keeping a 200 alive "forever" (1 Viewer)

[slipkid13]

Seriously, not fretting, easy. Just the price is stupid excessive for no good reason should these parts fail. Probability of failure is low, but it will suck if it happens.

Sorry, I did not men you personally. Just pointing the differences between different types of folks in this forum. The probability is low but if it does go out it would suck hard. Maybe that is how Toyota makes up for their stellar reliability, pick one part that probably won't fail and charge a ton for it.

 

[ridetime]

Sorry, I did not men you personally. Just pointing the differences between different types of folks in this forum. The probability is low but if it does go out it would suck hard. Maybe that is how Toyota makes up for their stellar reliability, pick one part that probably won't fail and charge a ton for it.

I was just replying to the OP asking about keeping a 200 alive. You need that part to do it and it is 7k. Not saying it will fail just saying it is probably the single most expensive part on the vehicle with a retail price of over 10k.

 

[LynnLund]

Its not so much worry as it is OCD. Good advice either way though. If I find myself hunting for hard to find parts in 2063 and then complaining that they are expensive, life will have been very good to me!

Jan 12, 2063 I will turn 96. I don’t expect to be buying car parts then.

 

[4wheelgreg]

I’ll only be 93 in 2063 now I don’t feel so bad ... LOL . I just started ordering aftermarket parts for my 2019 , good thing I own my 2019 outright , its going to cost me another 20k in parts to make the truck as I want it .
Bumpers , winch , suspension , tires /wheels , rack , Extra fuel tank , on board air , sliders , skid plates , gears / lockers and all the extra crap I’m forgetting = 20k +
I’m keeping mine as long as possible , so I have to keep mine forever .
Mine is not a daily driver .

 

[Angelo1]

I can see the head unit going out well before 2060. However, if you’re keeping your 200 “forever” you’ll just want to throw a couple hundred bucks in something like a money market account every month. By 2040-63you’ll have plenty of cash to pay for any possible repair on your 200 or use it towards your funeral because the 200 might out live you.

 

[4wheelgreg]

Kind of like Back to the Future but in reverse , I would think as technology progresses , every car is going to be touch screen and someone will develop a patch cable to adapt what ever modern version of the IPad to control and replace Toyota’s version .
Thats why I still really like the 5th version of the 4Runner is still very simple knob controls .And still has the old manual 4x4 shift lever .

 

[vegasfj40]

Jan 12, 2063 I will turn 96. I don’t expect to be buying car parts then.

I'll be 96 as well! Never say never, with advances in medicine maybe we should plan for a 50 year service life for our Cruisers!

 

[kcjaz]

I'll be 96 as well! Never say never, with advances in medicine maybe we should plan for a 50 year service life for our Cruisers!

I’ll be 97. I’m now thinking about my own spare parts... wonder what a new cerebrum will cost in 2063?

 

[SWUtah]

I’ll be 114 and my LX will be 48 with approximately 200k miles based on my current mileage and projected 3000 miles a year average

 

[Undefined]

Forever is a long time, but the answer to what it takes to keep a 200 series running forever is literally all around you - it takes a community of owners that are passionate about their vehicles and are willing to innovate, renovate, or down right jury rig their trucks to keep them on the road.

ih8mud is the answer to your question. The simple reality is that when the first few people are faced with a high cost unobtanium part that fails, one of them will figure out a viable alternative and share or sell their solution to others.

 

[Tex68w]

Man I must be the young buck here as I'll only be 78 in another 42 years. I'd like to think that I'll still have the 200 at that time but I know myself and my track record lol.

 

[ElJayBird]

This thread has helped cement my decision to continue building my 2014 instead of buying a 2021 and building from there.

The 2016+ seems like it just made a bigger push for the luxury crowd. The 200 was originally designed for maximum durability and reliability, which as everyone on this board already knows, is the reason Toyota kept everything as simple and 'tried and true' as possible.

The more bells and whistles and gadgets, the greater the likelihood of failure. Toyota took a lot of flak for that decision too. I've read and watched countless "professional" reviews where the reviewer just droned on and on about how out of date everything "feels". Those reviewers are completely missing the point of what the LC is all about.

Anyway - didn't mean to ramble. But I'll be keeping my 2014 for the foreseeable future!

 

[johnnyG]

I got out ahead of it. Sold my built 08 200 and bought a brand new SR5 tundra and had a few bucks left over. I LOVE how simple it is vs the land cruiser, I really hate how Toyota has it in their heads that cruisers need all the luxury they can throw at it. And, because they are good at learning lessons, as they announced pulling the cruiser from the US market, they vowed to bring it back with even more fancy pants luxury tech.

Meanwhile, my tundra has cloth, manual seats, 4wd, 5.7 power, 35's, and I don't care about scratching paint. It drives better than my 200, and best of all, I don't fret about it being the last one on the planet, and making it last the rest of my lifetime.

No, I can't claim to be part of the legendary cruiser heritage club right now. But every time I use those by-God climate control knobs, I think I'm okay with that.

 

[NDizzle]

Some time in the next 5 years I'll convert my 2008 to the Australian parts which move the HVAC controls out of the head unit. Then I'll just buy whatever double DIN head unit I want and not have to worry about that particular failure.

 

[ElJayBird]

I got out ahead of it. Sold my built 08 200 and bought a brand new SR5 tundra and had a few bucks left over. I LOVE how simple it is vs the land cruiser...

...No, I can't claim to be part of the legendary cruiser heritage club right now. But every time I use those by-God climate control knobs, I think I'm okay with that.

You're clearly not as sick as some of us.

 

[04UZJ100]

This thread has helped cement my decision to continue building my 2014 instead of buying a 2021 and building from there.

The 2016+ seems like it just made a bigger push for the luxury crowd. The 200 was originally designed for maximum durability and reliability, which as everyone on this board already knows, is the reason Toyota kept everything as simple and 'tried and true' as possible.

The more bells and whistles and gadgets, the greater the likelihood of failure. Toyota took a lot of flak for that decision too. I've read and watched countless "professional" reviews where the reviewer just droned on and on about how out of date everything "feels". Those reviewers are completely missing the point of what the LC is all about.

Anyway - didn't mean to ramble. But I'll be keeping my 2014 for the foreseeable future!

There are no more gadgets on a 2016+ that could leave you stranded than on a 2008. None of the add on safety features enable limp mode if they fail.

 

[ElJayBird]

There are no more gadgets on a 2016+ that could leave you stranded than on a 2008. None of the add on safety features enable limp mode if they fail.

I never said anything about stranded and didn't mean to imply it either.

 

[Tex68w]

It drives better than my 200

You are quite literally the only person I have ever heard say this. It's obviously a subjective statement, but quite a rare one at that. I will say that I am jealous about the part of not caring if you beat it up lol.

 

[slipkid13]

I got out ahead of it. Sold my built 08 200 and bought a brand new SR5 tundra and had a few bucks left over. I LOVE how simple it is vs the land cruiser,

Meanwhile, my tundra has cloth, manual seats, 4wd, 5.7 power, 35's, and I don't care about scratching paint. It drives better than my 200, and best of all, I don't fret about it being the last one on the planet, and making it last the rest of my lifetime.

No, I can't claim to be part of the legendary cruiser heritage club right now. But every time I use those by-God climate control knobs, I think I'm okay with that.

I felt the same way about climate control knobs in my old '17 4Runner. Better center console and cup holders. Fake leather seats were pretty decent.

I could not, however stand the anemic V6 and 5spd trans. Terrible combo for on road. Fine for off road, terrible for on road driving. Barely better mileage than my LX, certainly not enough to make it a decision point. I really like my LX and it drives way, way better than the 4Runner.

I will never understand splitting the HVAC between some buttons and the touch screen. Had an Acura that did the exact same thing. It just seems like an odd thing to do but companies keep doing it.

 

[Tex68w]

I felt the same way about climate control knobs in my old '17 4Runner. Better center console and cup holders. Fake leather seats were pretty decent.

I could not, however stand the anemic V6 and 5spd trans. Terrible combo for on road. Fine for off road, terrible for on road driving. Barely better mileage than my LX, certainly not enough to make it a decision point. I really like my LX and it drives way, way better than the 4Runner.

I will never understand splitting the HVAC between some buttons and the touch screen. Had an Acura that did the exact same thing. It just seems like an odd thing to do but companies keep doing it.

The split climate controls is by far my biggest complaint, same issue with our GX as well.