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Tim in Scotland



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What if Toyota built a New Defender - PowerfulUK’s answer
 Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed!
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Supacat



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Some parts of that are hilarious.

Did I hear him right in that he's got more issues with the Defender ~ blank screens?
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Tim in Scotland



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Yep.......... would love to know if he has a lower VIN than mine, lower VIN = more practise required! Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed!
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If Toyota built a new Defender , it would be reliable , easier to repair and maintain, would be seen all around the globe in arduous conditions and would be affordable and probably on the market in 2006 . To summarize , a success story selling by the hundred of thousands and most probably built in Thailand , like a Hilux , Ranger , D Max etc .
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^ yeah, like the LC70 (could be wrong here), which comes out with a narrower track width at the rear than the front, so you have to spend mega bucks getting the track width to be the same... Rolling with laughter --
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mikelike wrote:
If Toyota built a new Defender , it would be reliable , easier to repair and maintain, would be seen all around the globe in arduous conditions and would be affordable and probably on the market in 2006 . To summarize , a success story selling by the hundred of thousands and most probably built in Thailand , like a Hilux , Ranger , D Max etc .
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I have an 828 numbered one on lone.
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Naks wrote:
^ yeah, like the LC70 (could be wrong here), which comes out with a narrower track width at the rear than the front, so you have to spend mega bucks getting the track width to be the same... Rolling with laughter


? Why? Cheers

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Naks



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^ because when you're driving in sand/mud/ruts, it's hell of a hard to do so when your rear tyres are not following in the same track as your front ones Thumbs Up --
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Supacat



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Philm wrote:
I have an 828 numbered one on lone.


Well that's the earliest identified one on here so far. 👏
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markb110



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Think you will find that Toyota with the HiLux have their own ongoing issues at the moment



The forced generation on the dash I believe is a do it yourself solution, ie you press the go button .

The wider axle mentioned earlier was because as engines got bigger the cheap solution for Toyota was to widen the front axle.

As the vehicle is primarily sold for third world and Australian mining operations and did not have to comply with Euro or US testing it’s more a case of the fact that they could get away with it and nothing else.
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Tim in Scotland



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This forum is an amazing font of knowledge even for non-JLR products! A few years back I was asked by a Prado/ Land Cruiser owner if I had any old Landie magazines to spare. I asked why - it was because a lot of the off-road kit sold in those magazines also fits onto many of the Japanese 4x4’s too - bull bars, trim winch carriers and all sorts of accessories. Also LR kit is way way cheaper than buying imported Japanese bits, especially for the used import vehicles. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed!
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Supacat



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Nice article on the Toyota Land Cruiser with the 5.7-liter V-8:


Click image to enlarge


https://www.outsideonline.com/2406282/toyota-land-cruiser-ode

The section on Durability is something many wish JLR would do:

"Durability: Where any other Toyota is designed and durability-tested to fulfill a 15-year service life of typical on-road use, the company builds and tests the Land Cruiser to ensure it can survive 25 years of constant off-road use in good condition. Unlike virtually every other vehicle on the market, the Land Cruiser is not built down to a price, it’s built up to this requirement."

I can only guess their working definition is something different?
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My nephew had a 6 year old Toyota Tundra in Ohio, gave him no end of trouble with brake issues and rusted structural parts despite annual wax oil treatment in preparation for winter. Got rid of it for a Jeep. So not all good. 2020 Defender 110 SE 240D: Fuji White.
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