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Q7 update just clocked 290k  lots of heavy towing clearly jinxed myself just torched 1500 on power steering lines Going to have to keep it for another 200k after that investme

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I am the minister for q7 Aold mine with 340k for 5500  bought a patrol and the regret is real

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30% grade audi tips over onto it's roof and catches fire defender maintains 25km/h

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For 2012 plate onwards you still looking roughly high 30's for one. I'd still buy an ST Navara dual cab as they were selling around the $37k on road brand new most of last year.

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Diesel Navaras and PJ/PK Rangers are killing injectors too. At $1000 per injector it ends up being an expensive repair! We've traded in quite a few with dead injectors. If you're looking to buy a second hand one, make sure you start it cold as they quite often don't play up when hot.

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Not good. Seems a lot of cars have issues now, even the Toyotas. One thing I am noticing is the differences in servicing costs.

Landcruiser is 210 I think capped where cars like the jeep are 400odd. What are the other costs on the euro diesel 4wd?

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on the q7 at a vw specialist its as follows

minor service 300 every 15k

major service 800 every 30k

i changes the oil inbetween at 7500km about $100 or $150 if old mate does it

double/ maybe tripple that is you get audi to do it

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I had a Q5 3.0 TDI which fortunately I bought under the corporate plan (free servicing) but they still gave me the invoices for my records, it was $900 for a standard service (ouch!). A lot of the modern diesels (no, that doesn't count Toyotas...) are using fully synthetic oils now. That where a big part of the cost on a Grand Cherokee Diesel service is, in the oil.

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just a though about insurance and authorities should there be an acco. if you didn't have the correct towing capacity on the towing vehicle, and I don't mean what the towbar is rated at, you might have a problem. im not 100% how insurance companies would view this

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I paid just under $500 for a 60k service on my Jeep Grand wk2 (current shape, but doesn't have LED head lights). Oils and filters cost the most.

I can't complain about it's reliability. This is my second WK2(I do heaps of k's) and both have been very reliable and awesome fuel efficient tow car.

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I sell Jeeps and we have had a few minor issues with the current version Grand Cherokee (fiddly little electrical dramas) but overall they are seriously a brilliant car. I can honestly say that the build quality of the new gerneration Grand Cherokee is brilliant. At this stage it's the only Jeep I would buy but in the next 2 years all Jeeps will revert to the new way of building cars and will be world class. There's a bit of junk in there at the moment which is a hangover from the "old Jeep"...

Value for money, quality, driveability and towability you honestly cannot go wrong with the Grand Cherokee. Tows like a truck (3500kgs) yet drives like a car.

Completely unbiased rant over.....

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I sell Jeeps and we have had a few minor issues with the current version Grand Cherokee (fiddly little electrical dramas) but overall they are seriously a brilliant car. I can honestly say that the build quality of the new gerneration Grand Cherokee is brilliant. At this stage it's the only Jeep I would buy but in the next 2 years all Jeeps will revert to the new way of building cars and will be world class. There's a bit of junk in there at the moment which is a hangover from the "old Jeep"...

Value for money, quality, driveability and towability you honestly cannot go wrong with the Grand Cherokee. Tows like a truck (3500kgs) yet drives like a car.

Completely unbiased rant over.....

I used to have the WG/J V8 and was in the 'old Jeep' category. Reckon (believe it or not) the Fiat ownership improved build quality immensely. The new one is a million times better.

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