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This was a joke and a sarcasm as how ppl get fooled. Including myself some 10 years back.

It is completely your call and choice considering your financial position and job/business stability, whatever you are into. Anyways you can't buy any car atm as RTA is not registering any new transaction. So you have to wait until COVID cloud clears up. From offroading point Prado is very good balance of both the world but you can only enjoy Prado (safely) until newbie and fewbie level. Beyond that you need to consider some moderate bumper modification. Usually we always advise every new offroader to try offroading for first few drives and then decide any new modifications or change of vehicle. If you are not 100% sure of your financial position then I will highly advise you to wait until you are completely sure, because you are buying on EMI and not full cash which means EMI require future consistent flow of money. If you are good with financial position, I advise to go ahead with this Prado as you are getting a good deal and secondly your heart is set on Prado. Third it is good for newbie-fewbie level so you can test if offroading can be your new hobby or not. If sand bug bites you then you can knock off your Accord after few months and buy Xterra for offroad and keep Prado as a daily driver. You simply cannot go wrong with Prado, because it has insane resale value and if you drive it well you can always resale it next year by dashing 5-8k (max). Also during this COVID period you might be getting better deals as people are unsure of future and selling cars for less, so for a new buyer this is another good buying opportunity. Buying a dedicated offroader (weekend warrior) I wouldn't advise Pajero but you are 100% better off with Xterra, FJ Cruiser, Wrangler, Patrol (Y61). Xterra standard and offroad are not very different and both are equally capable, just that offroad version has firm shocks, body protection and diff lock which is a blessing for offroading. So while in market to buy a dedicated offroader, your first preference should be an offroad version, if you cannot or if you dont wanna spend little extra then standard is also fine. The negligible price difference between offroad and standard definitely favors offroad version considering those 3 benefits vs cost.

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Nissan Patrol is the best and most powerful.

Hope you have gone through this @Arsalan Ehsan, if not, its worth a read when you are buying used car.

Does the PS games have the backward compatibility?

Very difficult to say based on video reviews as mostly are sponsored content (paid reviews) and they will leave you more confuse than giving one sided answer. What I see - from a distance - it's a cute little 4x4 for on-road and mild off-roading for newbie and fewbie level drive and nothing beyond that unless modified. Fewbie level only in winters too and not in summer as he was driving in LO gear due to 30 kmph limitation in HI gear. Driving for 15-20 minutes in LO gear at 40 degree for a test drive vehicle is very different than driving it for 4-5 hour span. I think we recently had similar Jimny in one of newbie convoy, I think @Frederic has that in his convoy. Am I right?

@Emmanuel after all this much mods, armor and features it still weighs 6500 lbs = 3,000 Kgs.

I think H3, will watch video later.

Bugatti Chiron 16 Cylinder Tourbillon Watch from Jacob & Co. Mechanical marvel of 578 parts, 16 cylinders with moving pistons, crankshaft and sapphire engine block. Price: $280,000 (1 Million AED) Will you buy one, if you have this money?

75K for V6, 2015 model Prado seems a very good price. It seems that owner has already discounted 10-15K being high mileage vehicle. Make sure to get it checked properly as Tasjeel comprehensive check is not always the best option. Taking to another mechanic or workshop of your choice is highly advisable to lift the vehicle and check underbody, engine bay, computer check thoroughly. Also ask owner to arrange the service record as many companies doesn't honor request from new buyer due to privacy clause. But they are BOUND to provide service details to owner whose name is showing on the registration card.

Welcome aboard. Prado is indeed very good choice to have the best of both world. 2015 and 150k seems quite a high mileage for 4 years old, hope you price it accordingly as in cars mileage is more important than years. If its genuinely maintained on time on every service then it should be fine. JUST MAKE SURE TO CHECK SERVICE INTERVAL CAREFULLY. Be it Al futtaim or Dynatrade is fine as far as service has been done on time and not exceeding the service interval. I am emphasizing on this as many high mileage vehicle doesn't follow service interval properly and while selling they show the service stamp without km and date reading. So make sure you get the full breakdown of kms and date of every service.

Eat half of what you use to eat before. Do some home floor exercise like squats, push ups, jump, jog and stairs.

What an amazing use of technology. Really impressed.

Well it's still a concept from DC. https://gulfnews.com/auto/news/indias-iconic-hindustan-ambassador-gets-ev-makeover-1.1586284622050

Totally agree with @Rahimdad comment on check your warranty if car is still under warranty. @Frederic I hear you and know the reason why you feel this based on couple of news incident. Remember all those failed cruise control were stock OEM cruise control and not aftermarket. So if one in million failure chances are there, then they do exist whether it is OEM or aftermarket. However I totally agree that chance of failure maybe tad higher in aftermarket ones. But all after market parts has certain level of risk involved, but still everyone goes for it - knowingly or unknowingly. Installing aftermarket music system can cook the car in fire due to bad wiring job. Installing aftermarket theft control can leave owner stranded - happened with me. Installing bigger tires can cause strain on drive line and cause premature failure. Highly modifying the car engine can result in serious blast off (fire) or other component failure. Adding fan, gauge etc. can also cause small human error or product failure or faulty switch, wire, fuse can cause instant fire. Let alone aftermarket parts or modification, simple defer maintenance can kill your car in minutes. @Farooq Zeshaan see if you can afford the OEM cruise control stick from toyota, its better. Finding OEM from scrapyard is better than aftermarket, just make sure that scrappy remove that stick in front of you, as such electronics parts goes bad due to rough handling and dirty storage.

Wow, so finally some dune bashing game comes out or this one is road game and you are trying offroad? Either ways, clarity, detailing, response and feedback has improved a lot. Wait for the real supercharged wrangler after the break. @Javier M is itching to test same whistling supercharger in sand soon.

As per below video Yaris already have cruise control. If you meant to buy Yaris w/o cruise option and then adding it on, then it must be very easy as aftermarket kit need to add the cruise control stick (switch) on steering wheel with minimal efforts. Generally if any car comes with such option, then its easily doable than if that model never had that option. And don't worry about Toyota Advisors or Dynatrade as they are trained with NASA precision replies that any request 0.00001 mm left or right as per company standards = Not possible, not existing, not allowed, will create a ozone hole bigger.

Spot on Barry, well done.

Due to current pandemic, car makers are shutting down the production line temporarily. Mitsubishi in Japan is the recent one to join the band wagon among several German automakers. https://www.autoindustriya.com/auto-industry-news/pandemic-forces-mitsubishi-motors-to-suspend-pajero-production.html

Guess what's happening here?

Sitting at home for socially active lifestyle can be little challenging, but understanding the present situation - that's the best thing for all us now. What is the first thing you wish to do after the lockdown is over?

Sorry I dont know any place in Shj, some other Shj resident might help. My advise is to put on recovery and take it to mechanic, because if this rattling is internal, it might be catastrophic if something snaps and hit timing component.