Friend of mine has the previous model and it's a real beast. Smooth ride and great comfort with a kick under the bonnet. If the later model is improved then it must be good!
Hi all. Getting drawn towards the big beast that’s is the v8 land cruiser
It’s the 2010 onwards model. The final run out in the uk I believe
Anyone have one or owned ? They seem to hold there value extremely well
Cheers Andy
Friend of mine has the previous model and it's a real beast. Smooth ride and great comfort with a kick under the bonnet. If the later model is improved then it must be good!
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
If that's a petrol I'd imagine it likes a drink. I remember working out in the Gulf in the mid 90's and running around in a 4.5L petrol Land Cruiser (straight 6 not a V8). No one gave a toss about fuel consumption as petrol was so cheap, but from memory it used to do about 8 to the gallon..
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Never owned one personally but have a few customers that run them.
Very well put together.
Intensely regret not buying one maybe five years ago just before they got the chop in the UK; would most likely have been buried in it!
There’s a reason these are the default choice of luxury SUV in the Middle East and the Outback
£33k for a seven year old car that is holding its value well. Although I’m not convinced noes the time to be buying large petrol cars???
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A good friend has one, boy is it thirsty, we took it to Windsor last year, sat on the M25 at 85 mph like it was a sports car, solid and easy to drive but when we had to,put £100 of fuel in it for a days driving I vowed to use my car next time. He’s got two one day to day use 7 seater and one is full over land spec, duel fuel system and electrics, special seats and a pair of spare wheels on the back like Mickey Mouse.
Absolute drink monster dbs huge tax
Buy a BMW X5 like mine Andy s x you’ll not be swearing about it of selling it within a week like you usually do
They're brilliant big old busses. Will go over anything, whilst towing Kent, and are built for the markets where they're king: Africa, Australasia, Middle East - so they're tough as Chuck Norris. You're right that Toyota in (western) Europe stopped selling them (in 2015 I think) because of the cost of making them hit the latest Euro emissions rules, but used prices are incredible, because they're the real deal not some tart's handbag.
You could buy an X5, but unless you're a Championship footballer's wife or a south London drug dealer it probably won't suit you.
I’ve been looking at them as a replacement tow vehicle to the Jeep 5.7 Hemi...
On checking the MOT history, they seem to suffer all the similar problems to any heavy weight 4x4. Loads of failures and advisories for bushes, ball joints, abs, and traction control faults. And more reports of corrosion than I’d like to see on a newer vehicle especially a Toyota.
In fact I decided that as my old jeep runs so well, has no faults other than a noisy transmission (it’s always been like that) and has only just started to show a few rust spots, it was a risky business to buy a Land Cruiser, that was newer, but still had similar miles. (120k)
My advice is buy very carefully, and pay particular attention to the underneath and old MOT history.
They are everywhere out here.
I'd say 80% of all private cars are landcruisers.
The old ones are mainly still on the road too .
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You wouldn't get much change out of £10k for a 20 year old used and abused example .
They get absolutely trashed too.
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I once had the idea of buying a LandRover but my wife, with a few years 4x4 experience when she worked for the UN and NGO's in Asia (including Afghanistan) told me that she only wanted a 4x4 on the driveway with LandCruiser on the bonnet. That's about the only time she had an opinion about me buying a car. These cars are best maintained by specialists or agricultural workshops. Here, the high-street Toyota dealer is no longer the place to go to when working on older LCs.
Apart from bushings etc the Achilles heel of the LandCruiser is the radiator's expansion tank. Older models have a 'plastic' version. Our local radiator welding shop has an upgrade: a new and better radiator with an integrated alloy expansion tank. Better than bullet proof.
About the 'drinking habit': LPG is still big here (& cheap) and a lot of those older LCs are converted to that cooking gas.
OK, not a Landcruiser but here's my Toyota.....
as mint as you'll find a 2001 Hilux 4x4
great fan of these and the landcruiser, it's the only vehicle I've ever had that strangers offer me cash for!
it's the 3rd one I've had and if I could buy the same new today, I would do so in a heartbeat
Modern ones for me are too heavy, too complicated and don't do any more than mine in terms of towing.
if you get the landcruiser, make sure to fit the "attach landrover here" sticker to the towbar!
thought about an older G-Wagen? or maybe one that's gone under the radar a bit- the Merc ML420 CDI- that has the superb merc v8 diesel with upwards of 300bhp and can be bought cheap.
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You're referring to the "200" series Landcruiser. Great vehicle and has a lot of road presence - it's big! The 4.5l twin-turbo V8 D4D diesel will pull mountains down and the interior is luxurious in "VX" spec - which most of the UK car will be. Some other countries did get the petrol V8 plus options of lower spec models with less electrickery and gadgets - i.e. the "UN" version - so less to potentially go wrong but most of the UK models will be fully loaded and very high-spec.
Also remember, it is still a proper 4x4, with a separate ladder chassis, so don't expect it to handle the same as a X5, Q8 or XC90 for example. Did I say it's big?
It's heavy, thirsty, big and brutish - but above all else, it's a Landcruiser, so what's not to like!
(I'd have one in a heartbeat, if a) I could afford the running costs and b) if I didn't already have a large 8 seater Landcruiser - the wife would kill me if I bought another)
Lot's of info and very friendly and knowledgeable* members here - https://www.landcruiserclub.net/comm...er_200_series/ However, the 200 series is still quite a rare beast in the UK, so not as much info available as the other series.
Thanks all.