Reply With Quoteyep! I saw three of these those ultra reliable marques 'just resting' on the side of three different freeways whilst going about my regular work routine.
The 80 .. had been left there for 3 days.
RoverLord
Today the creek had gone down enough for me to get into the village through next door's, to pick up mail and swap a gas cylinder.
I was sufficiently suspicious of the creek to take off boots, sox and trousers and walk across first - no more than about 19", and only sinking six inches or so into the sand. But got across no issues.
On the way back, just off the main road, my neighbour was having some problems with a mob of sheep, trying to get them into his yards. So I stopped and gave him a hand. He had been herding them with his Prado, but it seems to have busted a CV joint, and only goes in low range. Very reliable these Toyotas. After we got the sheep in he said he would be OK to get home in low range, so I left him.
John
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TopicToaster
Supporteryep! I saw three of these those ultra reliable marques 'just resting' on the side of three different freeways whilst going about my regular work routine.
The 80 .. had been left there for 3 days.
Arthur.
All these discos are giving me a heart attack!
'99 D1 300Tdi Auto ( now sold :( )
'03 D2 Td5 Auto
'03 D2a Td5 Auto
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I'll never forget an 80 series (from memory) on the Whitten bridge (Ring Rd Melby) in the emergency lane heading north.Originally Posted by AK83
The owner was peering over the side to see where his left rear wheel had gone. Bloody long way down.
DL
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TopicToaster
Supporteryeah, but when you read the commonly repeated marketing diatribes that some makes are 'unbreakable' .. and yet see many of those types sitting on the side of freeways(obviously with a fail to proceed moment)
It's just nice to bring a sense of reality, in that every make of machinery has the potential to break down.
That their specific piece of equipment hasn't, doesn't make the marque bullet proof.
Of the Toyota specific brand, my experience(not my own, but via family) with the three of them over the years has been 100% failure in some major way.
Only recently my BIL got himself a Kluger type thing .. so far that I know it hasn't .. but it's a very late model.
Arthur.
All these discos are giving me a heart attack!
'99 D1 300Tdi Auto ( now sold :( )
'03 D2 Td5 Auto
'03 D2a Td5 Auto
Wizard
SupporterAt least if your Defender (old type) or series Land Rover gave bother it is usually economic to repair it.
I knew someone who had engine trouble (not specified) with a Mitshubishi Pajero who said it was not worth his while to repair it. I thought this to be short sited as everything else was O.K.
Swaggie
And my experience,not someone elses brother,uncle,lover,whatever,yadda,yadda,or what someone said on a forum.....
There are 7 on our books at the moment.
Others have been pensioned off,at around the 300000km mark,without a single repair.
Most have been used as service vehicles,loaded not far off GVM,driven,worked out of,all day ,every day.
Never had a major repair,the biggest a failed set of bearings in one of the vans diffs.No other issues at all.
With a total milege of well over 1.5M K's,from my experience with other brands,nothing comes close.
Anyway,just my 2 cents worth,and my own exoerience...
Oh,and DPF's in the Diesels, have them as well,since around 2015,never had an issue.
Maybe we are just lucky,although i dont think so,although they are all serviced on time and correctly.
TopicToaster
SupporterYeah, but for someone elses brothers, sisters, partners, next door neighbour ... you don't usually have to recover it for them, and then try to effect the repairs(Dads 60 series, and sisters Rav).And my experience,not someone elses brother,uncle,lover,whatever,yadda,yadda,or what someone said on a forum.....
.......
Nor did it break down on you when you had a load of food to deliver(my uncles Hiace van).
Not saying they're not reliable, but just like any other mechanical and or electrical/electronic machine .. they do break.
What you see/read from so many sources is that they're 'unbreakable'. That they never let you down, and thats why they went with this particular brand.
funniest example was AStPW and his African 105 ... got it all fixed and then heads out for his 1000klm journey and somewhere along the trip, it locks him out because of a fault in the alarm/locking system.
Very soon after a lot of money went into it to have it all rebuilt.
Arthur.
All these discos are giving me a heart attack!
'99 D1 300Tdi Auto ( now sold :( )
'03 D2 Td5 Auto
'03 D2a Td5 Auto
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