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Brit said:
Sure you can :)
I think the price for my Submariner is around $5K US now...I think I paid about half that many years ago. No services and still keeps within COSC standards.
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I ordered a new GMT master 2 (super case) as thick as the seadweller and bigger than the current submariner. It is now $6,500.. a far cry from my older GMT 2 I bought in 1999 for $3,000. Same watch but with new enhancements. Then again, it is a better watch it replaced (daytona bracelet, submariner crown, laser ceramic bezel etc...) Rolex sure appreciate in price. The last sub I bought was up there too. $4.8K 3 years ago.
 
The new model TLC looks good & I'm sure it is a great vehicle that is a technological 'dynamo'...BUT, IMO it is as exciting as a dry bread sandwich. It looks totally generic now. BUT, as others have stated, profit is 'king' and if it sells and reaches Toyota's internal sales goals...then it is a 'success' in their eyes. I just feel the 'offroading' LC owners community might have a different perspective on what constitutes a successful new rollout / design...IMO
 
Look on the bright side, naysayers, at least it is not COMPLETELY covered in chrome. Because that makes for the ugliest cars on the road.
 
speedmaster said:
somebody asked about the camshaft issues with the tundra 5.7 engine.

here are some readins:

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/31/tundra-camshaft-woes-could-lead-to-recall-for-toyota/

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/31/toyota-expresses-regret-for-tundra-camshaft-failures-on-internet/

http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/2007/05/29/toyota-tundra-camshaft-problem/
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Thanks for these links. I'll bet Toyota has already corrected new engine builds. Bummer for the first 30K.
I luv the one thread that stated if it was happening to GM, Ford or Dodge, it wouldn't even be in the news. :)
 
speedmaster said:
ITundra's broken camshafts on the 5.7 engine (same one as the new 08 LC and LX570).
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In my quest for buying an '08 I have just discovered (directly from Toyota) that only about 15 camshafts had broken and the problem was rectified almost immediatly. It's now a mute issue and we should not be concerned....and I am not.
 
ShottsUZJ100 said:
In my quest for buying an '08 I have just discovered (directly from Toyota) that only about 15 camshafts had broken and the problem was rectified almost immediatly. It's now a mute issue and we should not be concerned....and I am not.
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You shouldn't be concerned anyway. The Japanese 3UR-FEs dont use the US suppliers to make their cams.
 
yotawheeler said:
those pictures make me sad....what happened to real land cruisers?
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WTF were they thinking :mad: did they get lazy designing this thing and just slap on a lc bezel an a rav 4 truly a sad day. RIP LC 1951-2007
 
this picture was taken at the Auto Show in Caracas, Venezuela...
great 200!!!

I just hope to see betters from Sema... :flipoff2:
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what a low down dirty shame. it is not what i had envisioned for a "new" landcruiser. it looks like a japanese escalade. all it needs now is the 24" yo yo yo's with spinners.
 
So far, I think this picture on Toyota's site shows the best "profile" or the best representation of the dimensions--a lot of pics I've seen do make it look kinda like a new Highlander... This pic shows the front end being more vertical. I actually like the looks of it in this shot.

http://www.toyota.com/vehicles/minisite/landcruiser/experience/#

Of course, the plasti-bumpers still don't seem to lend themselves to aftermarket replacements...
 
j_rawks said:
what a low down dirty shame. it is not what i had envisioned for a "new" landcruiser. it looks like a japanese escalade. all it needs now is the 24" yo yo yo's with spinners.
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Well it's a helluva lot nicer and better built than every other Cruiser Series (exceot for maybe the 100...maybe....it will probably best it too).
 
ShottsUZJ100 said:
:D

I like my lever......but I can do without it. Come on, can't you? :)
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No, no lever, no purchase.

I went and looked at the H3 Hummer for grins when it first came out. I got in with the sales manager, sat there for 5 seconds and told him "Nope, it doesn't have a shifter for 4 wheel drive". He looked at me like I was nuts, like I was supposed to be happy it was 'so simple' to just push a 4lo / 4hi button. Yeah right.
 
I had seen pics of the 2008 Cruiser on this site and others, but I hadn't the interest in 2008 Highlaner pics. I actually saw a 2008 Highlander over the weekend, and I thought it was the new cruiser!!!! It seemed too small (especially next to my 80), but I wasn't sure what I was looking at. SCARY.
 
LandCruisers4Life said:
No, no lever, no purchase.

I went and looked at the H3 Hummer for grins when it first came out. I got in with the sales manager, sat there for 5 seconds and told him "Nope, it doesn't have a shifter for 4 wheel drive". He looked at me like I was nuts, like I was supposed to be happy it was 'so simple' to just push a 4lo / 4hi button. Yeah right.
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What kind of sense does that make?

so somebody drives a FJ60 or FZJ80 or even an FJ Cruiser. They love them. they are capable, but if you cuold buy the same model in the nextr model uear without a lever you don't buy? I could care less if my 80 or 100 had a button over a lever. It wouldn't change the truck or it's capabilties whatsoever.

EDIT: And by the way....no disrepect here....but I've wheeled with both and I give the H3 the edge out of the showroom, no question. Plus, from the factory you can get a lift, 35's and a front locker...all warranted. I'd take the push button 4-Lo any day (though not a Hummer).
 
I believe people are having flash backs to when a button may or may not engage because it is an electrical connection to a switch. It was even worst when they could not engage 4wd because the button did not work. With a lever it works (most of the time) because it is directly connected to the tcase.
 
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uzj100 said:
I believe people are having flash backs to when a button may or may not engage because it is an electrical connection to a switch. It was even worst when they could not engage 4wd because the button did not work. With a lever it works (most of the time) because it is directly connected to the tcase.
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Oh, I hear ya. But to say it's a big disadvantage or espeically, I'd not buy? Come on!

My CDL button has worked on all my 4WD vehicles for the lift I have owned them. Failure is extremely small. IF my 100 had a 4-LO button it would still be the Killer Cruiser it is.
 
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