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[Godwin]

Over the past two weeks I've racked up ca. thousand miles. The cloth manual 4Runner seats are more comfortable than the electric leather Lexus seats. This week the LX450 was a tow rig for a 15' aluminum boat and handled this job well. The boat and trailer were hardly noticeable and mileage was decent at 12 mpg. This site is a backroad boat ramp on the Choctawhatchee River of SE AL.

 

[Godwin]

Drove about 500 miles over three days towing this load, a 19' Carolina Skiff loaded with turtle traps. A heavy load. Most of the driving was interstate at 65+/- with mileage running ca. 9-10. This is about what I had expected. Also had the AC on the entire time.

 

[Godwin]

Youngest son @cruiserinsanity borrowed the LX450 today to make a 400 mile round trip run to pick up another broken down car. Cruiser can handle the towing duties, but it's slow and gas mileage is miserable. Car is a 4WD Honda wagon with a 5 speed plus a lower than normal gear when needed. More info here https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/alvins-vehicular-misadventures.1320594/

 

[Godwin]

Swapped out the climate control panel because the one that was with the Cruiser had the AC button jammed in and the button would not disengage. May be a fix for this but I did not want to dig into the panel. Found a relatively cheap one on ebay and it works. Because this is a LX450 I needed the panel with the Auto button (I'm not a fan of this function).

 

[Godwin]

Worn out 265/75/16 BFGs are gone and have been replace with 285/75/16 Yokohama Geolandars. New tires are noticeably taller than the old. This is my 5th set of the Yokohama MTs, first set on the 80, previous 4 sets have been 255/85/16 that I run on the FJ60.

In the second pic, off in the background, is @cruiserinsanity dead Toyota truck and 4Runner collection, plus a blue Subaru Forester.

 

[Old Nick]

Worn out 265/75/16 BFGs are gone and have been replace with 285/75/16 Yokohama Geolandars. New tires are noticeably taller than the old. This is my 5th set of the Yokohama MTs, first set on the 80, previous 4 sets have been 255/85/16 that I run on the FJ60.

In the second pic, off in the background, is @cruiserinsanity dead Toyota truck and 4Runner collection, plus a blue Subaru Forester.

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Truly excellent tires. Running the same in my wife’s 80 and the Piggy.