nah,  youre wrong bojack.

a good old landcruiser HDJ 79 R 6 cyl deisel was unbreakable to 500,000 km if you did the filter changes frequently.

with a modern 4 cylinder turbo desiel  (that is in the ranger, bt50, hilux, navarra, amarok, isuzu and triton )  ie  in nearly every modern 4 wd

you wont get 1/2 that mileage.


the CAT in a hilux needs a burn every 700 km, drive thru water after a burn abd its good night CAT (2000 bucks).

the exhaust recycling ensures the top of the engine is baked with black gunk,

old cars sprayed fuel all over the valves and fuel cleans,
to save a bit of fuel , some now spray direct into the cylinder, so there go your valves.

toyotas have an oil dilution problem.

tritons and navarras gum up.

injectors get fouled.

computer codes come on and you spend 1000's at dealers getting things fixed.

its false economy.
its great for the dealers, they make a fortune fixing crap when the warranty runs out or they scam with things like the tritons 10 year warranty  , and then have some 18 yo with acne charging you 900 bucks to do a service  .


fuel is the least of your worries,

buy the most simple vehicle you can get without all the junk on it.

service it yourself

if it sucks a bit more gas, you will still end up way way in front.




OR

buy a new 4wd
spemnd a fortune fixing the "built in redundancies"
junk it at 180,000 km when the cost becomes overwhelming

get me to tow it to the wreckers for you in my indestructable toyota

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Nov 5^th, 2020 at 1:56pm:


Sprint wants a good experience touring OZ.
I'd advise a low km diesel 6 from Toyota with a good service history, preferably from western nsw or qld where it hasn't been on the beach and has mainly done highway miles.

Us farmers get them sans sales tax and with a deisel fuel rebate.

Such a car , with say 150 k still has 350 k of great motoring and sprint can service it himself.


Or he can spend more than that on an endless money pit, over engineered modern turbo deisel and suffer the indignity of breakdowns

heres one from car sales.


gawd they hold their value.

thats because the market agrees with aquascoot.

a 14 yo car still want 38 k for it.

you buy a new car today and it will be worth nothing in 14 yrs

Toyota Landcruiser HZJ105R 2006 Diesel Wagon, 97,000km. $37,500 with RWC and Registration.
Regretful sale. Fantastic Reliable Vehicle.Second owner, always serviced as per maintenance schedule.
Very good condition, clean car, fully set up for camping, has never done beach work, Country Car, Rides and Runs Well.
Excellent Aircon, Bull Bar, LED Spotlights, Lift Kit, Headers, Dual Fuel Filters and Tanks, Side Steps, Side Awning, Two Rear Drawers and Fridge Slide, Tow Bar and Ball, Dual Optima Batteries, Anderson Plugs Front and Rear also standard Solar Sonnectors at rear, Heavy Duty Clutch, Catch Can Pro with new Filter, K &N Air Filter, running Nulon Semi-Synthetic oil with Ryco SynTec Oil Filter, Genuine Roof Racks, Canvas Custom Front Seat Covers, Spare Key, Desert Dueller Tyres with good tread including the spare, set up with Third 130AH battery in rear with C-Tek battery to battery charger and C-Tek Bluetooth Battery Monitor, Excellent A/C, Bluetooth Stereo with Hands Free and Phone Holder.

No guts to it. This whole modern engines/cars suck thing is tiresome.

aquascoot wrote on Nov 5^th, 2020 at 2:46pm:


They certainly are one of the better vehicles at holding their price.
I think  this one is a bit optimistic. it does have low kms and has many extras.

it is certainly NOT a good buy

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https://www.redbook.com.au/cars/details/2006-toyota-landcruiser-standard-manual-...