Thread: Replacement ute advice

Originally Posted by Delphus

I have a 2017 MQ GLS Triton. Full leather Ralliart bucket seats, push button start and super select 2. Can’t really fault it. It does have a low end lull which is a pain at intersections. Put your foot down and not much happens, then suddenly it’s all go. Can be a bit scary if you have a car coming up faster than you expected. I have a throttle controller which does make it better but it’s still there. Thinking of getting a DPF delete and retune, but that may mess with its insurability
I bought mine for $26.5k with 140k on the clock and has all the fruit (lift/front and rear bars/winch/load lid)

That low end lul can be solved by one of those plug in computer throttle controllers - my old man has a 2016 and that solved it, makes it much nicer to drive. I have a 2023 for work and it still has it a bit but significantly less than what my olds had.

But my 2c on vehicles to look at:
My hunting truck is a 2015 hilux d-cab - but the older n70 shape with the 3l in it, not the newer 2.8

Mine has been absolutely bullet proof - has 330k on it and I only use it for hunting so can sit for a month before being driven and always starts first pop and takes me wherever I need to go and back.

Being the 2015 it’s had all the kinks worked out over the older motors.

The tritons are still worth looking at though and you’ll find a much nicer condition one with lower kms than a hilux for the same $$