RE: Toyota Land Cruiser V8 | High Mile Club

RE: Toyota Land Cruiser V8 | High Mile Club

Monday 6th December 2021

Toyota Land Cruiser V8 | High Mile Club

Well, if ever there was a car built for 200,000 miles...



When looking for a High Mile Club gem the holy grail is the unusual car with an out-of-the-ordinary number of miles ticked off - perhaps a Ferrari or McLaren that's done more than 1,000-miles per year, for example. That's man bites dog territory, whereas a Toyota that's done a spaceship miles is dog bites man. It's the everyday. It's expected. But forgive us our sins, because we couldn't help directing your attention to this Toyota Land Cruiser, because it's done a sit-yourself-down-and-soak-it-all-in 192,000 miles. Even for a Toyota that's noteworthy. It's at least man nibbles dog.

Bringing out the old line about 'how many times around the earth' is a bit trite, I'll admit, but I've never claimed to have much depth so I'll carry on regardless: that's eight-times around the earth's circumference and only 38,000-miles short of the moon, if I've got my sums right. So it is genuinely a spaceship, other than small details like it's never entered orbit.

You might be thinking that's all well and good, but £23k for a Land Cruiser that's a mosquito's probiscis short of twice round the clock is a bit steep when you can buy similar-era Land Cruisers for less with fewer miles. That's true, but they would be - and correct me if I'm wrong, because the Land Cruiser line-up is a minefield - the less posh versions with a chugging four-cylinder diesel. This is the top-spec J200 with Toyota's 4.5-litre V8 diesel - the first V8 diesel from Toyota. It had common rail injection and produced 286hp at 3,600rpm, backed-up by a colossal 479lb ft of shove from just 1,600rpm. It also comes to you with a six-speed auto 'box (with manual override and low-range), four-wheel active height control and adaptive suspension.



What's remarkable, even for a Toyota, is how clean it looks inside and out. Admittedly the steering wheel has a cover on, so we cannot see whether it's threadbare underneath, but judging by the rest of the interior that seems unlikely. The driver's seat looks like it's showing little signs of use, as is everything else inside. Normally you'd expect to see the surface of the commonly used switches worn away, or the central armrest disintegrating just a little, but no: it's like it's led a charmed life pottering on the school run.

As much as we love Land Rovers on PH, the Land Cruiser is no lightweight when it comes to off roading, either, and even at this mileage, I'd still pick this example over something from the Midlands if I were about to head off into the hinterland. I remember a friend of mine going off on an African safari and in the party were two cars: a new Defender, which kept on breaking, and an older Land Cruiser, which never faltered.

So yes, £23k does seem like an inordinate sum to spend on a car that's done 3.4021559 x 10-8 Light Years, but, it seems, the materials they build Land Cruisers from are not of this world. And that makes it interesting, unusual and definitely worth celebrating. Welcome to the club.

Here's the ad.





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Hairymonster

Original Poster:

1,626 posts

120 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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Wow - that's all the money isn't it?

SkankHunt42

8 posts

43 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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If you look at the market and residuals, this isn't particularly expensive at all. It's a full fat 200 series Landcruiser which with regular maintenance should be able to double its current mileage without many (if any) major issues. The prices of 80 series Landcruisers have skyrocketed recently, and the 100 series is not too far behind. The only thing that really gets them in the UK is rust.

If I had to have only one car in my garage, it would be the 200 series. If you go to anywhere even relatively remote in the world (Middle East / Australia / mongolia, etc), this is practically the only car they use.

Longtime Lurker

188 posts

98 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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SkankHunt42 said:
If you look at the market and residuals, this isn't particularly expensive at all. It's a full fat 200 series Landcruiser which with regular maintenance should be able to double its current mileage without many (if any) major issues. The prices of 80 series Landcruisers have skyrocketed recently, and the 100 series is not too far behind. The only thing that really gets them in the UK is rust.

If I had to have only one car in my garage, it would be the 200 series. If you go to anywhere even relatively remote in the world (Middle East / Australia / mongolia, etc), this is practically the only car they use.

SimonTheSailor

12,774 posts

243 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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I was just thinking I'm off to the middle east shortly - what car do I need ?

pb8g09

2,804 posts

84 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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Not sure what to make of this.

It's a good example of a high mileage vehicle that's not been abused and generally looked after. But the owner seems to want a Christmas bonus.

Augustus Windsock

3,612 posts

170 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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How did the Toyota advert go?
Something like (and I paraphrase);
“If you want to get somewhere, choose a Land Rocer. But if you want to get back too, choose a Land Cruiser”
Apologies if the wording isn’t accurate of course but the sentiment is there.
Personally I’d rather have one of these over a LR, they seem to be made from granite, weapons -grade metals and industrial diamonds.
There’s an old boy where I used to live that has the previous generation version, the 4.2 diesel and I believe his is on well over 300K miles (that’s when I last saw him a couple of years ago) and can only presume from what old neighbours say that he is still driving it.

richinlondon

720 posts

137 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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these V8's really hold there value and they are a handsome machine. I always wonder why Toyota can build such quality and LandRover must knowingly put put such rubbish....

Funky Squirrel

434 posts

87 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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SimonTheSailor said:
I was just thinking I'm off to the middle east shortly - what car do I need ?
Given how popular Toyota's are with the milita types it would be the last car I'd consider taking!

Funky Squirrel

434 posts

87 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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That's some strong money lol.

durbster

11,287 posts

237 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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There's a reason these things are found in the most remote places on earth.

I doubt I'll ever drive a car again that's travelled as far as the 60 series Land Cruiser I had in Australia:


(that's in kilometres so 275,555 miles).

It was still running fine when we sold it several thousand miles later too. smile

CrippsCorner

3,180 posts

196 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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Blimey. I only clicked on this as I wondered if it'd be an option for my £4k budget blah

Speed addicted

5,939 posts

242 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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I’m in Dubai on holiday just now, these things (probably petrol versions) are everywhere.
Id love one, ideally with fewer miles but you can’t have everything.

Pommy

14,421 posts

231 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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200,000 miles or 320,000kms?

That's nothing for these. There are 39 with that or more kms here in Oz just on Carsales

Check out these cars: https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/results?q=%28And....

There are 458 Landcruisers with more than 320,000kms for sale on Carsales.com.au.

Check out these cars: https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/results?q=%28And....

In fact there are 45 with more than 500,000 KMs.

200,000kms for these is like a Focus with 50,000kms


jhonn

1,629 posts

164 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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SkankHunt42 said:
The only thing that really gets them in the UK is rust.
We took our 120 series Land Cruiser to 192k miles before it got to the stage where the rust made it beyond economical repair. For this car at the same mileage I'd be looking underneath very carefully, also at items like brake calipers/discs, suspension bushes, etc. They can look decent on the topside/inside but can be deteriorating underneath quite badly; also parts aren't cheap.

Deranged Rover

4,063 posts

89 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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So, £22,995 for a 192,000 mile 2008 Landcruiser.

Or £7400 for a 2006 L322 V8 petrol Range Rover plus £15,595 difference in the bank for petrol, repairs and spare parts.

Great though the Landcruiser is, it's not really a difficult decision is it?

Wynn Duffy

53 posts

148 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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Strong money, they are the intelligent choice for the apocalypse though.
I only wish my families 2004 Cayenne S with 167845 miles, we have had since new and our 2012 BMW 520D (The dreaded N47) with 179,159 miles 2 owners both look astounding for their miles with no major work done on either, certainly not the timing chain on the BMW, were worth anywhere near that. Looks like we will just have to continue banging the miles on.

AdriaanB

163 posts

143 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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We've just crossed the 180k miles mark on our 2005 Landcruiser Amazon (J100) 4.7 v8.

It's a bit of a bus to drive, properly thirsty, and not as 'en vogue' as a JLR product, but everything still works, nothing is horribly worn, and maintenance has been straight forward for the last 20k (including a lot of heavy trailering across Europe).

Very much built to last, from the leather used in the interior to the running gear. When it would need replacing, I hope we can find a tidy 200 seriessmile

dunnoreally

1,288 posts

123 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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That's not far off what you'd be paying for a brand new crew-cab D-Max, though, is it?

highmaintenance

45 posts

196 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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Just about run in, 200K on that is like 40 if that on a Land Rover, i have a 300k mileage Logs & Dogs 90 series still going strong (and a Golf mk5 with 322k and counting)

85Carrera

3,503 posts

252 months

Monday 6th December 2021
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SkankHunt42 said:
If you look at the market and residuals, this isn't particularly expensive at all. It's a full fat 200 series Landcruiser which with regular maintenance should be able to double its current mileage without many (if any) major issues. The prices of 80 series Landcruisers have skyrocketed recently, and the 100 series is not too far behind. The only thing that really gets them in the UK is rust.

If I had to have only one car in my garage, it would be the 200 series. If you go to anywhere even relatively remote in the world (Middle East / Australia / mongolia, etc), this is practically the only car they use.
You should probably have topped up the oil to get rid of the warning message before taking the photos for the advert though.