Original posted September 2008 After 24 monthsIt been a while and certainly over due for this update! Nothing has really changed or happened with the car so just a further updating of what I’ve said before. You can assume that it has been a reliable experience to date. High mileage Toyota LandCruiser Prado’s are quite […]
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12 Month UpdateIt been a while and certainly over due for this update! Nothing has really changed or happened with the car that hasn’t already been said. High mileage Toyota Prado’s are quite common and its easy to see why. It is genuinely a fantastic long distance commuter. There are several key features which make it so,
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Original posted September 2006/2007 Model refresh and review:As per all manufacturers Toyota has updated the 120 series Prado but this year’s update is much more far reaching than the last which was in late 2004. Considering issues including model life span and history, resale values, pricing in light of fuel prices it still significant. This commentary
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Original posted 2006 After 6 months review Some cracks are beginning to show but they seem related to the poor choice of standard tyres rather than something wrong with the design. That said many other cars have the same problem. After about 15,000 kms the tyres started to create the typical humming harmonics. It’s that mid-range hum
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First posted September 2005 The first long distance trip within the first 3 months for the Toyota Prado ownership lasted for about 10000ks. The trip was arcoss Australia and back. (Check out the pictures gallery) The long trip so early in the ownership means I can tell you the following and start of the long
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Conclusion so far – After 3 months After 3 months ownership of the Prado GXL version this is essentially what I think.When I picked the car up there was an issue with the the fold up 3 row of seats. One of them did not click properly into place. So it wasn’t a good start. This was fixed
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Original posted September 2005 Initial impressions after test driving the Prado, the VX and Grande models: The test drive of the VX and Grande models left a great 1st impression, but rather than focus on all the positives (I’ll leave that to the long term reports) I will state some of the negatives. The VX grade
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Toyota 150 series LandCruiser Prado VS 200 series Toyota LandCruiser Time to compare and review the 200 series Land Cruiser with the 150 series Prado. The 200 series LandCruiser is the biggest model you can get from Toyota. It is now marketed as a ‘luxury’ model as opposed to catering for a wider range of
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Toyota 120 series LandCruiser Prado VS 150 series LandCruiser Prado LC5 Here’s the first comparison between the (2003-2009) 120 series Toyota Prado the (2009-2018?) 150 series Toyota LandCruiser Prado. These are 5 door comparisons. The model code is KDJ150R. We have posted long term and short terms reviews and a more detailed comparison including
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120 series Toyota LandCruiser Prado VS 200 series Toyota LandCruiser Following on from the the 100 series comparison we decided to compare the 120 series and 200 series LandCruisers. The 120 Series was released in late 2002 and available until 2010 and the 200 Series was launched in late 2007. Unusually for a Toyota
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