Hi everyone!! Just wanted to introduce myself to the forum. I have lurked around ih8mud for about a month now and I find it mighty impressive for the wealth of knowledge around here. Reminds me of the M3post forum and landroverworld forums that I'm a part of also.
Suffice to say, I have seriously been considering the LC200 as our next family road trip / camping / light adventure rig. Nowhere close to pulling the trigger yet, so the plan is to learn as much about the platform as possible prior to taking the plunge, so maybe looking at a year or more in the timeline. This path has immensely helped me in my other vehicle purchases so much so that I have not bought a vehicle that does not have a strong online and real world community and aftermarket support. We tend to keep our cars way longer than the average consumer (my 2012 car has been with us since new and my wife's 2013 LR4 has been with us since new) and your average cookie cutter dealer maintenance (across all brands) does not really cut it these days. So I tend to gravitate more towards platforms that have been around and have been tried and tested, preferably the last few years of a model generation with all initial bugs essentially ironed out.
So in comes the consideration for the land cruiser - some what of a dream car for me ever since my teenage years (i'm 40 now) and still a day dreaming car for me envisioning trips out west in my free time. Wife currently continues to be in love with her LR4 , so the LC may land up being an addition instead of a substitution in a year or two. I know LR4s get a lot of hate but so far so good with routine+ maintenance and sitting at 118K miles. We have done light off roading trips into new-mexico and around sedona and its been a blast.
From reviews of the LC200 platform, it appears to be a pretty solid rig. The most issues that I saw on this forum on a stock car seem to pertain to its 8 speed transmission on 2016+ models and the radiator crack issue. I have drooled over slee products and ARB bumpers day dreaming my build, but I've found it a lot easier on my wallet to ease into ownership for the first 2-3 years bone stock , let the car prove itself and then initiate modding.
Apologies for the long post, but I'll continue learning and be a part of this community. A hi to everyone and hope to eventually get a LC200 prior to forced induction / hybridization (nothing against it personally, but I'm not an early adopter of the latest and greatest).
Suffice to say, I have seriously been considering the LC200 as our next family road trip / camping / light adventure rig. Nowhere close to pulling the trigger yet, so the plan is to learn as much about the platform as possible prior to taking the plunge, so maybe looking at a year or more in the timeline. This path has immensely helped me in my other vehicle purchases so much so that I have not bought a vehicle that does not have a strong online and real world community and aftermarket support. We tend to keep our cars way longer than the average consumer (my 2012 car has been with us since new and my wife's 2013 LR4 has been with us since new) and your average cookie cutter dealer maintenance (across all brands) does not really cut it these days. So I tend to gravitate more towards platforms that have been around and have been tried and tested, preferably the last few years of a model generation with all initial bugs essentially ironed out.
So in comes the consideration for the land cruiser - some what of a dream car for me ever since my teenage years (i'm 40 now) and still a day dreaming car for me envisioning trips out west in my free time. Wife currently continues to be in love with her LR4 , so the LC may land up being an addition instead of a substitution in a year or two. I know LR4s get a lot of hate but so far so good with routine+ maintenance and sitting at 118K miles. We have done light off roading trips into new-mexico and around sedona and its been a blast.
From reviews of the LC200 platform, it appears to be a pretty solid rig. The most issues that I saw on this forum on a stock car seem to pertain to its 8 speed transmission on 2016+ models and the radiator crack issue. I have drooled over slee products and ARB bumpers day dreaming my build, but I've found it a lot easier on my wallet to ease into ownership for the first 2-3 years bone stock , let the car prove itself and then initiate modding.
Apologies for the long post, but I'll continue learning and be a part of this community. A hi to everyone and hope to eventually get a LC200 prior to forced induction / hybridization (nothing against it personally, but I'm not an early adopter of the latest and greatest).
