What big 4wd do you have?

[~clover~]

Yeah, mines a 96 & we just got the second recall notice in 4 months! Its the same though, blinkers on the other side. Makes it fun when I get into mum's car & turn the windscreen wipers on to go around the corner
I like the look of the newer ones. They are perdy, but I hate that I can't buy seat covers for it unless i have them custom made & not many mechanics are particularly keen to work on it. Plus being imported it costs more for parts etc. Its a bit small too.
I like that tires etc for the explorer are still the same size, so same price range as a sedan, but we need the next size up. 3 seats would be a very, very tight squeeze across our back seat.
And the fact that its more a town car. I dunno about the newer ones, but from our experience with mine, they just aren't made for the roads we drive on. Its not real great for towing either, although its good as a 4wd.

We've had it for a bit over 2 years now, & I'll be happy to see it go. Where as my commodore we had before it, I cried when it went I just don't love this car

[Bathsheba]

My BIL is a mechanic and owner of a few big 4WDS... they do lots of off road trips into Central Aust and live out of town etc so really put them through their paces. He is a huge advocate for Toyota vehicles. We wanted a 7 seater but not a truck and narrowed ours down to a Kluger Grande which is probably too soft for what you want but it's been perfect for us. We just recently bought it and it's a 2008 model.

[kawazuki]

we haev a land cruiser 100 series.
the jackaroos lack boot space so when all seats are up they suck literally. youd be struggling to fit a bag or pram behind the seats.

we got teh cruiser as even when seats are up its got enough room for pram and bags behind the seat.
if you go diesil in teh cruiser you will not find one under 10 years old for under 30 grand.

we got the 4.5l petrol/ gas its great cheap to runa dn easy to fix.
engine will last as long as the diesil if you look after it
its easier to drive than my falcon was and i can park it in tight spots.
i have pics of ours on face book. we are kitting ours out as we like doing serious off road.
you just have to remember that the smaller the car the less leg room you will have.

ours will easily fit 3 car seats across teh middle row and then 3 people in the back.

we paid 22 grand for ours and its a 98 model with 200000km on it.

[~clover~]

The cruiser I was looking at (well saw in the paper) was 17 grand. 98 model as well. May have had more k's on it. Not sure.
I'm not quite as worried about kms on a 4wd as they are made for long distances, but am keeping an eye on that. Good to know how many yours had for 22, so I can compare
Thanks.