I found this Territory on marketplace, after looking for one for almost a year. FYI: I was also looking at SYII Territories, but I was mostly hanging out for an SZ because I wanted the updated interior. There are always bargains to be had on marketplace if you look often and get in quick!

Congrats on your purchase, I used to have the 2013 diesel Territory, went halfway round Australia, without an once of trouble, and it barely used a drop of oil, I got rid of it a few years ago, and now I just purchased a 2016 TS model diesel AWD, just under 170,000 klms, and I'm over the moon with it, it's condition inside and out, is in top condition, it was a 7 seater, but soon changed it to a 5 seater, it gives one more room, where that back seat would stow away into, installed a throttle controller on to it, gives great performance in sports mode, and mind you, I used to own a worked BF F6, it doesn't go like an F6, but I'm very happy with it.. I put on a new set of 255/55/18 Winrun tyres, mainly because I don't want to destroy my rims, The guy I brought it from had it advertised for $15,000, I offered $12,000, which he happily accepted, being an AWD, I felt it was a good deal, I also had been searching for some time, as soon as I found this, I jumped on it, people shouldn't listen to others, and their negative comments about these cars, half of them don't know what they're on about, look after the car, and it will look after you..🙂🙂🙂

Hi Shaun, long time watcher, glad to have you back! Congratulations on your Territory purchase. We have owned our SY1 with ZF for over 8 years and it was 10 years old when we bought it. We love it, it had 150000kms when we bought it and just clocked over 264000 to date. It has had preventative maintenance, transmission heat exchanger bypass and fluid and filter replaced twice and an update to the better SY2 front control arms and lots of bushes renewed. And many of the plastics are rubbish. But on the whole, it is a pleasure to drive everyday. I love ours with its 'eucalypt' cloth interior, the many storage bins for useful family paraphernalia. Effortless performance, sublime handling, compliant ride over awful Aussie B roads. You can drive 10hrs in it and get to your destination and feel ready to do it again. My wife loves how easy it is to park and the two piece tailgate. And it was a dream with child seats and backseat passengers. I love how it handles on fun twisty roads. Ours is AWD so gives plenty of confidence on slippery surfaces if losing a touch of your's steering purity. The Tezza will require more from you than your Jazz, but it will give you back so much more in daily satisfaction. All the best mate. :-)

Good move avoiding the AWD diesel. Looking forward to the ownership report in a few months. As a 2008 SY owner with 300k clicks I can give you a handy list of all the things to look out for (most similar to the Falcons). Otherwise, looks like a good buy and with the right care will be bulletproof with the Barra!

The man is back! Good too see you back at it again mate!

I know how pleasurable cars like this can be. Big, comfortable, practical, everything you need, relaxing to drive. I love performance cars and cars with real character, but sometimes it's nice to sit back, relax and almost let the car drive you. Just looking at that Territory you can see it's been looked after. I'm sure it'll be a great, trouble-free daily.

I've owned jazzes. My parents have, my sister and brother have too. My last one, an 03 1.5 had 400 thousand on it when I sold it. Never used any oil, water and never leaked any. Drove great. Was fun and bullshit reliable. Wheel bearings can get noisy, the roof can leak above the hatch causing rust in the wheel well. That's about it. Love them!!!❤❤

Good to see you back Sean. Congrats on your purchase. I knew it you would opt for a Territory! You know what to do to protect the ZF, like all of the other auto Falcon's & Territories. Cheers

Good to see you back Sean. I was wondering and hoping all was OK with you. Honda Jazz are such a great little car. So much space for the external dimensions. Hope you get a good run out of the Territory. We should have been able to export those to the world but it didn’t happen for all sorts of reasons. Cheers from Tassie.

So great to see you in a Territory! There are currently 4 of them in our family fleet and they've all served us well. We spent about 4 months looking for a petrol SZ MkII Titanium for my partner, so I support the petrol-over-diesel choice and understand how hard they can be to find. Whilst the diesel has its place, too many people bought them for the school run and stop-start driving which leads to EGR valve issues among other things - they also had the inferior 6R80 gearbox. People love to call Territorys unreliable but I haven't found them to be all that bad - the extra heft doesn't do the Falcon-grade suspension components any favours, but aside from that it's all pretty trivial. The ZF is a great gearbox if maintained - my SY AWD needed a replacement box at 294,000km but I'm unsure of its maintenance history earlier in life. I would highly recommend replacing or bypassing the factory heat exchanger if it has not been done already; these are known to fail and allow coolant to mix with transmission fluid, which will ruin the gearbox. The TS is a great spec choice if you don't want leather; you still get the nicer ICC with dual-zone climate and reverse camera, and there are a few bits you can add from a Titanium if you feel so inclined - e.g. the TS has a wiring plug for the auto-dimming mirror tucked up above the headliner, so that's a super easy upgrade to do and well worth the minimal effort. I even have a spare mirror I can send you - an SY MkII Ghia, FG G6E or SZ Titanium one should be a straight swap, and will take about 45 seconds as it's just a Torx screw holding it in place. Hope the new car treats you well, I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

Well at least you'll have common parts & consumables for it Sean. I've seen Territorys in only 2 conditions: shitboxes & good examples. Looks like the one you have, has been looked after. If you're going to do any videos on it, do a major upgrade to the stereo system. There are kits out there & they are expensive but worth it. It's worth it doing a video on that. I'm sure the missus will appreciate it.

Nice to see you back! Our family bought a 2011 SZ turbo diesel AWD back in 2020, and in 2021 after a few big trips the transmission went on us, and it couldn't reverse anymore. It's otherwise been amazing for our family of 4, though we have a base model (not a TS) so missed out on all the nice features like the touchscreen. Still a great vehicle though and a good buy if maintained well.

Fantastic purchase, our SZ Territory Barra just clicked over 320,000kms never had a transmission service 😂

Awesome to see ya return, super neat buy on the territory. Back in September i brought a 07 ghia as a tow car. Then brought a 09 sy2 ghia from salvage and currently sticking the black leather and front end on my other one. Bonus was it has the apline dvd entertainment unit too. Been a step up from dailying/towing cars my Ba xr6.

When I was listening to your criteria of what your next family car would look like, I went straight for a Territory, mate. I wasn’t disappointed. All the best with it, Sean!

pretty stoked you got a territory! hope to see territory content moving forward. it will be very sad saying farewell to the AU

Awesome choice IMO. I think you’ll love it. We purchased an ex dealer demo in 2011, a 2010 SY MK2 AWD Ghia 7 seater. Loved that car great for the family holidays but was mostly the wife’s daily. Travelled from where we live to FNQ several times via the coast and inland highways and south for a lap of Tassie. Never missed a beat bar a faulty ABS sensor on the rear passenger wheel after the Tassie trip. Of course a car is only ever as good as it is treated. Regularly garaged and serviced. It was like new to the very end when my daughter who learned to drive in it and then on her P’s had an unfortunate accident in it earlier this year. Very minor and not her fault. Very repairable and we were able to continue driving it daily until NRMA finally was able to assess it. Short story but they wrote it off due to the age of the car not the damage. I could have challenged them and many times wished I did. Aside from regular maintenance the only things I did to it was window tint, rust protection and a DBA disc upgrade after the 5th year of ownership which wasn’t really necessary but given we were loading her up more and more each holiday I just preferred to. Now the Daughter has a 2018 Escape and the Wife bought a Jeep, I still catch myself thinking checking out what Territory’s are on offer and thinking they are great cars, I’d be very happy to get another. Hope you enjoy a trouble free ownership and as many happy memories with it as we had.

Congrats on the new ride Shawn👍

Nice find. I'd love a Territory for road trips but can't justify having another car for only occasional use. My 2004 BA Falcon ute with its NA petrol Barra is still incredibly quiet despite having done 224k km. Very relaxing car to drive as a result. I imagine the turbo models are a bit noisier. Part of the driving experience. 😀

Glad to see you again...that break done you good. Got the spark again enjoy Christmas mate with family look forward to next year 👍

Good to hear from ya again! Congratulations on getting the Territory for your family needs!

Good to see you back. Really enjoyed watching the video.

I look forward to your report on the car mate as I was looking into one of these a couple of years ago. beautiful purchase I hope it serves you well. and one thing it should do really well is comfort on our crappy roads.

Good to see you again Sean Great choice for the fam

I was saying at the screen to buy a Territory and then as soon as you said you want something you're familiar working on I knew that I was going to see one. Our family used to have a 2013 SZ Turbo diesel. Brilliant car, only sold it a year or so ago.

Nice purchase, enjoy the ride

Great to see you back Sean and hope you enjoyed the well deserved break! $11k for a paint job wow! I think you’ll be happy with the Territory. My Sister has the previous model in petrol AWD and apart from being a bit thirsty it’s been a pretty good car.

Congratulations on the new purchase looks like a nice find. I am looking for a titanium model territory in petrol as well but they are hard to come by in good condition. Keep us all updated on how it goes and please put up any videos tutorials if you need to work on it. 👍

Great to have you back Sean, I've been looking up your channel lately to make sure I hadn't missed any new posts . . . Sorry to hear the Magna has stalled, you've done so much on it, she will look great I am sure once she's Back in Black !! Love the new ride, a tad plusher than the wee Jazz . . . Be nice to see it pop in for a visit on the channel from time to time . . . Hope you have some good news soon for the Magna, be great if a local business picked up some sponsorship to paint it and show their talents off on your channel !! . . . Have a great Christmas and may Santa treat you and the family well !! Cheers

Nice upgrade from the Jazz. I know exactly how you feel with cloth vs leather. Oh, and with the ZF, you hear too many bad stories, but never any good ones. I’m coming up to 360k on my FG that I’ve has since new. It’s only now starting to slip & clunk from 1-2 when cold. Our best friends got a nice SY2 nearly 4 years back. It has the ZF and only about 100k on it. Still drives as nice as I remember my FG did when it was new. You’ll probably get used to the adaptive shift learning over time. I don’t like SUVs but a Terri is one I’d own if I had to.

Hey mate! Glad your back and I'm glad you got a territory, great cars.

Good to see you back! Nice Territory. We had one similar to that in the US for a short time, It was the Ford Taurus X. Hopefully you keep the AU

Great to see you Sean, maybe next year sometime we can do a Cruise in our R.A's ❤ merry Christmas mate, all the best for yourself and fam!

Congratulations! Very nice

15:20 noticed with our Terry the performance mode, the shift up was later and shift down was earlier.

We need a reaction and review video from the wife!

Awesome to see you back, was getting worried about you

Good to see you back mate!

Reliability and Honda's just go hand in hand. They are bloody good cars in that aspect!!!! Would happily own another one for daily driving in traffic

Nice purchase i reckon, very clean and staight. And ya cant beat a barra. 👍👍👍

Great video as well!👍

Good to see you back Sean. Very solid choice. I’ve owned my SZ Mk1 titanium barra for the past 5 years and 100,000kms (you might have seen the review of it on KZfaq ReDriven?) Its been pretty much faultless. I think you’ll be surprised how good the fuel economy is. My lifetime average is 10.3l/100 and that’s probably 70% city 30% highway. SZ Mk2 changed to a Chinese made ZF6 FYI. SZ MK1 with a Barra is peak Territory in my opinion (excluding the turbo!)

Good to see you back 👍 Life & Family first. Tough going with the Ralliart, there are some good tutorials online how to rattle can paint well, you might answer some questions for all of us. Good pick on the new family car, should treat you well, I had an FG-X, best part was the gearbox. I real enjoy the indepth features you've done in the past, maybe that's something you can do if some viewers can provide their cars for filming.

Great choice. You will be able to maintain it and it is a very safe car.

Great to see you back. I took a break from my meagre channel as well. But I now have two and maybe three projects for the new year. I knew it was a Territory after your describing your wife's issues. My exporter had something similar and had to buy an SU. My little euro box wasn't an option. Good luck and I'll happily wait for the next episode. Would you like an original sales brochure for the AU to go with the sale - glove box items always go down well. Free!

For a family hack a sz petrol is a no brainer. Good looking, simple to repair, no real “gotcha” faults that will make it a mechanical wrote off.

I used to hate on SUV's untill I had to buy one. I've got a 2012 CX-9 in top spec, it's been awesome, it's got a tow bar, ample room for the 5 of us and being a 7 seater means room for extended family.

Cool car....love the jazz too!

Lol...as you were listing the criteria I was like....he's going for a Territory. I am a fan of them also. Good looking car and in nice condition. Good to see you on the Tubes again mate. It's a tough gig and very straining on top of doing a project.

Amazed that you didn't get stuck in traffic up Gympie Rd and the Bruce Highway, must've been midweek!. Coming up to visit the folks from "down south" depending on the time of day, not adverse to the odd Beefy's pie., either at Aussie world or south bound heading to Brisbane. As for the new family truckster, what could possibly go wrong?. I own an FG2 (2012) and it has been no problem over the last 11 years. Your new procurement looks in great condition and hopefully will be trouble free. Good to see you back on the "Tube" and Merry Christmas.

Love the Channel, keep being you ❤

Nice purchase!

Shaun I appreciate the car situation. My wife also has a condition that makes it harder for her to get into a lower car, hence we're looking at offloading the Fairmont. The Terri has popped up on our radar, and size wise it's perfect. She can get in and out easily, the boot is big enough for her walker, and coming from a Fairmont, we know most of the potential issues etc. The problem is, they seem to be asking for a premium, even the NA Barra based ones, especially for a late model SY or SZ, with under 200k km. Our budget is only about $10k.

Mate, I bought a 2007 Territory AWD Barra powered SY model. The previous owner to me (a work colleague of mine) didn't really look after it too much in the later part of his ownership. What I can tell you, is that he was the first owner of the vehicle making me the 2nd owner. It was pretty rough. All bushes in the front end were totally buggered (including the 3 front diff bushes and rear diff bushes), ball joints were had it and had a huge transmission leak (ZF 6 speed with transfer case). I removed the gearbox and found the leak which was around the pump seal in the bellhousing. I bought the vehicle for 3 grand, and spent about 4 grand on it in parts doing all the work myself. The best part about it is the fact that I have cleaned up everything myself so I know that we have an absolutely rock solid vehicle now to drive. It also helps to have a hoist here at home too, so that has made things super easy. My F6 hardly leaves the driveway now, and our Territory is the car of choice every time. But I say you have made a great choice in vehicle. Keep up the servicing, and attend to knocks and noises under the car/through the floor straight away, and you will have no issues.

Lol the family wagon :) The 7 seater 3rd row can still fold down flat when not in use.

The king returns!

Great choice. We have the t/d SZ and are very happy with it. It would be great if you could do an ownership report every few months.

I was always Holden as was our family but for the last 5 years have 04 BA Fairmont greentop Wagon & 04 Territory Ghia AWD. with LPG. Reliable, cheap to run, super easy to maintain & lots of space..I will never buy a newer car....happy!

Hell yeah Brother, Make sure to keep a nice layer of something on the headlights so they don't cook And add some LED to the projector housing. Have a look at Narva or Auxito

Haha thats awesome. I bought the same one but 2012 tdi. I love it. Beautiful cars. It is the 7 seater too and yeah.. when they are up, there not much room at the back but good to put shopping in doesn't slide around

Helped my father buy an SZ series 2 BARRA territory pre covid for 18k with only 110,000klm on the clock. The car was a Melbourne dental Hospital pool car & thus far has been SUPER reliable! Only brakes & oil change!! An external trans cooler kit is all that is needed. + Don't run the rear factory camber settings & fill all your diff bush voids up with polyurethane to prevent the inevitable.

I haven't had any problems with my Territory Ghia SY2, except relacing all the bushes, but I did put an air cooler on the ZF to make sure there wasn't any chance of milkshake. All SY2's were either AWD with ZF, or RWD with the BTR 4 speed. Fuel economy is still good enough in the AWD. I bought the car in 2018 with 130000km, now very close to hitting 300000km. Still a great car that we as a family of 5 take everywhere we go. Cheers.

With painting its preparation that takes more time then painting its self

I have a sz2 2WD (non awd) Titanium Diesel in white - we bought it new in 2017 - Best car we have owned no issues - at all now at 125k, Hauls my 2 kids around and drives the same as when it was new, I know you hate diesel but you can hardly tell its a diesel compared to my ranger, Each to there own - Good choise I also had a maroon 2002 magna VRX with sunroof back in the day so i get it

Replace the transmission cooler mate, they split and get milk shake, transmission oil in coolant, coolant end's up in your auto.

I've given up, Shaun. Pre covid, i was quoted 5-6k for a closed door respray. Now, due to what i refer to as an inflated common cold, that quote has since doubled. Im at the point where now have learned to live with my 27 year old Panther mica paint and it's Patina.

Sad to hear the AU might be getting the cyber 😞 It is that car that got me onto your channel. I understand what you are saying about it not being used but will be a sad day

Love to see it! Please keep us posted, been looking for an excuse to convince my misses we need a territory since we got married! Stay safe and merry Christmas mate.

Do the heat exchanger on the transmission and service. Yes they do need to be serviced. No transmission oil will last for ever. Lol. Nice car fantastic engine and good choice.

I’ve also got a 2005 sx ford territory I’m trying to get on the road, the engine is quiet and your knees will feel better when you’re driving long distances on the highways, seats are comfy, I can’t tell you how much performance wise in detail as I’ve left a few things at so that roadworthy mechanics have something to pick on me about, I’ll tell you more about the performance as soon as I get it on the road, for a territory at 252k it sounds very healthy for its age

Great stuff, recently got myself a SYII Territory Ghia with only 100k km on it. Needed a daily as the XR6 Turbo had a couple attempted thefts

Good pick. IMO the design still looks good to me. Interested to see how you get on with it.

Everyone has a weird family member, you kept quiet about your Jazz haha.

Gotta hand it to the Jazz - my elderly Aunt and Uncle had a horrible accident in theirs (I think it was a 2013 model? They bought it new when they retired anyway) last year - the car was utterly destroyed, but they escaped with only minor injuries - all the safety features worked perfectly even though the car was maybe 9 or 10 years old. Recon you should give the Magna paint job a crack - great way to learn! My G6E-T had 230,000km on the clock and the ZF-6 was still perfect when it got written off in an accident - I changed the fluid every 60,000km and the strainer every 120,000km though.

It would be interesting to see a future report of the Territory some time in the feature to see what they are like to live with overtime. Also It looks pretty clean for it's age so hopefully it was a good buy for you.

Congratulations on the new ride! I bought a 2013 SZ Titanium almost exactly 2 years ago. My decisions mirrored everything you just said exactly. Our fuel consumption is also in the mid-12's. That's on E10. I'm an E10 convert! E10 is not poor-man's 91, it's poor-man's 95/98... ;) There's a place in Ipswich that's awesome for hood linings. (walking distance to the rail-works museum) Highly recommend doing the black conversion. Looks SOOOO much better. Hope it treats you well! As you're doing your own maintenance you'll be very happy it's not an AWD...

So longs it isn't the diesel model, good find.

And also we fit a 65 inch tv in the box in the back with my son still sitting in one of the backseats. jbhifi bloke was doubting our blue beast. I was never in doubt 😂

Keep the magna for sure. Anyone mentioned rust yet with the territory. Owned an earlier one and rust was a big issue in general. Check under the rubber seal around the hatch. Was a nice driving vehicle that's for sure.

*only seen the thumbnail so far* but... a MANUAL GD3 Jazz is an amazing daily driver, they're such a fun car and insanely practical ❤ I'd still have one if I didn't bin it off the edge of a mountain road haha

Nice! I completely understand your relationship with the Jazz and why you just couldn't take it any more. I have a Corolla that is in the same league, totally reliable car but it just doesn't ring my bell. 😄

😂I've owned a 2010 Territory for 3 years now 6 speed auto AWD ex Victorian Police car goes like a rocket. Great car to drive and never a problem .

My mum’s 2015 Diesel Territory is the last 2015 model and it’s only done 26 thousand kilometres

Hmmm....not seen a Child seat in any of the MBox cars....maybe it's Mrs MBox that got the car upgrade 🤔

10:00 windscreen wiper paint peel, yep I have aa 23 year old Mitsubishi Magna and have repainted the wipers twice, in 2011 and 2022 using acrylic lacquer paint. It never faded but it peeled so I sanded it back heavily almost to bare metal and used a proper primer and 5 coats of black.

Awesome happy to see you have a Territory, I own a 2012 SZ petrol it is a great car drives well with lots of boot space iv had mine for 3 years now Feb 2020, got mine from a dealer 130km for 15k, the log book had 2 years of no service so I took the risk and well I got unlucky 1 year and half later i had a bottom end bearing in the engine start ticking away, 8k for a engine rebuild and reconditioned new timing chain spark plugs thermostat all fluids change including diff oil, and a aftermarket transmission cooler to avoid any future milkshake I'm very happy with the car now it's like new, oh and I own a 2009 FG XR6 Turbo aswell.

failure is no option, get the magna done haha. there is no rush

Ooooh most anticipated update!

Well it’s no Kingswood but the mighty Barra makes up for it.

Nice. That headliner will drop pretty soon though. That aside, for the money and the engine, the Territory is a great buy.

I bought an SZ II Territory petrol a few months back so I would love to see some videos with you working on it.

I KNEW IT WAS A TERRITORY i looovvvveee territorys they’re awesome cars

Nice to see you back mate! 🙂 Yes, you have to give it to that era of Hondas, reliable AF. Your new Territory looks like a good solid unit. Hoping it gives you many many years of a safe, enjoyable and reliable driving experience.

As much as I don't like large cars, or that brand, was a passenger in a Terrycon on a long journey recently, and it was one of the most comfortable contraptions to be transported around in. Also, someones going to get a Japanese built Jazz/Fit too, so that's an awesome opportunity for someone else.

Ditch the Magna, keep the AU. At least the AU there are bulks parts & cars available, Magna not so much. Check the Cam Phaser (VCT) seals, as they can leak bad in the FG series Barra, in turn leaking into Cyl 1 spark plug well/ shorting the coil out

I absolutely loved my Jazz - the 1.5L manuals were absolute corkers and I loved driving it. Was also amazing in terms of reliability as you mentioned, but it was way better and more fun than I expected. Might be that the manual made it that much more engaging, though.

Nice SUV - Good Choice

Gonna be sad to see the au go it was the car that brought me to the channel and probably my favourite one but best to u Shaun hopefully ur territories gearbox lasts longer than ours😂

oh man in regards to painting holy shit i had a similar issue when i was wanting to get my project car painted i found that most shops basically only want to deal with insurance jobs and when they have someone wanted a car painted that's not through insurance they normally just quote super high ive found

Thank God your here 😅