apalmer
Adventurer
I once saw a ford taurus station wagon crawling up a mountain pass in Afghanistan
Oh, I laughed.
I once saw a ford taurus station wagon crawling up a mountain pass in Afghanistan
USAA is probably the best in just jus insurance, but all banking, investing, and whatever else they do... I will agree i would recommend getting the v6 tdi... Unless your a huge fan of vw and want to buy a few specialty tools.
I have a great idea. Instead of buying a LC 200 at full sticker of $80K... buy a Touereg and drive it for 100,000 miles until you can't live with the maintenance costs anymore. Then buy a used LC 200 with 100,000 miles (from some dumb bloke who thought it was a mall cruiser) for about $45K, and drive it for another 400K miles. = D
Also a USAA member here and I just purchased an extended warranty for my BMW M3, and can confirm that they outsource it to a 3rd party. It covers everything from bumper-to-bumper minus the navigation and radio. Excludes wear and tear items of course.
LC 76 Diesel vs. LC 200 Diesel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1_U5bCBHkY
You guys decide... the 200 looks like it is bone stock minus a snorkel. They keep talking about how the 200 is using crawl mode vs. lockers. Enjoy!
Im not getting worked up or mad. I dont own a TReg. They are just WAY out of the amount of money that I am willing to pay for a car. I will spend that much playing around with one but never on a new car. That being said, the TReg is $30k cheaper than a 200 series. So, if you want to talk about cost of ownership, it has a head start right there. Not to mention it will get an easy 5 or 6 mpg more than the shameful 13 mpg that the 200 gets. Financially, the $2k youll spend every 15k miles on brakes and a tire or two is nothing in the grand scheme.
1. The sales of the Land Cruiser here in the US do show something. Really, less than 300 units sold across the whole of the country. Thats shameful. Its price point being high has nothing to do with it. Land Rover has Discos and Range Rovers that are that high and have no problem moving them. That, and they are more economical. Toyota has slapped the L on the Cruiser and you know how many they moved last month? 291. Land Rover moved 902 Range Rovers in the same month. Even combined with Lexus, its still an unwanted, unsuccessful vehicle.
2. How many 200s do you see in these vaunted Australian magazines? Also, in these same magazines, you know what is voted the best 'ute pickup, a FAR larger market? Its the VW Amarok.
3. The UN also standardized on the Defender, which according to everyone here is a Land Rover and therefore completely unreliable. It also probably has something to do with dealership network. That matters a lot. Its probably the only reason why Scott put an E class Mercedes on the top 10 list. Remember that? That was dumb. New Mercs are nightmares but I guess parts can be had most anyplace when it breaks (but too bad the knowledge probably isnt).
This was posted in another thread relating to the same topic by Kaisen, so I'll extend the information here since I'm curious:
Land Cruiser 100 - 112.2" wheelbase, 5,425 lb curb wt, 6925K lb GVWR (~1500 lb payload), and a 6,500 lb tow rating (650 lb tongue)
Land Cruiser 200 - 112.2" wheelbase, 5,730 lb curb wt, 7275 lb GVWR (~1587 lb payload), and a 8,500 lb tow rating (820 lb tongue)
Touareg V6 TDI - 112.4" wheelbase, 5,086 lb curb wt, 6486 lb GVWR (~1287 lb payload), and a 7,700 lb tow rating (616 lb tongue)
Touareg V10 TDI - 112.4" wheelbase, 5,900 lb curb wt, 7000 lb GVWR (~1100 lb payload), and a 7,700 lb tow rating (616 lb tongue)
Suburban 2500 - 171" wheelbase, 6,100 lb curb wt, 9K lb GVWR (~2900 lb payload), and a 12,500 lb tow rating (1250 lb tongue)