It’s so rare to find an LC of any type for so cheap. I’d take it for what it is, fit some seat covers and have some Duke boys level of fun with it. If it breaks catastrophically, I won’t feel so bad.
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Land Cruiser 4 ever ! I have an LX 570 with 200K, never had a failure or shop visit that wasn’t brakes tires or drive belt.
My first car was a 1985 Volvo 740 wagon my parents gave me with 220,000 miles on the clock. It drove great until it died of an electrical short circuit at 306,000 miles in late 2010. The last tank of gas I put in it, I calculated 32 mpg. Original engine, never rebuilt, original transmission (4 speed with overdrive),…
The type of car matters a lot.
I had a 2002 Jetta TDI and absolutely loved that car. Babied it. Rotella T6 every 10000km, new fuel filter every second oil change, put a block (well, inline coolant) heater in so she’d fire up nice and warm in the winter. You could eat ice cream off the EGR. And still it was SUCH A PIECE OF SHIT. Something was…
Care helps, but initial design and quality manufacture help more. If the motor has a weak spot because the cooling passages are terrible or the factory damages the parts at installation (Hi FORD/MAZDA) then it doesn’t matter what the owner does.
Your dad is cool.
My dad still has his ‘86.
I used to hate rich people when I was younger, but now my job is entirely based on rich people spending shit-tonnes of money having me build fancy cars for them. They’re really some of the nicest people I’ve met, and at some point you realize that it’s stupid to be pissed off at people who happened to be in the right…
Racing cars and bulding cars that can compete with super cars is a very expensive hobby. Everybody here has a bunch of disposable income they can piss away in part for personal gratification but also in part for status within their community. If you are looking for class warfare between the haves and have nots,…
for the sake of some pretend-drama on a Netflix show
May I suggest this:
Wow, I didn’t know Ferrari was making sedans.
Depends on the vehicle, granny gear means starting in 2nd all the time, unless you are off road and about to climb.
Real drivers start in the crawler gear, because real drivers are rock crawling.
Makes sense, but in the real world use my 4.27 1st and 4.18 final drive makes this difficult.
Not to mention the short wheelbase version, which is really the SUV of your dreams
This could be the two door manual Prado/Lexus version.