DH & I are on the lookout for a new car. We've had 4WD's in the past as we love camping and "bush-bashing", but sold our last one when we moved here as there's really nowhere to use one. Then went to a sedan, which didn't suit us so we moved to a wagon. Love it, it's got all the room we need (dog can go in the back and kids when they come along won't be bothered by him lol).

But now we're thinking we really miss the camping and just being able to take off whenever, so we're thinking of getting a Patrol. It needs to be tougher than something like a Captiva, we like to do some pretty rough 4WDing. Price-wise, this seems like a good deal, as we can get a really good one for about $30k, but would need to pay up to $10k more for the same type of thing in a Prado.

The thing is, I'll be the one driving it most of the time, and I'm a bit nervous about the size of it. So I'm just wondering, does anyone here have one? What are the pros & cons? Would you recommend it, or is there something else we should be considering?

TIA