Posted: 6/27/2011 8:13:51 PM EDT
Toyota Land Cruiser's command quite the price premium over in Australia. 
Of course, I'd still want one... They have 4.5L twin turbo diesel v8s. EDIT: Looking at $65k in Australian currency (for those who can't navigate the web page) |
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Toyota Land Cruiser's command quite the price premium over in Australia.
Of course, I'd still want one... They have 4.5L twin turbo diesel v8s. EDIT: Looking at $65k in Australian currency (for those who can't navigate the web page) I could be wrong, but last I heard the Australian and American dollars are roughly equal in worth nowadays. |
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Quoted: Toyota Land Cruiser's command quite the price premium over in Australia. Of course, I'd still want one... They have 4.5L twin turbo diesel v8s. EDIT: Looking at $65k in Australian currency (for those who can't navigate the web page) Out of curiosity, what do you think they cost in the US? |
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Solid axles.  And huge diesel. 
Pour jerrycurl lube in that shit and roll on FTW, It would be awesome to have one with the dual system set up to run on diesel untill it warmed and then switched to SVO, The one where they run the SVO lines next to the long radiator lines to keep the goop fluid, give me four gallons of diesel and 30 gallons of SVO and I'll pop wood for 400 miles..
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Toyota Land Cruiser's command quite the price premium over in Australia.
Of course, I'd still want one... They have 4.5L twin turbo diesel v8s. EDIT: Looking at $65k in Australian currency (for those who can't navigate the web page) Out of curiosity, what do you think they cost in the US? They're not comparable. One's a land yacht based off a Lexus, and the other boasts an adjustable steering wheel as it's most catching creature comfort. The current US Land Cruiser is a 200 Series, and the Land Cruiser I linked from Australia is a 70 series... They're completely different platforms. Quoted:
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Solid axles. And huge diesel.
Pour jerrycurl lube in that shit and roll on FTW, It would be awesome to have one with the dual system set up to run on diesel untill it warmed and then switched to SVO, The one where they run the SVO lines next to the long radiator lines to keep the goop fluid, give me four gallons of diesel and 30 gallons of SVO and I'll pop wood for 400 miles..
I don't think that'd be difficult to do. One of the models has two 90L fuel tanks, so I'd assume it could just bolt right on. 
If my math is correct, the Australian Land Cruisers get 22 MPG, so you can pop wood for a lot more than 400 miles with 34 gallons of fuel. 
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Toyota Land Cruiser's command quite the price premium over in Australia.
Of course, I'd still want one... They have 4.5L twin turbo diesel v8s. EDIT: Looking at $65k in Australian currency (for those who can't navigate the web page) Out of curiosity, what do you think they cost in the US? They're not comparable. One's a land yacht based off a Lexus, and the other boasts an adjustable steering wheel as it's most catching creature comfort. The current US Land Cruiser is a 200 Series, and the Land Cruiser I linked from Australia is a 70 series... They're completely different platforms. Quoted:
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Solid axles. And huge diesel.
Pour jerrycurl lube in that shit and roll on FTW, It would be awesome to have one with the dual system set up to run on diesel untill it warmed and then switched to SVO, The one where they run the SVO lines next to the long radiator lines to keep the goop fluid, give me four gallons of diesel and 30 gallons of SVO and I'll pop wood for 400 miles..
I don't think that'd be difficult to do. One of the models has two 90L fuel tanks, so I'd assume it could just bolt right on.
If my math is correct, the Australian Land Cruisers get 22 MPG, so you can pop wood for a lot more than 400 miles with 34 gallons of fuel. There is a company in OH that will outfit anything diesel, even a VW Jetta with the system I mentioned for less than $4000, it runs off the petrol fuel untill the SVO (or whatever dumpster goop you get in it) reaches operating temperature (viscosity) and then automatically switches over, IIRC it take something like 1/8 gallon to heat the tubes up. They run these lines with a feed and return line from the radiator nested with one line of SVO in betwen them all in one conduit to heat the SVO line up as fast as possible. |
