I took advice from those more experienced with road travels and fitted a bull bar to my 200 series.
I have not needed it at all.
I dont travel at night and I dont drive much over 90 to 95 kph when towing.
I am sure you will hear why you should have one but the fitting of one for me has been a financial burden, a weight penalty and a painful experience when cleaning the bar.
I might add that mine is an alloy bar in an attempt to keep the weight down.
Having a bull bar might help to save extra damage if one was involved in a bingle but that would be subject entirely to circumstance.
If given the opportunity I will never fit another one should I buy new vehicle.
Thank you for that reply. We also don't travel at night or very early in the morning and stick to around 90/95 also.
I am usually the lookout for wayward critters.
There are many different ways to look at whether Roo Bars, Bull Bars, Nudge Bars are a worthwhile investment.
Full Bull bars with side rails will prevent some damage in a minor impact with an animal or light scrub. They are heavy, expensive due to expert fitting requirements due to air bags, cameras and radar on modern vehicles - In a major impact there will still be a lot of damage to vehicles, the bars will require replacement, but you may be able to limp home.
Front alloy bars are able to prevent damage from small animal strike they will most likely require replacement after a strike.
Nudge bars prevent minor carpark damage to front of vehicle.
I have always had steel Bull Bars fitted to front of vehicle - they prevented panel damage after small Kangaroo strikes at low speed.
I no longer have bars of any description (other than tow bar) as there is no insurance benefit, and they are very expensive to fit due to radar and cameras.
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