SHED: 2019 MITSUBISHI TRITON GLX+
OUR ACE SNAPPER GETS OUT OF THE PASSENGER SEAT FOR A SUBURBAN DAD’S RATING OF THE 4X4 TRITON.
IGOT MY (clean) hands on the Triton long-termer because of coronavirus. You see, usually when we go out to shoot a car for a review – in this instance the short-wheelbase Ssangyong Musso for last issue – it’s just a matter of jumping in with the journo and heading into the scrub.
I’ll jump out when we see a goodlooking track, clamber up to the top to photograph the car coming up, jump back in and away we go. But due to social distancing, I needed a separate car, and I don’t think my trusty Falcon would have been quite up to the job ... if only it was an AU!
So I was thrown the keys to the Triton. This meant I had access to it over the weekend, and when you suddenly have a dual cab at your disposal, tasks that are normally a pain or not feasible with a sedan become no hassle. Some friends lent us a cot in between having kids, but they needed it back after having a third and it doesn’t fit in my car. Talk about perfect timing! The cot was disassembled and it fit in the tray without a drama.
I mingled right in with all the other dual cab owners at the local Bunnings carpark as well, picking up a couple of 20kg bags of play sand and a miniature slide to keep my sixteen-month-old boy, Charlie, entertained in these times of self-isolation.
The amazing thing with the Triton is that it does everything you need of it. It happily got me down some steep terrain on the shoot; that usually, as a passenger, I don’t need to stress about. And it was just as happy getting around suburbia to run basic errands. Is it the perfect fit for a fulltime photographer/suburban dad? Almost. The problem with utes as a snapper is the risk of leaving gear in the tray, even if you have a lockable canopy. For this reason alone, a wagon would be the safer bet.
THE AMAZING THING WITH THE TRITON IS THAT IT DOES EVERYTHING YOU NEED OF IT