4x4 Action Group

Good News:
The Land Cruiser 78 'Troopy' Wagon has been re-launched in SA.
It was previously here from 2011 to 2015

Bad News:
The 'Troopy' will only be available with the 4.2 Naturally Aspirated motor, chugging out 96kW & 285Nm.

More News here:
https://www.carmag.co.za/news/new-model ... th-africa/

Troopy, the choice of die hard overlanders. More space than a 76 with its wheel base equal to that of a 79 Pickup.

The 4.2 is the last of the old mechanical pump diesel engines available. Contaminated and Paraffin diluted diesel won`t kill it.

But the 4.2 is a Donkey and you have to adapt your driving style to that. In my book it is a vehicle for owners with prolonged ownership in mind.

You buy it, you kit it, you keep it.

A guy with a kitted out Prado who tells me he is an overlander is embarrassing.

A guy with a Troopy who tells me he is an overlander - I end up buying him a dop.

I just cannot get my head around the fact that Toyota do not bring that out with a decent petrol engine.

And if you go on an extended overland trip, you would have to pull over and give the thing a quick oil change. Pathetic.

Although the speed that thing will go, you could just lean out the window and do the service on the go.

Does is come with a kidney belt?


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LesseW wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:28 pm

Does is come with a kidney belt?

Your forefathers rode up here from the Cape on Ox wagons & Horseback.

You Afrikaners have gotten soft over the past 100 years...

Mad Manny wrote:

LesseW wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:28 pm

Does is come with a kidney belt?

Your forefathers rode up here from the Cape on Ox wagons & Horseback.

You Afrikaners have gotten soft over the past 100 years...

We also got clever and now know when to buy a Prado instead of....

AndreasR wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:23 pm

And if you go on an extended overland trip, you would have to pull over and give the thing a quick oil change. Pathetic.

I'd gladly carry a few cans of oil and an oil filter on an overlanding trip.

It takes less space than 6 jerrycans full of 10ppm diesel I have to carry around because of dirty diesel fears.

Ricoffy wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:45 pm

I'd gladly carry a few cans of oil and an oil filter on an overlanding trip.

It takes less space than 6 jerrycans full of 10ppm diesel I have to carry around because of dirty diesel fears.

You forgot to mention the funnel and 12 litre oil catch can or are you going to dump it on the road side in the bush?

I gonna tell Greta about you!

The only thing I like about that engine is the sound it makes.

I reckon Boris will be very upset if I drive through the ULEZ in central London with one of those, on my way to the Channel Tunnel whilst on my way to Cape Point.... but at least I will get to Cape Town with only 2.65 services required along the way.