Toyota troop carriers.

[Aaron]

Do you have a soft spot for troopies?

Go on... just admit it. I do. They're so damn ugly, how can you not love them.

[rangieman]

Do you have a soft spot for troopies?

Go on... just admit it. I do. They're so damn ugly, how can you not love them.
Go wash ya mouth out with soap boy:twisted:

[Aaron]

Come on.... Be a man! Just admit you have a slight weakness!

[B92 8NW]

Look they are ok, but to drive the NA 4.2 Diesel, you place a brick on the throttle pedal and leave it there.

[rangieman]

Come on.... Be a man! Just admit you have a slight weakness!
I own a Defender and you reckon a troopy is ugly :Rolling:

[CraigE]

After just getting out of on (an ambulance) not 5 miutes ago, how can you say that. As said a brick on the accelerator is needed to keep them at 100kmph.

[rovercare]

Mmmmm, interesting, considering my old man has a 79 series RV and has done The canning, cape york, simpson, kimberelys without a hiccup, they cant be all bad;)

[CraigE]

Mmmmm, interesting, considering my old man has a 79 series RV and has done The canning, cape york, simpson, kimberelys without a hiccup, they cant be all bad;)
They will do the work, but are a bit of a slug. Should not have to drive everywhere with your foot flat to the floor and our two have only done 33,000 and 21,000kms. They are ok but get real uncomfortable after a couple of hours in the saddle.
At least a Defender has character.
;)
The LT 33,000kms full brake rotor change and a new clutch coming up. 2nd set of tyres inc 2 spares.

[Jeff]

I drove a leaf spring one and was shocked at how badly they handle. You need to turn well before you get to a corner or you end up on the wrong side of the road. That 4.2 diesel feels like a huge weight in the front. The coil spring one felt a little better but still feels front heavy. The Defender feels like a sports car in comparison.

Jeff

:rocket:

[Gromit68]

I had one for a year's project use in the NT. I also used two leaf sprung dual cab Hiluxes. The Troopy was famously unreliable - admittedly it got used hard by the department but it would constantly overheat, drop hoses on the side of the road, quit air-conditioning and it was generally very uncomfortable.

There is a significant bump in the driver's floor that after a few hours gets quite frustrating, it was slow and it only pulled a 5m boat slightly better than the Hiluxes. Plus, the handling was really quite scary - there's more lean in corners than an elderly, overloaded RR!

I much preferred the underpowered Hilux utes - they were more reliable, more comfortable and despite the small fuel tank, were a much better work truck. I did campaign for a D130, but the fleet operators wouldn't budge. :(

[loanrangie]

Mmmmm, interesting, considering my old man has a 79 series RV and has done The canning, cape york, simpson, kimberelys without a hiccup, they cant be all bad;)

There is no doubt that they are built for a task and do it well but are more truck like than even an old 4spd rangie. After all they are what are basically killing the market for defenders in oz.

[rovercare]

They will do the work, but are a bit of a slug. Should not have to drive everywhere with your foot flat to the floor and our two have only done 33,000 and 21,000kms. They are ok but get real uncomfortable after a couple of hours in the saddle.
At least a Defender has character.
;)
The LT 33,000kms full brake rotor change and a new clutch coming up. 2nd set of tyres inc 2 spares.

Its a 1HD-FTE not a 1HZ, so it actually goes:D

Well to, with chip:eek:

Beat you all wish you could tick the box for factory diff locks:(

[rovercare]

There is no doubt that they are built for a task and do it well but are more truck like than even an old 4spd rangie. After all they are what are basically killing the market for defenders in oz.

He wanted a Defender really, drive better, better to pack, 4 doors, better fuel economy, but travelling for 3 months every year, he didn't want to be worried about.......niggles, for want of a better term;)

[87County]

Do you have a soft spot for troopies?

Go on... just admit it. I do. They're so damn ugly, how can you not love them.

well they just havn't got it for cooking & work space on the fender's fenders, but

[Landy110]

I've got a soft spot for all toyotas......

It's somewhere near the middle of the MacQuarie Marshes!!!:D

[loanrangie]

I've got a soft spot for all toyotas......

It's somewhere near the middle of the MacQuarie Marshes!!!:D

There are a few soft spots on fraser that seems to be a good spot for them also.

[Treads]

Look they are ok, but to drive the NA 4.2 Diesel, you place a brick on the throttle pedal and leave it there.

That's strange, I guess I haven't driven one fully loaded, but I thought the 4.2 went alright? The main one I've driven was an RFS coil front end job. Here to Narrabri and back last year I had to reset the GPS log for fear of the superiors finding out just how well it went :angel: All I know is it used alot more fuel than my old mans 70 series with the 4.0L.

Meh! maybe I was just lucky and found a good one :wasntme: