Recent content by TheHighlander

Well, someone at Toyota is noticing and learning something because they used BMW's twin turbo Inline-6 (B58) engine (+ZF 8 speed!) in the Toyota Supra :) Too bad they didn't stuff that powertrain (and the diesel variant as an option!) into the LC250! And yes, I'm semi-joking. Semi. I...

Love my 17' 2500 Power Wagon! If you go Power Wagon route, get a 2019+ though for the ZF-8 speed transmission. Rock solid and improves gas mileage and performance. I'm at 112k miles and no serious issues, mainly just maintenance items so far. The only thing I have had to worry about with this...

Congrats, great color! What size tires you got in mind?

I just want a Nori Green LX600 Overtrail+ When will they give us an Overtrail trim?

Got it! I have dogs too, but Mastiffs -- so I need at least one vehicle with the expansive cargo volume :) Very interested to hear your eventual take on the L250, coming from the modern Defender 110.

You beat me to it RE the JLR V8 5.0. I have the SC variant in the Range Rover (L322), but the essentially used the same engine from 2010+ up until just recently -- when as you noted they are switching to the BMW Twin Turbo V8 (had it in the M6, M8, long term nightmare to maintain but very...

I believe you. I live in Commiefornia so I just avoided the whole situation and got myself a Ram Power Wagon. I love it, but it's basically a Wrangler Rubicon in Heavy Duty truck form -- which makes it sketchy or untenable on certain narrow trails / shelf roads. Occasionally I forget how massive...

Yeah, I can't speak to reliability, but a good friend has a Gladiator Rubicon with the EcoDiesel and all he's done is a tune and put 37s on it. It pulls HARD and is damn near unstoppable off-road. Jeep needs to get another more powerful engine in the Gladiator ASAP though, like their turbo I6...

Ok that's helpful to know, sounds like I need to go sit in the back of a new GX OT+ and experience it for myself :D I'm talking about back row(s) ceiling vents -- and yes, guilty of being hung up on based on my LC100 experience with them -- which admittedly sounds like said experience may not...

Maybe this isn't really an applicable comparison then, but in my LX470/LC100 on a hot summer day if I don't toggle the Rear AC vents on --- my 2nd row & beyond passengers end up requesting it. That's my concern with the AC vents on the OT+

Haha agree, I feel like they just made the leap to that from 'well it has front & rear solid axles and lockers from the factory.... so basically a Wrangler Rubicon!' IMO, a Wrangler Rubicon 392 is in a class of its own from factory for pure off-road abilities. Grenadier seems to strike the right...

Throttle House review of the Grenadier

Yeah, with the North America review embargo lifted there's a wide selection of YouTube reviews to watch for the LC 250. The majority of them take place with the same press cars on a Toyota selected / hosted track route at the same location. Very few of them provide a mention or background...

Throttle House LC250 Review. They at least mention / explain the Prado factor early on. I thought it was an entertaining review...

Here it is! -- Link