Hello everyone. My name is Jim and I come to you from the United States. I was directed to your awesome forum by a friend of mine. As many of you know, we have a variant of your 120 Series badged as a Lexus GX470. My question is just a casual one, not meant to spark any controversy. I really want to know why you selected a Prado over the other offerings. I see a few of the folks here had 70 or 75-Series Land Cruisers. Many years ago, I started out with a Toyota short-bed pick-up (the cool people called them "Hilux" even though the trucks were never marketed as such here with that name) 4x4 with a 22R in 1986. I built that truck into several variants until it wound up as a pretty competent rock crawler on 35" BFG's and 4.1 crawler gears in the transfer. Fast forward several years now (the '86 has been long since sold but not forgotten) and I find myself wanting to get back out and explore, albeit, not in the extreme fashion as I did before.
I think I have my search narrowed down to a 4th-Generation 4Runner (120-based) or a GX470. I really like the cabin height on the GX plus it offers a manual-shift transfer (the 4Runner is electronic). I'm really leaning toward the GX because, well, let's face it, there just aren't many build Lexus SUV's running around here on 32" tires! Granted, the Lexus has many other features going for it and on the used market, the pricing is about the same as the 4Runner.
I arrived at my decision(s) after lengthy research. I had strongly considered a 100-Series but found them a bit too big. Our current and previous generation Tacoma pick-ups (in the Double Cab model) were strong contenders as well but, they REALLY hold their value (the asking price for a 2003 Tacoma on the west coast of the U.S. is ridiculous). I suppose I'm curious what led everyone here to decide on a 120 (or even a 150) Series Prado.
Thank you for your input!
I think I have my search narrowed down to a 4th-Generation 4Runner (120-based) or a GX470. I really like the cabin height on the GX plus it offers a manual-shift transfer (the 4Runner is electronic). I'm really leaning toward the GX because, well, let's face it, there just aren't many build Lexus SUV's running around here on 32" tires! Granted, the Lexus has many other features going for it and on the used market, the pricing is about the same as the 4Runner.
I arrived at my decision(s) after lengthy research. I had strongly considered a 100-Series but found them a bit too big. Our current and previous generation Tacoma pick-ups (in the Double Cab model) were strong contenders as well but, they REALLY hold their value (the asking price for a 2003 Tacoma on the west coast of the U.S. is ridiculous). I suppose I'm curious what led everyone here to decide on a 120 (or even a 150) Series Prado.
Thank you for your input!
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