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The biggest problem with Land Cruisers and the Patrols to a degree is that they are made for a small market, which is predominantly the Arab Countries and Australia - they are not sold on the world market, so the cost of production has to worn by someone.
I reckon the Toyota product has always been overpriced when compared to the Nissan product.
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I love the prado's, will be getting one when i return, second hand, low k's good coin but realibility is a key issue.
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The Prado is a pretty good vehicle...most of the mines out here have them, as well as the ones the railway uses here. As I said, they don't live the easiest of lives, but stand up to all the abuse very well, and haven't shown any major problems. One blew a gearbox, but it turned out that he'd been bogged and been sitting there revving the ring out of it, changing from reverse to forward and back again quickly...that'll kill any auto in short order... |
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Thread was started by you but by all means my post was directed at people complaining about the price. Poorly designed cars is completely different and irrelevant in this thread. No im not made of money at all i can assure you that.
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If you want the real deal ya can't look past the PSD F250/350 or Cummins Dodges. A crowd over here converts 100 series Land Cruisers to double cab/chassis, and is trying to flog them off for more than the same year F250/Ram double cab turbo diesel, no comparison, then again most sheep will mortgage their house to park an over priced and over rated Toyota in their garage. |
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And before you come back with the old "I’m entitled to my opinion", an insult isn’t an opinion...bro...
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The thing with any large 4x4 is that once you have bought the first 1 they all hold there value / resale so like myself I can keep going , you only pay big once .the falcons and holdens on the other hand well check carsales and do the math for me !
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Like 99% of the new Landcruisers I see are all in the city with not a spec of dirt on them, driving at like 2kmh over speed humps.
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No idea, because I have no interest outside of where I live unless there is something there for me to benefit from.
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But back to the discussion, I wonder how landcruiser would fare against SVT F150 Raptor? |
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What a F' ing rip off
For $80K I could buy a 40 year old falcon with a 5.8L V8 no options.... ![]() |
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i drive a 79 for work (gas industry) about 2000k per roster, makes my left leg num cause the driving position is crap, but noone makes a product that will survive like the toyotas do, thats really the end of the story, we tried nissans when the povo pack stopped and safety wanted air bags, they are all back in the city now with welded up chassis and bonnet catch latch thingos. Starter motors go at about 120000k on the v8 landcruisers. not my favorite vehicle but it will nearly always get u back to camp. I like the prado personally but not as rugged as the 79 or 200 povo and if ya think the toyota v8 is bad (i like it personally for a work car) try drivin the nissan wheez box in the bush..
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Yeah a family friend who is FIFO works on minesite Prados up north and said they are always cracking control arms and the door mounts for the tailgate door
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79 seriues wagon..much cheaper. You could get 2 hiluxes for the price of this 200 but the hiluxes would be skip material after 12 months. |
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The barn doors are great...our 100 series was a GXL with the upper and lower doors, and the lower door was a pain when trying to unload the back...you had to lean way over the open tailgate to get to the back.
The rental 100 series that we would occasionally get at work had the barn door type rear doors, and it was so much more convenient it wasn't funny. Much easier access to the cargo area. |
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Plus they are probably more reliable over the longer term, not having to rely on gas struts to keep them open like with the tailgate. |
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+1 Japanese engineered vehicle > American engineered vehicle 99% of the time.
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I think Toyota and Nissan have lost thier way a bit with the latest luxo-barges with V8-only, no-manual-option offerings, but at least Toyota still makes the 78 series which is probably the last of the true "basic large four wheel drives". |
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The only reason the old Land Cruisers were reliable is because they had nothing in them that could go wrong. The F-series is by no means unreliable, and Toyota has been having more than its fair share of reliability issues lately. Such overrated ordinary appliances.
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wow never realised they cost so much
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