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Again with the self proclaimed accolades....some of the most educated people I know are the biggest knuckleheads. The smartest guy I knew as a kid, zero college, top notch welder, I used to go down to his shop and look at the Salt Flat cars he'd build from scratch. He did everything, engines...

Just because you can does not mean you should. Go ask any old timer / full time traveler, guarantee they fall into the camp buying more truck than you need, there really is no argument against that logic.

It's called "factor of safety", I get it, learned that in high school but sounds like you needed an engineering degree to figure that out? I have one too but let's keep the discussion to the point vs throwing out juvenile personal accolades, many folks have them. Nobody is saying it's going to...

No more questions besides the ones I asked and you didn't answer. But I digress, you are a man who has convinced himself of something, don't let me stand in the way of that.

You can say it all you want doesn't make it true. Prove it - outside of tires, how would you know what those things are "rated" for but more importantly what loads they encounter on a daily basis? Driving down a flat highway is one thing, encountering real world conditions is different like...

Makes sense I'd agree with @ramblinChet if you are operating at edge of envelope - 3/4 to 1 T trucks capacities are not "real" in the same sense as true HD commercial vehicles that can operate at rated capacities for the life of the rig. Ford/Dodge/Chevy play with numbers, they "can" do it but...

This is a niche vehicle and unless they thought it was in their best interest, it's not their job to figure out "worth" in a market that certainly doesn't follow std. ebbs and flows of typical vehicles. If it were me, I'd depreciate sales price based on what I thought the market is doing (in...

That may be a workaround - but they are steps from all the literature I've read.

I didn't catch that at first, that's $1040 a month...ouch!

There is not a big enough price difference IMO, the LC is going to pull all those folks buying higher end 4runners. Can you name another manuf. with that much overlap in basically the exact same niche vehicle? I.e., BOF, 4x4, offroad packages, masculine styling, oversize tires, etc? I could...

I'm not comparing them, trust me I get it - I was asking the question based on what somebody else said. Based on what some others are convinced of I think you may be wrong.....it *seems* that the new Tacoma....and I assume the 4Runner....have the 9.5" rear end and are built on the same general...

So you are saying the LC Prado (Aus) = the new LC 250? Not sure that jives when the 4runner here = Prado and we have the GX that = Prado. If you can get a 4runner on a sim platform as the LC250, why upgrade to a LC? The previous reasoning was it was built to a higher standard, was heavier...

Certainly makes sense - I was trying to explain Toyotas thought process to somebody and simply can't figure it out and can't explain it, but I bet you are right.....new 4runner may be sim to a Bronco Sport or Honda Ridgeline, "light offroad / lifestyle vehicle" while the 250 is the offroad SUV....

Absolutely love it - my first thought was 7.3 Godzilla swap then I scrolled down, 100% the right call. I'd (personally) leave a bit of patina on that sucker and deck out the engine bay/undercarriage/retro interior but you've got a a super cool rig there....two of them actually. Please report...

Same opinion when you are laying on an operating table :)

You can tell a lot about a person based on their responses sometimes!

Lots to unpack there but I think you are missing the point, who cares about the name as much as the historic design philosophy that went with the name. Nobody said a Prado was a piece of crap - go find that post, you and some of the others are projecting, sorry. Great rig for what it is, but...

Exactly - that was kind of my point all along, folks care about the platform and how it's built, they should have just come out and said something to that effect. I guys over at IH8MUD are debating this too, somebody pointed out just today that the published weight specs are very close between...

Source? How about front differential?

LOL - have Scott ask those dudes when they are going to get their act together, maybe they should spend their time working on the pre-order production plan vs galivanting around Africa on a social media trip. That kind of stuff bugs me, I get things are pushed or issues come up, who hasn't been...