Dear Joe,

When it comes to owning a 20-30yr-old 4x4 it seems you either pay a little at a time ‘all the time’ or you pay a lot after longer intervals depending on what you’re driving.

On a regular 80 I wholeheartedly agree, but after some time around this truck I grew to like the LX body cladding in the overall picture and came over to my friend’s way of thinking. If you take out one piece the rest looks odd and he decided to keep the factory running boards since he doesn’t have need for heavy duty…

Actually belongs to a friend. He had a ‘93 LC80 that got totaled, then he went a few years without one. Finally he HAD to have another 80-Series and lucked out with this LX. Less than 150k miles, all pavement, was a dealer runabout for half its life, and of course full Lexus service records.

Even a bee-yoo-tee-ful LX can be improved on.

Must have been built on a Wednesday.

My second car was a 1981 Subaru GL Wagon, 5-speed, brown (no lie), FWD. It climbed all over the quarry that the local kids all took their 4x4s to. I was told at the time (and believed it) that Subaru used the same springs and shocks on all their cars, both AWD and FWD.

Which I said in the sentence prior to your quote.

I had to open my pedantic mouth. (lol)

I think the proper description would be self-righting or non-capsizing.

If at first you don’t succeed, keep on sucking until you do succeed.

Maybe he meant 12ft high?

Don’t forget Tax, Title, and Towing.

Ironically, this Prestone-sponsored car has adequate interior cooling.

Looks like the official thought it was the Forbidden Dance.

The Gumball Rally.

I think the GTFO bumper sticker from Blipshift should be standard issue.

It still cracks me up that it makes logistical sense for an Overnight package going from San Antonio to Austin flies to Kentucky or Tennessee in-between while Ground delivery is a 1-2hr truck drive between sorting hubs.

This may be the most obvious example of automotive market differences I’ve ever seen.

I guess that would be a √1 or /1 engine?