L322 vs Landcruiser - the grey nomads have it.

**GregMilner** · 20th July 2016, 05:52 PM

Having never previously set up camp in a caravan park for more than an overnight stop, our few days in Broome's Cable Beach caravan park has been something of a revelation.
My FFRR feels terribly out of place. People look at it as I drive through the park, with a look that seems to say 'what's THAT doing here? It's not a Landcruiser!"

This is a massive park, with more than 500 bays. And I swear, more than half of all the cars here are Saharas. I'd never really thought about the Grey Dollar, but by crikey, these old folks wield some serious financial power, with their $130,000 Saharas hooked up to their massive $100,000-plus caravans.

If anybody here on the forum works for Toyota, I offer this idea for their next commercial: put out a call to all Grey Nomads in Broome who drive 'Cruisers - line up on Cable Beach for a photo shoot. You'd get more than a thousand of 'em, easy, on any given day.

Having said all that...I still like the idea of having probably the only FFRR in the whole of Broome, and certainly this part of it:-)

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 20th July 2016, 05:56 PM

Anywhere else to stay?
and I wouldnt be concerned with all the truck drivers

**Narangga** · 20th July 2016, 06:09 PM

Enjoy the stay Greg - and may the Permagrin be with you.

**justinc** · 20th July 2016, 06:23 PM

Greg don't worry they are just blind leading the blind. Unimaginative and bored. And some of the lc200 issues can be more expensive and inconvenient than any ffrr problems...☺

Jc

**p38arover** · 20th July 2016, 06:35 PM

C'mon, Justin! Toyotas don't have problems.

**GregMilner** · 20th July 2016, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Anywhere else to stay?
and I wouldnt be concerned with all the truck drivers

Pedro there are plenty of other parks in Broome - all of 'em full of grey nomads driving Cruisers:-)

**GregMilner** · 20th July 2016, 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by justinc

Greg don't worry they are just blind leading the blind. Unimaginative and bored. And some of the lc200 issues can be more expensive and inconvenient than any ffrr problems...☺

Jc

Don't shout this around, but about three weeks ago I spent a week with some buddies driving to Dirk Hartog Island and back, doing some fishing. We took Ian's new Sahara (the roads on the island are so narrow and rocky he now regrets volunteering his car:-) and to be honest it was big, powerful and pretty comfortable...in that bland, characterless, pedestrian kind of way that seems bred into the DNA of all Toyotas. Yes, I could - and might one day - buy one if we ever decided to seriously join Grey Nomadship - but I don't think I could ever be thrilled by it. Nobody walks past a Cruiser and thinks 'Mmmmm...'

**Homestar** · 20th July 2016, 07:24 PM

Are the first words out of their mouth "so what sort of fuel economy do you get out of that?"

It seems to be the default grey nomad question everywhere I've been. And when you're driving a 101 you should see the looks they give you when your answer is "She's been running like a dream today - got down to 22LPH on the flat"

**GregMilner** · 20th July 2016, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by Homestar

Are the first words out of their mouth "so what sort of fuel economy do you get out of that?"

It seems to be the default grey nomad question everywhere I've been. And when you're driving a 101 you should see the looks they give you when your answer is "She's been running like a dream today - got down to 22LPH on the flat"

Nobody's asked me that yet. But I'd be happy to tell them mine gets better economy than their Cruiser. By a long way. Towing a 1.6 ton camper at 110, we averaged 15l/100km on the 2,100km drive up here, and a fair bit of that was on dirt.

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 20th July 2016, 07:28 PM

All the reason any sane person needs--

"Nobody walks past a Cruiser and thinks 'Mmmmm...'

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