New Patrol continued

Hi All,

Well I picked up my new 3.0 Patrol (2005 model) on Friday and so far so good. The car drives like a dream and I am very happy with it so far. I know the 3.0 engine comes in for some rightly so bashing due to the earlier models problems. But the 3.0 engine is really a good engine, after stepping out of my 2.5 Td defender into the patrol is like going from banger into a luxury motor. I hope Nissan has fixed the problems but I will be changing the oil every 4500 miles, the recommended oil in the UK is 5W 30.

Already had some drama with driving the patrol but I will get onto that in a minute as I have a question. My last one done this as well so I am guessing it’s the same with them all, can someone confirm this? On some roads with very little slope (I think its called camber) the steering wheel is straight, but on roads with a heavy slope the steering wheel sits slightly to the left when going straight. Is this correct?

Well onto the drama, I had forgot how spongy the patrols brakes could be but I have been reminded very abruptly yesterday.

Was coming out of the Fort shopping centre in Glasgow and as usual the rain was bouncing off the road, the driving conditions were atrocious. But again as usual the As5holes were 10 cm from each other’s bumpers as they were coming off the M8 onto the M73 slip road. But I remember thinking to myself this looks wrong the whole situation looks wrong. Anyway there was a Rover 75 behind me very close as usual but as you all know we get a better view of the road ahead. I seen that all the cars were too close so I started to pull back and the as5shole in the rover pulled out and pulled in on front of me. At that very moment one car runs into the back of another then a third asshole runs into the second car. This all happened in a couple of seconds, then the idiot in the rover ploughs into the 5th car in the pile up. So I slammed my brake hard too the floor, but no way was I stopping in time, so instinct took over and I swerved onto the hard shoulder and managed to stop 2 cars after the rover. I could not believe what had just happened but I learnt a few valuable lessons. The first was that the patrol just couldn’t pull up quickly, so I am going to keep my distance in future. My previous patrol was the same but I was never put in a position like that before. Lesson learn, keep your distance !!

The second thing was, I just imagined the damage a patrol could do to a smaller car. I know it was not my fault this time, but imagine how you would feel if it was your fault and you hit a small car. I suppose we should drive something that size with a bit more responsibility.

But overall very happy with the car.

Scott