You and me both! Thanks for watching, and for your comment.

Cheers Paul!

Interesting point Graeme. Cheers!

Great stuff! Yes, the Tonka Toy styling of the D40 is something special I think. Enjoy the NP300, cheers!

Andrew Ditton best tonka toy ever !!!

Cheers Bob. Sadly we had so many trolls and hate on the first Portugal video that we had to close comments for our own sanity. Sad, but true.

Cheers Graham! Well, at the end of the day look how much money we are parting with here... These things need to be right!

Cheers Adrian. Well, I think they know what would happen if I were to get snapping chassis problems so I would hope it really has been sorted!

Cheers Les!

That's without the vat?

Nope that's with VAT though + fees (20950 ex vat). I don't work for Nissan, I'm just thinking of buying lol!!!

Blimey ours was 8 months old 3000 miles with all the kit rear bars, cover, sunroof auto etc 28500 with vat !!

@@paulreimers6805 to be fair a sun roof is a £600 option on a new one, the price I found is for a 6 speed manual so an auto would cost a few more quid on top, then of course covers aren't cheap and then add a tow bar...soon adds up... don't think you've done too bad at all when you add up all the kit. 👍

Thanks Wayne!

Hi there, if you go back a few years on my 'videos' tab on my channel page you'll find it there. Cheers!

Thanks for the mouth-organ tip Peter. I think Dougal would be straight on to the RSPCA... ;@)

Andrew Ditton he’d love it. Singing away!

I have it too and I love it!

Very interesting! I've had two D40s over 10 years and fortunately not had that issue.

Sorry I should have mentioned they were the np300's that went through tyres. I have a d40 as my personal vehicle and tyres are all good and have no issues.

Cheers Kev! Yes, the black is lovely... all the while it is clean! :)

Thank you kindly!

@Darren Finnerty Hi Darren, do you think after spending all that money on a pick up truck and some of us do WORK them the air bags should come as standard? I dont think in a working environment the np 300 will have any longevity, I drove one recently a freind had one it was like a drunken sailor, gutless and you have to piss about with add blue! Perhaps I'm biased I've got 16 plate D40 V6 probably one of the very last in the country, spec is awesome goes like a rocket pulls like a train, and its good on fuel 🤙

@@peterbalac1915 I loved my 2.5 D40. It ran faultless for 140k miles until the rear end snapped. Luckily Nissan bought it off me with an extremely generous offer.... But are Nissan ever going to get the rear ends right on these trucks! Yes agree with airbags as standard but I would prefer good old leaf springs.

Hi Tom, I'm not VAT registered so I ran mine as a private vehicle. I think the only reason they quote it +VAT is because of the tax advantages for companies (as opposed to regular cars). I'd say the biggest disadvantage was the car insurance - it cost double what I now pay on the EV6.

@@andrewjditton thanks

Hmm, in 15 years of a Navara I never really carried rear seat passengers! I found no problem in the city.

@@andrewjditton ahh really!? What about long distance journeys?

Hi P&J, the load cover is always an option, so you can chose which kind you like.

Ooh that's not good. Thanks for the tip - will stick with my D40 till it falls apart anyway!

EVERYONE needs a friend in the automotive industry! Should have just asked you shouldn't I, Simon? ;@)

Cheers Graham. Only driven the Kia around Millbrook when driving for the CAMC, and like the HUGE MAJORITY of cars it doesn't stick in my head - which means it was absolutely fine, not amazing and not terrible!

Yes it does Craig, but it is only one-piece. Cheers!

I have heard the same. Yet the NP300 has coil spring suspension like an SUV. Makes no sense.

Gnarly Boot . Obviously the consumer protection laws in the UK are sh-te. AND it shows the crappy van designs/ toughness over there. If we applied that here in Oz or NZ there would be bugger all caravan sales as the majority are towed by utes.

Ok Can'tbelieveit - Well, I’m a retired quality engineer with 30 years at a Nissan vehicle manufacturing plant. So I know a bit about putting vehicles together, and parts supply and manufacture. Being fairly new to Caravanning I was horrified as to how lightly built UK caravans are. However from a warranty perspective the industry has the owner over a barrel. The most common significant issue seems to be water ingress. most manufacturers now offer a 10 year warranty, so most people are very cautious about invalidating this warranty. It also means any small modification or repair which could influence water ingress must be completed by a “trained” person. My 30 years in the motor industry doesn’t count........so this pushes you back to the dealer at £50 + an hour. A friend of ours had his water ingress claim rejected because his annual service was 3 weeks late, the cause was a leak through the toilet cassette door, more of a manufacturing issue than a service item. Cost him £3,000 to have a portion of the floor replaced and the leak fixed............😱😱😱😱

Gnarly Boot . Man that’s tough. We have, as part of the consumer guarantees act, a “ fit for purpose “ clause. It doesn’t matter whether a vehicle or thing didn’t get serviced on time. Within reason of course It’s what a reasonable person should expect from a product as far as quality goes and a reasonable life expectancy without faults. For example my daughter bought a second hand Mazda CX-5 diesel with just over 100,000 ks on the clock. The engine played up as they’re known to do. The dealer she bought it from did the usual “you haven’t had it serviced on time” . She called consumer protection ombudsman office and spoke to them. They informed her that the manufacturers warranty was all very well but the “fit for purpose” overruled any such warranties and they would contact the dealer. If it couldn’t be repaired satisfactorily then she could get her money back or have them supply her with another vehicle.About an hour later the dealer called and said they would collect it. They gave her another vehicle to use in the meantime. The long and short of it was they couldn’t find out what was causing the problem (should have looked on the internet at the crappy particulate filters Mazda had fitted to their diesels) Anyway she chose to take another vehicle and is very happy with her Toyota Prius 😁

Hi Leighton, the Airstream trip was a few weeks ago taking it for the chassis repair - there was a video a few weeks back. Cheers!

1 Imperial gallon is 1.2 US gallon..It's quite a big difference

@@MrMslagter Sorry, it's not a big difference. .2gallons does not equal 25 more miles in the same make cars imported to us.

@@annettefournier9655 Not 25 mpg no,but are you from the US?? That can make a big difference,because Andrew drives a 2.3DCI Diesel engine,no petrol engine.That can easely explain the 25 mpg difference.In Europe the petrol versions are very rare,because of the high petrol prizes.Here in The Netherlands we pay USD7.50 for a US gallon.

@@MrMslagter Yes. Petrol where I live is 3 USD per gallon. And since everything is so far apart and spread out we spend a lot on petrol (gas). Just going two states to the east to visit family over Christmas was 526 miles just to get there. Not including driving about once there.

annette fournier hello , Some while ago, I had the same issue, when someone, mentioned , the idea of MORE MPG in UK, vs USA, so I said first off you are NOT COMPARING the same 2 items, he did NOT see it until I beat it into him, but then all those diesels would NOT BE REGISTERED IN USA , WHY? Simple, the emissions, but even it would be petrol, we have so much damned emissions equipment on them, Then the economy goes to hell, so that’s why we now have as much as 8 speed /10 speed automatics , just to get more mileage. Cheers From NJ,USA 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸

Ahh, we don't have Holden here in the UK Roger. Maybe I just need to head back to NZ sometime soon... :)

Get the 3.0 v6 dci

Exactly my friend, but this is why I think the likes of Android Auto and Apple Car Play are the way forward.

No, I think £30k is reasonable for what you get! Sorry if that didn't come over well :-/

@@andrewjditton OH,NO, that wasn't the case,i meant that i wish we could buy that vehicle for 30K where i live and don't have a 2K+ roadtax on these heavy diesel vehicles. 30K is a lot of money,but it's well prized for what you get.The Amarok is waayy more for basicly the same,but with a more luxury feel and touch to it. Sorry for my bad grammar..... Great video once again.(:

Cheers Mark! I miss the days it said so on a badge ;@)

ncplantdoctor HELLO, only 2019, I had NEVER heard of SAT NAV, so recently I contacted the TOM TOM. dealer, and you should hav seen their response, first they ARE NOT SOLD IN USA, so I would have to contact the company DIRECT, but their answer to me was in probably 6 languages, . BUT I wonder if it may even supported here .This is my preferred brand of GPS, guess I am on the 5th generation , , NEVER EVER PUT ME WHERE I DID NOT WANT TO GO. CHEERS FROM NJUSA. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸

I admit, the non-split rear seat seems to be a backward step.

Cheers Roger!

I wasn't sneering. Just not sure of the proper name for the car version.