The why of "Patroleitor"

The why of "Patroleitor": "For good start, my first blog post is dedicated to why my nickname, "Patroleitor."

The year was 2003 and for those, I was studying 3 º ESO (Obligatory Secondary Education) when one day my father said he wanted to retire the "old" Renault 4 we had, * because both my brother (4 years younger) as I were growing too far to travel comfortably with my grandfather in the back seat .*
Your idea / dream was to have a 4x4, able to work proficiently in the mountains Ancarenses.
We needed a 4x4 with certain characteristics:
1, economic
2 º renowned reliability
3 º wide
4 th good skills 4x4

The first feature was the price had to be a car that cost less than 6,000 euros so had to resort to the market imperative of 2 nd hand.



The second feature was already more variable, and decreased very little searching, because the reliability of a car is relative, and not always what was the panacea for one to one was the best. But basically because we focus on only 3 brands: Suzuki, Nissan and Mitsubishi. Other brands such as Toyota, were not sold in the area. The dilapidated niva were infamous (from guzzling gasoline model). The Land Rover were not appreciated, as the old Santana were impractical, and the defense did not speak well of them.

So already drastically reduced the list of models with which we work. We had the Suzuki Samurai and Vitara, which looked basically the diesel versions (which touched or exceeded the budget)












Nissan Patrol had only with the full range of engines, but said the issue of reliability, were discarded 6-cylinder turbo models.

Mitsubishi Pajero Montero we had, but it seemed a mark "elite" and several comments from people, they did it because it was said descartáramos that the parts were expensive, and reliability was comparable to that of certain Patrol.



-With the amplitude, and we reduced the list to two models:

Long and short Vitara Patrol




The first did not like because the model was not very graceful long, and it was just too long.

The second did not like it was a model "old" ill-equipped, noisy, and so on. So we started looking at both models.

As luck would have we found something unknown to us, a Patrol 6 cylinder different from what we were accustomed. A rarity in the 4x4 soon caught our attention.

A NISSAN PATROL announcing "motor boat, indestructible, a 24 V electrical system," so we decided to take a look at this car.

We find a brand new Patrol silver with metallic paint, decorative stickers on the sides that read "6 CYLINDERS" and a aletines that keeping up with its wheels embedded in the body.

It was just beautiful with a brutal aesthetics, Mastodon, with a heavenly sound.

It was not a simple Patrol, was a PATROLEITOR

We fell in love.



Then after an "investigation" was a Patrol discovered that riding a 6-cylinder inline engine that Nissan had used on boats. The fabulous SD 33.

Its huge, "paella" housed the air filter.

In the legends were told it was the most reliable Patrol history, the engine of 1000000 km, indestructible. Incorporating 2 batteries and installation at 24 volts in order to move the gigantic starter motor.






We had found the perfect machine! (Do not tell my father, but I looked at other car).

By now you know where it came from my nickname, but some you may ask "What happened to the r4?"

in the next blog post, we'll find out.

The why of "Patroleitor" PART 2

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