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waterrover:
and perhaps listen to those lucky chaps who actualy make a living , doing what your talking about

laser_jock99:

--- Quote from: "waterrover" ---in 15 years of towing 3.5 tonne drilling rigs i have never seen a land cruiser , and i do this all over the uk on huge sites such as the olympics and commonwealth games to name a few . this is fact not my oppinion altho i admitt a leaning to landrover .
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I've never owned one (couldn't afford to run it!) but the 4.2L TD Landcruiser is an awesome towcar. I know of a yacht transport company that uses them a lot. Comercial use/towing isn't common because the 4.2L TD is now more than £50K new! Double the price of 110! Although I frequntly see older 1990-97 80 Series Landcruisers used as private towcars. One local chap uses an Amazon to tow his moded Defender to offroad playdays! 80 Series Landcruisers are also good offroaders too (they have all the difflocks and a solid front axle).

Lyndsey731:
Disco for me, just watch for the rust :cry:  :cry:

Gav

Evilgoat:

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I LIke, L200's, Shoguns, Defenders, Discoverys, Navaras and Land Cruisers

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there you go then, just drive them all and see whats the best fit for you, we all like different things.

they will all do exactly what you want them to do. just have fun choosing :D  :D
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Plenty of LWB Pajeros about at reasonable money :)
As for the hilux back end being to light, same applies to any pickup, having driven a few pickups theres worse, can actually get a ranger sideways on the washboarding on some roads ;)

Landrover reliability is always going to be questionable sadly, as a rule the japs are better. In 4 years the Paj had only needed fuel lines doing. Where as a mates 200TDI has needed an alternator, intercooler, starter, and now a re-engine after about a year and a bit of moderate use, and the 200TDi is supposedly one of the better ones.

If you dont mind having to fix it from time to time and you can deal with the fact ocasionally it will give you aggro then tbh green oval is the only real choice. They are one one the most capable breeds of 4x4 on the planet and modding them is normally a cheap affair too. Take the price of any given mod to a landie and multiply by at least 3 to get the same mods price for a jap 4x4 :( I know, I drive a zook.

Before the green oval brigade put you off with all this mention of lr being the only ones that are used professionally, Hants Constabulary have at least two Hiluxes, St Johns UK run a fleet of Terrano II ambulances as do some NHS trusts and I've seen a few Hilux coastguard busses.

666:
Vauxhall Frontera TDI? Almost same chassis as trooper, not bad for towing and not as bad off road as some landrover owners would have you think :wink:

Coming down in price too and low insurance group compared to Discos and Surfs!

Cheers

Mark

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