Thread: 4wd Action 200 Series Review DVD- this months edition

I just sat through this, and i know its probably a paid advertisement from Toyota so they arent going to say anything to bad about it, and nor should they its a relatively good vehicle, all be it over priced. But there are a few things that got up my nose a bit. Glen was testing the DAC (Downhill control) and it is so bloody noisy its not funny, it sounds like someone is stroking a purring cat on steroids through a load speaker, fair dinkum its really loud. Glen made sure he was posititive about it saying its reasuring hearing the sound because you know its working, but in the Best 4wd of 2008 test on the other DVD with this months mag Roothy was honest, he reckoned it was just plain annoying, and that with some skill you were better off going down the hills without it. The D3 seems to manage to do things fairly quietly i have no idea why the 200 series' gadgets need to be so loud.

They did have a whole heap of people crapping on about how toyotas were the only vehicles that could cope with the conditions of the cape and so on. But they interviewed a mechanic up that way who said that a whole heap of "imported" 4wds come and do the cape and they arent up to the task, so they come to him and say can you fix this and he has to tell them he cant do anything, but if they had a toyota he could help them. What a load of f-ing tripe. 1stly when did toyota start making the Land Cruiser in Australia? Last time i checked they were imported aswell. Secondly i doubt he would have every spare toyota part available in his workshop so would more than likely need to order parts in, could this not be done for any other vehicle?

At the begining they gave a brief history about Land Cruiser in Australia and how they discovered Australia, what a load of crap. Sure i am a land rover fan, and i wouldnt care if the facts were truthful, but they arent. The claim the Land Cruiser was responsible for building the Snowy mountains scheme, it might have when they finally arrived in Australia, but for the several years before Land Cruiser was even available here the Snowy Mountains Scheme employed some 800 Series 1 Land Rovers. Secondly how they hell could toyota have discovered Australia, early Explorers like Len Beadel used Land Rovers. Now this isnt a rant because i like land rovers and hate toyotas cause i dont hate toyotas, this is a rant because Toyota claim all this crap and it simply isnt true. Land Rover was in Australia for some 8 odd years before land cruiser even arrived here.

I am sure Toyota has played a large part in what they claim but they have stretched the truth somewhat in this DVD, sure its an advertisement and they arent exactly known for their truth, but some of what is in this is to far off just to be advertising spin.

I feel better now.

Originally Posted by Ace

Yeah but i dont get it. It must be the so called toyota reputation selling this thing, the D3 is a so much better vehicle and it has proven very reliable. When will people learn.

When Land Rover has a dealer network like Toyota's