Just wait till the 300-series comes out: it'll be an (almost) exact copy of a 1959 International Harvester Travelall 4x4.
Well, except for a version of the 4.5 V-8 diesel and a padded dashboard...
Drove past the old Safari shops in Grand Junction yesterday. Sad to see the place in its forlorn, abandoned state.
Will anybody ever re-open that place as some kind of off-road center? Sure would be nice if there was SOMEPLACE one could take a Toyota something-or-other, even if it is an all-day...
CAUTION: Air Braking Systems can be very dangerous to untrained people due to the high pressures encountered.
Please at least TALK to an expert before loosening any fittings, etc on an air brake system.
In the "Commercial Trucks" dept. on EBay is a low-mileage Peterbilt 357 6X6 truck: 300 hp Cummins, 6 speed automatic, 114,000 miles, big winch on front, owned by a utility company in New Jersey.
These 357 6X6s are very sturdy trucks and this might make a low-cost alternative for a big off-road...
So, if you wanted to register one of these in, say, California, would you have to remove the .50 cal first?
And, will they build these (IF they build these) with left hand drive?
Well, the REAL problem with electric vehicles is:
They don't make enough noise.
How a person can think, let alone relax, without the pleasant burbling throb of internal combustion (preferably diesel) in the background is beyond me.
Same problem with sailboats: all that quiet will make you crazy!
Something you might consider is the added interior space for the driver (and front passenger) you get with an LC over a 4Runner.
Seems like there's much more headroom and side-to-side space in our 80 Series, so the 100/200s (and I would assume the Sequoia as well) would also be pretty roomy...
We have a W/D in our Class A and it does come in handy, specially when you travel with animals. You need to have enough water to operate the washer, and enough electricity to run them both...
@sacred: Turkey? Why, yes, I'd love some turkey. Dark meat, please.
I've driven one of these 'Mogs, and that huge windshield makes me a little nervous. Probably perfectly safe, but I felt very... exposed, I guess you could say.
Well, if you combined the two, you might end up with something... interesting.
For paved and dirt roads, you don't even need the GS - a regular 1200 RT would do just as well.
The only real reason I got the GS was that a guy at last year's Expo had one for sale with a low suspension/seat setup at...