Two Stupid questions-
1) Do any 200 series LC owners have problems with height in parking garages? I currently own a Honda Pilot, which is 3.5" shorter than a stock Land Cruiser. Even in my shorter Pilot, I feel like I'm horrifyingly close to scraping the roof in some parking garages. I'm...
‘72 Buick Skylark (old V8 gas guzzler)>’85 Chevy Corvette (cool very high tech digital dash but the car was a plastic piece of crap)> ’90 Ford Mustang (nice car but transmission acted like it was made with play-doh)>’99 Jeep Grand Cherokee (a truly beautiful SUV for its day, but had problem with...
To me, and this is just my opinion so go easy, the first ones scream "ready for the trail", the second ones "ready for the town", third ones "dealer stock". I like the third ones, myself.
A popular Australian dashcam Youtube channel captured an LC in a parking lot, backing up at the same time someone across from them was backing up -crunch. Go to about the 2:25 mark in the video.
A lot of car detailing shops and even flood and smoke damage restoration companies can help get the smell out. If you really like the vehicle call your local detailing or smoke damage restoration company and talk to them about it. Like Servpro or something. Use the smoke damage as a bargaining...
If the LC just came standard with Apple car play, I think a lot of the car reviewers and customers would overlook the dated body styling, which I think still looks great. Much better than the gaping yaw mouth of the Lexus.
No, in my humble opinion steer clear of that one. Pretty face but it has stage 2 cancer to my untrained eye. Nope. Unless- you get it dirt cheap then drive in into the ground.
I vote keep. If you ever sell it the one who wants to buy it might want them. And if the 200 series suddenly becomes extinct at dealerships soon they will be worth more as time goes on.