaced, can you please suggest any recommendation :). Thanks in advance