Thread: Back trade. Opinions. D3 to D2 TD5

Originally Posted by maxperformance

I was a man of Landcruiser until I came to a D2 Auto Td5 then now D2a manual. What a D2/D2a could offer me?

Pros:
- Classic shape. Classic configuration and set up of everything.
- Turbocharged Diesel. Drinks less diesel than other real 4WD at the same towing capacity and same age.
- Towing 3.5T capacity, and it REALLY DOES the rated job whole day long if you know how to drive with it safely.
- 5/7 seaters.
- Relatively Easy to work on. Could be pulled apart and work bottom up by yourself.

Cons:
- not many toys around the market and they are still expensive or very expensive (things like light guards or rock slider set are bloody hard to get).
- some mechanic or electronics design in D2 are stupid or annoying.

More than a few times I thought of a D3 or D4, but come down to Manual gearbox option then nothing could pass a D2/D2A.

Find a good D2/D2a, probably then you don't sell it in less than 5 - 10 years.

Have been looking out for rocksliders and I see ARB have them but only for Coil Spring vehicles, are there others available out there?
You forgot to put in Cons
- non LR people turn to gibberising buffons around campsites totally incapable of seeing any issues their own vehicles possess, think it must be the constant short sharp jerking ride they experience on trails rather the cushioned rolly polly.

It's a shame APT don't make bits for the D2 anymore, they made great rock sliders and bash plates