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Difference between 200 and Sequoia (20 Viewers)
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It's clear pagemaster doesn't own a cruiser. The only negative I have with my 200 is the brakes when pulling my wife's car on a rented heavy auto transport. The cruiser needs bigger brakes. Pagemaster, if you actually owned a LC you'd love it like we do. Every single person I know or have come across including women that have actually owned a LC have loved it. Show us a pic of your vehicles in your garage. Curious to see what you own.
Do not own a Land Cruiser anymore. I made that clear.
I have owned multiple Land Cruisers and I have had extensive use of the 200 for work. The Land Cruiser 100 I owned was the only Toyota to ever leave me stranded.
Yes, a lovely vehicle. But like I said earlier, it can't do much more than a Sequoia and vice versa.
As for women, yes Taylor Swift and Kate Gosselin sure do love their 8.9 inch high heels
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Extensive? It would appear that you hadn't even driven one until a friend let you test drive one back in May. Posted on May 25th:
Actually, I have had extensive use. I worked as an intern the for photography deparment who did the photo work for LC, we drove them and moved them around a lot. No 5.7 but prototype diesel, 4.0, 4.7 models were brought to Canada for the shoot, there are also a few that have the 105 Chassis underneath. Took place in the Yukon and Alaska and Alberta. Photos were taken in 2006-2007. All overseas photos were taken in Australia. Same photo guy who does National Geographic work.
Back then, the Sequoia to compare. Had not driven the new Tundra.
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To quote Inigo Montoya, "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
You claim to have "extensive use" but your first drive was only a couple months ago. Being an intern for a photo shoot means you have extensive experience moving lenses and lights around and fetching coffee for others, not driving the subject of the shoot. I have a feeling they left the driving to those with a bit higher pay grade.
Don't assume you have an idea of what I was doing. We were moving the vehicles, small maintenance, we took a lot of things apart. I do not work with the photographer. I work on the set building and removing things for photos, photo company hired a company and I worked for them, all paid intern. . . . When did I say it was my "first" drive? Stop making s*** up. That was the second time I drove a 5.7 USA Spec Land Cruiser. All others were prototypes for the photos.
Don't take things so personal. I don't even know if you own or have one.
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I remember pagemaster when he used to hang out in the 100 section. We prefer remains over here.He never went into detail about the story but he sure likes to point out how his LC100 left him stranded one time. See?
The problem was his starter contacts.
I did write about it in detail. Someone deleted it. The post is still there, you just can't see it all it says is deleted.
Its seems some LC owners are bit sensitive
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Of course I don't own one! I have, however, seen a couple 200-series around so I figured this is the place to share my extensive experience of them with others. Once I actually drive one I'll come back and report.
Nah...just kidding. I obviously have a 200-series (as indicated in various posts here). What kind of a tool would come here and post to a 200-series forum without owning or having any interest in owning one?!? ...ooohhh...yeah, right...
Thanks for making that clear. I don't have the time to search your specific posts.
lol @ pagemaster, I'm convinced he's a troll.
Pagemaster, if you are trying to promote the Sequoia as a better offroad vehicle than the Land Cruiser you should find better images than the Sequoia parked outside of a mall.
Edit.... I'm going to try and add contribute something of value to this forum and not make this just about a pi*sing contest.
The Land Cruiser has been a huge seller in the Middle East for a very long time. As Beno has recently informed me, there are more Land Cruisers in the Middle East than most other parts of the world combined. Will the Sequoia replace the Land Cruiser as "the" desert vehicle, absolutely not. The UAE shares somewhat of a Bigger is Better mentality with the US, so the Sequoia will probably do well with the Dubai and Abu Dhabi mall crowd.
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Word.
The Sequoia was actutally "dumped" on the UAE market. It was never planned or thought of to sell the Sequoia in the UAE, it was offered only because it was not selling in 2008 due to the recession. The interesting thing was that it was only available in 2WD and 5.7 platinum trim when first released, this was done on purpose as the Land Cruiser's 4.7/4.5 engines simple would of been "like of fish out of water" against the Toyota 5.7 monster engine. Not offering 4WD made it impossible to cross shop the Land Cruiser/Sequoia
A lot of people in Dubai wanted the 5.7 in the Land Cruiser which they could not have, Toyota did not offer 4WD for Sequoia so they were stuck with a subpar 4.7 engine that cost more.
Thanks to Toyota offering the 5.7 in the Sequoia, and the recent release of the 5.6 Nissan engine, Toyota has finally done the correct thing and now offers the right V8 engine although at reduced 362 hp....now let's cross our fingers that they will go to a IRS or at least "offer" and IRS in the upper trim level, that will truly make the LC world-class.
As of today, Toyota UAE now offers the 4WD Sequoia with the 5.7 engine as well as a lower limited model with cloth seats. Toyota UAE today markets the Sequoia as "Toyota's Biggest SUV" while Land Cruiser is marketed as the "Pride of the Land"
The Land Cruiser in the UAE is still a very capable "work" vehicle and is used as such as you would see 9 seaters, locking rears, urethane steering wheels, 5-speed manuals, 240hp V6 models.
But prospective owners should still keep in mind that the Sequoia still has a slightly higher GVWR
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