Products that just won't DIE

[Nevada Mike]

The land cruiser need a lot of TLC(tender loving care) and aren't to be taken anywhere rougher than a dirt driveway to you house. Without a lot of TLC ( read maitanence and money) they will continually breakdown. Not as bad as a Landrover but not far off it.
Now a NISSAN 4X4 will handle anything you throw at it and not fail. My 1997 model has never broken down or got bogged. It has always got me where I wanted to go and home again.
I may never have broken down but it has stopped for unscheduled periodic matainance and temporarily lost forward momentum in some sticky situations but as I said never broken down or got bogged.
The Toyota is like a high demand wife. Pretty to look at, expensive and doesn't like to get dirty.

The Nissan on the other hand is like the plain Jane wife. Easy on the eye, cheap to keep and helps with the hard tasks. That why the Nissan rules the roost off and on road.
Bob

Bob… I have owned, driven and serviced Landcruisers for over 50 years. The design, materials, and build quality are superior to that of any other vehicle of its type. Servicing is mainly a matter of changing fluids and filters and replacing consumables. Air and oil filters need special attention when driving in harsh conditions. A couple of years ago I made a trip of several weeks through the back roads of Mexico’s Sierra Madre Occidental, 90% of driving on rough and dusty mountain roads. My companions (in a Jeep Wrangler and new Toyota Tundra) experienced some difficulty but I did not. I stopped several times to knock the dust out of the air filter and other than stops at the Pemex station for diesel nothing else was required. This was in a 1993 Landcruiser HDJ73 - a medium wheel base, mechanically injected, 4.2 liter six cylinder diesel with 5 speed transmission. This is my go to vehicle for hunting and travel in the rugged mountains here in SE Arizona.

I also have a Jeep CJ, a Ford F350 4x4 7.3L Super Duty, and a 100 Series Landcruiser, which is my road car. The ‘Cruiser gets the nod for almost all my off highway driving. Based on my experience with Landcruisers (40, 60, 70, 80, and 100 series) I’d argue that they are far from ‘delicate’.

I admit that I keep my vehicles clean and up to date on service, so that is a factor to be considered- as with any vehicle.

 

[Safari Dave]

Just about any Landcruiser built before 1996. I’ve owned TLCs since 1972 and still own two… world renowned reliability.

I bought my first one when I was 17 (1982) - A 1972 FJ40. Never a problem.

Sold it to a friend to get money for an 1974 FJ55. My wife and I started dating in the "iron pig"

Traded it in for a Jeep Scrambler (STUPID).



Bought a 1986 FJ60 in 1988 - still have it. I brought both of my kids home from the hospital in it after they were born.

My son used it to leave his wedding in 2021.

I had to replace the radiator about 20 years ago, other than that, no major repairs. Still going strong and all 6 cylinders still meet factory compression specs.

Bought a 2004 Landcruiser Prado (Lexus GX 470) in 2020. Nothing but very minor issues, so far.

I wish we could get 70 Series in the US.

 

[Safari Dave]

If you can get a pretty college girl to date a guy who drives an "Iron Pig," you might just have a "keeper."

And I did, 40 years later and counting...

 

[Safari Dave]

If you can get a pretty college girl to date a guy who drives an "Iron Pig," you might just have a "keeper."

And I did, 40 years later and counting...

She also carried frogs, as I shot them with a .22 at night, then learned from my mother how to cook the legs later that night.


Keeper for sure!

 

[Ryan]

My Buck 112s. The black handled one is around 7 years old and used for work. I use it daily to open cardboard boxes, which aren't gently on an edge. It has lost at least a quarter inch to the tip from sharpening and the thumb stud broke off after a year. But it's doing fine otherwise, locking securely and no wobble in the blade yet. You can see the difference compared to my newer orange one I have for every day carry outside of work.

 

[Safari Dave]

Back to the topic...


American Buck knives
Case knives
Mora knives
Zippo lighters
Victorinox Swiss Army knives (heck, any of their knives)
English-Made Hardy Fly Reels
Cortland Fly Lines - still made in Cortland, New York after over 100 years!
Gokey Leather Products

 

[Safari Dave]

You just never want a Buck to get too dull. The steel is so hard, that they are a devil to resharpen.