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Are these are most similar to the LC Prado, or the full fledged Land Cruiser? I think that would be a deciding factor for me as I understand the LC Prado to be a good bit smaller in general, and it might be to small for what I like. But, having been starved for in-the-flesh LCs for a long time...

Well - the key word is "Supposed to be". I've not been following as closely since the pricing announcement but I've not seen them actually deliver this CAD style thing to customers - happy to hear if I'm wrong about that though! And, the fact that this video demo exists suggests it should be...

This is supposed to be the service manual, also supposedly available for free to buyers:

The High Tide is very exciting - I'm not familiar with that one, but off down the rabbit hole I go. The Beefy Jeep you are talking about is the Jeep J8 and it's fantastic and exactly what we need. https://www.motortrend.com/features/0808-4wd-jeep-wrangler-unlimited-j8/ (That article starts...

Except for the footprint - the HD trucks you described are a lot less tidy in terms of their overall size. The gren is "mid-sized size" with some pretty HD features. But, give me a Rubicon with an upgrade to 7,000 Lbs GVM (thus giving about an 1800lbs payload based on my old JK's numbers) and...

I’d rather not be in an accident at all :D but yeah, I can see there being advantages to being in a bigger truck. But, again, nothing the 150-series would do that the 250-350 wouldn’t be better at for a roughly similar physical Footprint. Same with the towing - though as I said, my little truck...

The Nissan Frontier is, I think, one of the best looking mid-sizers on the market right now (subjective of course), and the Pro4X package has an electronic rear locker and a few other decent off road goodies. But, like the others, it's got a 1200 pound payload. That's pretty low for a truck...

I am not sure if I would have preferred the Bronco on the way in - to start the hike fresh - or the Bronco on the way out after being exhausted from the hike. Either way I feel your pain (and the joy of the right solution for the use case).

What if I wanted to go explore the Marianas Trench with my new (used), shiny (well used) 315hp/400 ft-lbs truck? I'd sell it and buy a Submarine ;) I'm kidding, but jokes aside -- the fuel issue is a non-issue for me in my use case, and the use case drives the decision on what truck to buy...

Really interesting info, @jaywo. What you are saying about payload makes some sense; I’ve always looked at is as an emissions thing. CAFE regs seems to change at that 6,000 lbs mark, so tons of mid size trucks get GVWR limited to that even if substantively similar trucks overseas have payloads...

I agree with you. If I were to build my 3rd choice Gladiator, I’d be wanting to start with a Sport and go from there so I get only the mods that I want and nothing else. I love the robustness of the Rubicon transfer case but for me it is probably superfluous, and at least on the Jk, I think that...

I just read a bit more on the new Taco on the Expo website. @jaywo - your point about the trail hunter still being an unknown payload is still the reality, I didn’t see any numbers in the article. But it comes with an impressive bit of kit — if I can get my steel bumpers, skids, and even an air...

Thanks Jaywo for that info on payload! I didn’t realize the Ranger was sporting that much as base, that’s pretty incredible. My main reason for wagon vs truck is water and dustproofness of my kit. I have my Canyon well sorted to the point where this isn’t a problem; my problem now is actually...

Yes, kinda, but with caveats. The full size trucks do have better specs in almost every category, that is true. But in many cases, that’s a marginal improvement - 1900lbs payload vs 1500 lbs payload. Some full size even have less payload than the mid size because of the number of options. MPG...

Thanks for clarifying that @MotoDave and @rruff! It’s not a mock against it that it’s not got the LC300 frame of course, but it sure would be nice if it did from a confidence/robustness perspective. I am also under the impression that the Tundra and the LC300 are similar a la a Suburban and a...

The TFL video I watched last night on the new Tacomas said something about a 1700+ lbs payload on the base model Taco. That's a solid bump over what Colorado/Ranger offers at first glance, but it's likely/possible it will be much closer to that 1500lbs range or less as the trim goes up; on the...

And as a Triumph guy, I’m OBDII compatible so a $20 dongle does the job. We can go riding together and cast sympathetic glances to the GS guys from behind our muddy goggles though :D

That is an important issue. The “Right to Repair” is plaguing farmers now for sure, and it’s been creeping in for years. In the motorcycle world, thank goodness for GS911 - otherwise, folks would have to shell out thousands of dollars on software just to maintain their BMW adventure bikes (if...

This is a great addition, GetOutThere -- hours worked for wages is another metric that tells this story really well; I'd argue that the story is more or less the same. Canadians got really pushed out on this pricing; Americans got a bit of sticker shock, but it's not too far out of line of...

You are right but c’mon can’t I live off the hopium for a few hours before it’s dashed away? :D