You know you made the right vehicle choice when...

[fdmsiv]

Sometimes owning a higher mileage 100 series is a PITA (04 270k miles), something is always in need of refreshing, maintenance, attention. etc... And I love every minute of it. Sometimes however, especially when I pull into a gas station, or during a "quick" repair that takes 6hrs to finish, that gnawing feeling begins, that tiny little bit of doubt, a feeling or a little less love than usual. Any doubt for now and at least until I have to reboot the upper ball joints is now gone because of what happened last weekend.

Our second car died and the wife wanted a minivan. We found a used Odyssey at a Honda dealership and off we go. We arrive in the LX, the Honda greeter comes outside and says:
"Please tell me you are trading in that LX, I've been looking for one for so long. I gave up and went with a GX instead." Not "Welcome to Honda", just straight into talking about the LX.
Later on we are talking with the salesperson and working out price etc. He ask about what we drive and if we want to trade it in. I respond that I drive an LX470 and he immediately says "What a sweet car, please tell me you are trading it in, I have been looking for one forever." Finally we are in finance office and making small talk while waiting on something and the LX comes up. Finance guy says that he drives a GX and loves it but is always on the look out for an LX. I was not expecting this at a Honda dealership and it really made my day.

 

[ScotyDosentKnow]

Most Honda fanatics are into Toyota SUV/Trucks because Honda really does not make a real SUV or Truck. There selection in that arena leaves a lot to be desired. Source: I and most all of my friends are diehard Honda fans.......who also own Toyota Trucks and SUV's. I have owned several Tacomas, a GX460 and our Land Cruiser.

On the flip side Toyota cars suck. Im sure they are reliable but they build the most boring cars on the planet. I have tried to bring myself to buy one so many times and just cant and I drive 30K - 40K miles a year for work. Im sure this is a very unpopular opinion in these parts LOL

 

[nukegoat]

Most Honda fanatics are into Toyota SUV/Trucks because Honda really does not make a real SUV or Truck. There selection in that arena leaves a lot to be desired. Source: I and most all of my friends are diehard Honda fans.......who also own Toyota Trucks and SUV's. I have owned several Tacomas, a GX460 and our Land Cruiser.

On the flip side Toyota cars suck. Im sure they are reliable but they build the most boring cars on the planet. I have tried to bring myself to buy one so many times and just cant and I drive 30K - 40K miles a year for work. Im sure this is a very unpopular opinion in these parts LOL

Agree. Honda cars ftw

 

[NE Snowman]

Love me some Yota SUVs, never got hooked on Hondas, always preferred euro cars(not the best reliability I know) . Toyota cars are pretty boring overall, I’d buy a 1uz LS though and drive the wheels off if I ever saw a nice one locally.

 

[J1000]

Was at the post office yesterday and the clerk told me how much he loved my LX

 

[Patassa]

The biggest problem with driving a landcruiser is what in the world am I going to do when I eventually have to replace it? A 200 series or a Grenadier (maybe, we'll see how it gets on over the years), otherwise everything is going to feel like overpriced garbage. Not a lot of options.

 

[excessive]

after being in the 80 series game for 10 years (having owned 2 examples) I bought a 100series 2 years ago, and I can't imagine owning anything else at this point. I loved my 80 series trucks so much, but the 100 has 90% of the 80series capabilty off-road but 10X the on-road and creature comforts. its a trade off worth it to me, making the 100 series literally the most perfect vehicle ever made. In my opintion.

I am thinking of buying a 2nd 100 series to spread out the mileage and hopefully prolong my ownership of the 100 series as long as i can.

 

[nissanh]

The biggest problem with driving a landcruiser is what in the world am I going to do when I eventually have to replace it? A 200 series or a Grenadier (maybe, we'll see how it gets on over the years), otherwise everything is going to feel like overpriced garbage. Not a lot of options.

Get an Armada, It's a Nissan Patrol Y62 made in Japan! Brand new 4x4 AWD S trim with destination is at $52K

 

[newbielx470]

Get an Armada, It's a Nissan Patrol Y62 made in Japan! Brand new 4x4 AWD S trim with destination is at $52K

Is Armada's reliability comparable to Land Cruiser's though? (Say 90% as reliable?)