G'Day...Im sure this has come up on more than the odd occasion......But...I am seriously considering buying a Navara dual cab D40.
I have an old Mazda petrol ute now but as its only a 2 seeter with a family of 4.
Y the ute u may ask...i use it for carrying my sons and my dirt bikes to and fro.
I see myself wanting to do the odd trek into the watagans and along the beach to go fishing and what not...so the question!!
What are the benifits of a deisel over a petrol motor...given that the price of deisel is more often then not more expensive .....
What are peoples experiences with the auto verses the manula in either engine configuration......
Seems the more i look around the more confused i get.....
Cheers Wayne

My preferance is manual and diesel, but it differs to different models as the d40's are more sensitive in this area than the d22's. Definately diesel for fuel consumption in both models.

Sorry mate, forgot to say welcome to the forum.

Diesel and manual wins my vote.

and gday.

Another vote for diesel/manual.

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Diesel and Manual here too. Love the way the Diesel has that low down torque. can crawl up fairly steep hills on idle. also Manual you have ability to rock out of sticky situations.

Spoke to a mate the other day who was saying that in some outback places (deep outback) there are places that you just cant get petrol (sniffing issues), and there was a place he went that when petrol was available it was 2.50 for half litre.

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2003 White ST-R 3.0 Turbo Diesel, Alpha Canopy, Factory Snorkel, Dual Battery, Tray liner, Roof Racks, Steel Bull bar, Spot lights, BFG T/A KO 265/75 R16.

D40 and D22(2.5) have no low down torque, revs drop below 2000 and you'll stall going up any decent hill.

Well maybe not stall at 1900rpm, but they definately lack that low down grunt. Loads of power from 2000 on though. I can let mine drop down to about 1200rpm and ease the power back on, my exhaust made it a little better though, maybe thats it.

I have diesel manual, I wouldn't buy any 4wd with a petrol engine these days. Auto's use a fair whack more fuel in the D40's, and are harder to modify the exhausts because of the DPF (diesel particulate filter) in the stock exhaust.

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Black D40 Dual Cab, 2.5d, 6 speed, EFS and Lovells springs and shocks, dual batteries, 3 inch exhaust, arb sahara bar, IPF spotties, custom sidesteps and roofrack.


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I'm for diesel/manual also, not sure about this stalling below 2000rpm thing... i have the 2.5 d22 and today was practically idling up massive rutted hills

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2008 D22 Black on Silver, Steel Bar, Nissan Snorkel, Cruise, Garmin Nuvi760, Underlip Tub Liner, Soft Tonnaeu, Tow Bar w/Hitch Reciever... much more to come

Must be fairly different to mine then (ZD30). I'm able to Idle up quite steep rocky and rutted hills. even with about 200kgs extra on board.

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2003 White ST-R 3.0 Turbo Diesel, Alpha Canopy, Factory Snorkel, Dual Battery, Tray liner, Roof Racks, Steel Bull bar, Spot lights, BFG T/A KO 265/75 R16.