Hi all!
I thought I should do an opening thread and introduce myself to this great crew of people.
I was in need of something "slightly" more practical than my previous daily driver (DD), my beloved 2005 MazdaSpeed Miata. When you had to be very selective of what you could bring home from Costco/grocery store it started to prove that maybe this shouldn’t be DD. It was an awesome car that I had a lot of fun doing some tasteful mods/maintenance but it was time to move on.
And that brings me to my vehicle search. I had looked at some other cars and trucks, but then started to look at Toyota/Lexus SUVs. I thought I had my mind made up and found an extremely nice 2007 GX470. While very nice, something about it just didn’t seem right. For something that seemed that big, it wasn’t near as big as expected on the inside. So that brought me to looking at the Land Cruiser/LX470. I had found an 2006 LX470 with 180k at a local dealer and had looked it over well and was ready to make an offer on it one day after work. So that morning, I got to work early and looked up some other LX470’s on Craigslist/AutoTrader to use as a negotiating tool. Well, that’s when my current vehicle showed up, only just being listed a day earlier. It had 271k miles but was a one-owner with meticulous records. And the price of less than half of the 2006 definitely had an effect on the decision making process. I drove to Birmingham that day and picked up my LX.
So I am now visiting IH8MUD daily, looking for new things and looking forward to being a part of this community. Right now the mods will be minimal but when maintenance items are required then it's time for an upgrade .
I thought I should do an opening thread and introduce myself to this great crew of people.
I was in need of something "slightly" more practical than my previous daily driver (DD), my beloved 2005 MazdaSpeed Miata. When you had to be very selective of what you could bring home from Costco/grocery store it started to prove that maybe this shouldn’t be DD. It was an awesome car that I had a lot of fun doing some tasteful mods/maintenance but it was time to move on.
And that brings me to my vehicle search. I had looked at some other cars and trucks, but then started to look at Toyota/Lexus SUVs. I thought I had my mind made up and found an extremely nice 2007 GX470. While very nice, something about it just didn’t seem right. For something that seemed that big, it wasn’t near as big as expected on the inside. So that brought me to looking at the Land Cruiser/LX470. I had found an 2006 LX470 with 180k at a local dealer and had looked it over well and was ready to make an offer on it one day after work. So that morning, I got to work early and looked up some other LX470’s on Craigslist/AutoTrader to use as a negotiating tool. Well, that’s when my current vehicle showed up, only just being listed a day earlier. It had 271k miles but was a one-owner with meticulous records. And the price of less than half of the 2006 definitely had an effect on the decision making process. I drove to Birmingham that day and picked up my LX.
So I am now visiting IH8MUD daily, looking for new things and looking forward to being a part of this community. Right now the mods will be minimal but when maintenance items are required then it's time for an upgrade .
