Toyota troop carriers.

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Originally Posted by 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;)

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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.

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Originally Posted by CraigE

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.
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The LT 33,000kms full brake rotor change and a new clutch coming up. 2nd set of tyres inc 2 spares.

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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:(

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Originally Posted by loanrangie

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.

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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;)

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

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

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

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Originally Posted by Stephen Price

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

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

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

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Originally Posted by joel_nicholson

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

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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: