Hi There,
Just wanted to introduce myself, get involved, you know. We just purchased an '06 Land Cruiser. I've wanted a LC since I was in high school. Almost bought a couple of older ones along the way but always ended up with something else - mostly because of price. I have a '93 wrangler that I bought just outa college and still own. I love it and it will be my toy/project forever I think. I've had it off road in AZ, Utah and CA and spent a fair amount of time with it in Baja looking for surf. So far it's stock - but some day it'll have all the requisite equipment. I drove a Cherokee for a while and hated it from the instant I bought it. Then, last year, we were in the market again - 2 kids, 2 dogs, sail boat to pull - We almost bought a used Land Cruiser but then we drove the Land Rover LR3. We got seduced and bought it. BIG MISTAKE! I won't go into the details (unless someone who's considering both wants specifics), but we traded it in on the LC about a month ago after one year of owning it (pocket book is reeling).
We hope to have this thing for a really long time (so I probably won't be doing the Rubicon with it - like the dudes in that other thread). But we plan to take it on off-road camping trips in the Sierra and use it to haul our sail boat around. I'd also like to use it to haul the jeep to places like the Rubicon someday but so far I have to many projects and to little time.
Anyway, we'd like to learn about trails and good weekend trips to do with the family around Northern California and I'm sure I'll be on here with lots of questions in the future. Thanks!
Jim
Just wanted to introduce myself, get involved, you know. We just purchased an '06 Land Cruiser. I've wanted a LC since I was in high school. Almost bought a couple of older ones along the way but always ended up with something else - mostly because of price. I have a '93 wrangler that I bought just outa college and still own. I love it and it will be my toy/project forever I think. I've had it off road in AZ, Utah and CA and spent a fair amount of time with it in Baja looking for surf. So far it's stock - but some day it'll have all the requisite equipment. I drove a Cherokee for a while and hated it from the instant I bought it. Then, last year, we were in the market again - 2 kids, 2 dogs, sail boat to pull - We almost bought a used Land Cruiser but then we drove the Land Rover LR3. We got seduced and bought it. BIG MISTAKE! I won't go into the details (unless someone who's considering both wants specifics), but we traded it in on the LC about a month ago after one year of owning it (pocket book is reeling).
We hope to have this thing for a really long time (so I probably won't be doing the Rubicon with it - like the dudes in that other thread). But we plan to take it on off-road camping trips in the Sierra and use it to haul our sail boat around. I'd also like to use it to haul the jeep to places like the Rubicon someday but so far I have to many projects and to little time.
Anyway, we'd like to learn about trails and good weekend trips to do with the family around Northern California and I'm sure I'll be on here with lots of questions in the future. Thanks!
Jim
plus many of them drive cruisers wearing pink panties on their heads.... well, to each his own... 
You should see the problems floating around on the LR3 board at edmunds. At least we aren't the only fools. Man I'm glad I'm done with that!
