My current 1997 LX450 has 170k miles on it. Triple locked, BIOR front bumper and new winch, OME stock height lift kit, new head rebuild with new head gasket and new TRD S/C 5k ago. Owned it for 13 years.
Have been bitten by the 200 series bug and am debating on selling my '80 series and buying a 2008 200 series I found, with 70k miles. Rig is pristine inside and out.
My 80 needs some of the usual work - seat belts barely retract, front leather seats need recovered and power seat switch needs replaced, windows are super slow up and down, has some areas that could stand painting. Needs a front axle seal replacement too.
Drove the 200 series tonight and it was like stepping into a time warp from the 80 series. Just not sure I want to exchange solid locked axles for the newer technology. But I think I could get pretty good money for the 80 series given the history I have with it and the stack of receipts I have for all the work I've done to the rig. And the way it runs.
But the 200 series has 120 more hp, gets better fuel economy by a couple of MPG and runs on regular gas. But I don't drive over 10k miles a year on the rig, so don't know that matters all that much.l
Thanks for reading my rambling.
Have been bitten by the 200 series bug and am debating on selling my '80 series and buying a 2008 200 series I found, with 70k miles. Rig is pristine inside and out.
My 80 needs some of the usual work - seat belts barely retract, front leather seats need recovered and power seat switch needs replaced, windows are super slow up and down, has some areas that could stand painting. Needs a front axle seal replacement too.
Drove the 200 series tonight and it was like stepping into a time warp from the 80 series. Just not sure I want to exchange solid locked axles for the newer technology. But I think I could get pretty good money for the 80 series given the history I have with it and the stack of receipts I have for all the work I've done to the rig. And the way it runs.
But the 200 series has 120 more hp, gets better fuel economy by a couple of MPG and runs on regular gas. But I don't drive over 10k miles a year on the rig, so don't know that matters all that much.l
Thanks for reading my rambling.