DJBeek

[DJBEEK]

Hi Everyone ,
Our family has lots of Toyota's and cruiser's.
We own 5, couple of SR Utes, a Prado and two land cruisers and generally we love them all.
We run a family business which all our cars are involved in and they all have to pull their weight and do it well.
In time i see us dipping our toe in the water possibly with a new 300 series as well.
Looking forward to enjoying the chats and forums.

cheers

 

[MADDER]

Great to have more Aussies on here, and from Bendigo! Please keep us posted on your experiences with the 250 compared to the rest of the family.

 

[DJBEEK]

Thanks Madder, Just so I have this listed correctly I'll post it here as well.

In Jan 2025 took ownership of VX Prado.
Brakes began to squeal in forward and worse in reverse.
Put up with it for a few month but the last month the noise is making the car undriveable as its embarrassing to take out.
Spoke with local dealer who sold us the car and tech person attempted to bed brakes in, and noise stop for 3 or 4 hours and then back worse than ever.
Later this month dealership has a paste they want to try on pads.
I have spoken with 1800 call to Toyota Australia, and they told me they are discussing issue with Japanese manufacture with no outcome as yet.
So we have a car we paid nearly 6 figures for and Toyota won't take it back and cannot give us a time on being fixed. We have asked for new pads be put on, but they will not come at it at this time.
We live 3 hours from the dealership and cannot keep coming to town to get it sorted.
Let's hope the miracle paste later this month fixes it.
If by chance it does not, we will go to a brake specialist which will void the warranty, but we have little options because the noise is not good.
Thoughts anyone