Completely new to the 150 forum and I'll admit I'm a bit lost where to start. I currently drive a 2008 moderately built up 200 series Land Cruiser. I've had it for about 5 years and love it more than anything. Over those 5 years I've preached to my wife about 1000+ times how reliable the land cruisers are, and how i wouldn't ever drive anything else. Any other car I've owned I'm usually bored with a few years in and looking for change. The 200 on the other hand , i don't ever want to part with.
Well eventually it's finally started to rub off on my wife, seeing the rock solid reliability and the amazing remote places it has taken our family with no headaches, 110k miles in. So she's looking to upsize her 2 year old daily driver (Audi Q3) to have something bigger that can fit the dog and 3 kids when I'm away on camping trips with the local cruiser club. I'll admit I've always had a secret crush on the GX460's so that was my suggestion. Same reliability and capability, in a slightly smaller more luxury package. She bought my sales pitch so GX460 shopping just started yesterday.
I've spent more hours than i care to admit on the 200 form over the years and feel like i know every issue and upgrade that exists for the 200's. The GX........i know very little and feel like i need to learn more to know what to look for, so here is where I'm at.
Ideally I'd like to pickup a used GX460 with decent mileage for under $35k. The purchase doesn't need to happen instantly, so I'm ok waiting a few months if need be for the right one to come along. In general they do not appear to have a ton for sale on the used marked. I'd like to get one local (I'm in Phoenix) or within driving distance. All the regular stuff like clean carfax, southwest (no rust or flood states) ,1 owner , lexus serviced ect. The wealthy mall cruiser.
This GX (being for my wife) won't see any of the rough action my 200 see's, but being in Arizona, there is endless dirt so it will get a bit of light offroading mostly just forest roads to camping spots. Plan on keeping it stock for some years, just throwing KO2's on it. Some day when she's all done with it either myself or one of my kids will take over and at that point plan on getting heavy into modifications.
Anyways, can you point me in the right direction for some basic info or threads to know what to look for. I'm in a large land cruiser club local here, but as far as i know there are zero 460's in it. I prefer the look of the 2013 grill over the newer one, but I don't want to limit the search being that it looks like some front bumpers do now exist for the later models. Are there any years better than others? Any major issues i should look for when inspecting? Any trim differences that i should only be looking for luxury vs whatever? It'd be great to find one with crawl control if possible, and the around view camera's would also be nice. Not sure what years or trim levels what all is available. Anyways, any info is much appreciated. Just looking to start my 150 education. Here is a pic from last weekend camping with a 100 buddy of mine.
Well eventually it's finally started to rub off on my wife, seeing the rock solid reliability and the amazing remote places it has taken our family with no headaches, 110k miles in. So she's looking to upsize her 2 year old daily driver (Audi Q3) to have something bigger that can fit the dog and 3 kids when I'm away on camping trips with the local cruiser club. I'll admit I've always had a secret crush on the GX460's so that was my suggestion. Same reliability and capability, in a slightly smaller more luxury package. She bought my sales pitch so GX460 shopping just started yesterday.
I've spent more hours than i care to admit on the 200 form over the years and feel like i know every issue and upgrade that exists for the 200's. The GX........i know very little and feel like i need to learn more to know what to look for, so here is where I'm at.
Ideally I'd like to pickup a used GX460 with decent mileage for under $35k. The purchase doesn't need to happen instantly, so I'm ok waiting a few months if need be for the right one to come along. In general they do not appear to have a ton for sale on the used marked. I'd like to get one local (I'm in Phoenix) or within driving distance. All the regular stuff like clean carfax, southwest (no rust or flood states) ,1 owner , lexus serviced ect. The wealthy mall cruiser.
This GX (being for my wife) won't see any of the rough action my 200 see's, but being in Arizona, there is endless dirt so it will get a bit of light offroading mostly just forest roads to camping spots. Plan on keeping it stock for some years, just throwing KO2's on it. Some day when she's all done with it either myself or one of my kids will take over and at that point plan on getting heavy into modifications.
Anyways, can you point me in the right direction for some basic info or threads to know what to look for. I'm in a large land cruiser club local here, but as far as i know there are zero 460's in it. I prefer the look of the 2013 grill over the newer one, but I don't want to limit the search being that it looks like some front bumpers do now exist for the later models. Are there any years better than others? Any major issues i should look for when inspecting? Any trim differences that i should only be looking for luxury vs whatever? It'd be great to find one with crawl control if possible, and the around view camera's would also be nice. Not sure what years or trim levels what all is available. Anyways, any info is much appreciated. Just looking to start my 150 education. Here is a pic from last weekend camping with a 100 buddy of mine.