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Yeah its fine, though black roof + lighter color makes a huge difference vs. darker/monotone -
Also its rather low & long vs. what I'm looking for - so now curious to see Land Cruiser BEV whenever it lands (no pun) -
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Yep, classic Toyota dealer experiences. The 'Regional Distributor Model' bakes a lot of sleaze into the business model, especially in certain regions.
We jumped two states for GH purchase - no markup on high-demand/short-supply vehicle and got the allocation changed to what we wanted. Meanwhile local service has been fine - literally housed in a separate building two blocks away from sales.
In other news, we're planning another factory drive-by during upcoming spring break road trip. I wonder if Red House Guard Guy will drive up 20' to chase us away again? Maybe Jamie can tee up a family photo for us by the shed behind the house?
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Drive through water pit!! I think my husband thinks I’m nuts. Not something I’m usually so excited about.
I had high hopes for the R2, but don't think it'll be what we are interested in. Their engineers are too stuck in the "software-defined" everything paradigm. That's not an approach that works for us. We'll test drive one, but I fully expect we'll cancel our reservation.
So you are saying there’s still a chance you buy a Scout.
The things we do for "science".The Lightning’s frunk isn’t uncomfortable. I expect the Terra’s to be about the same, and would guess the Traveler’s isn’t much smaller.
Unfortunately my interest level in talking to my car to do things is even lower than using a touchscreen. We have it in our Volvo and I've used it maybe a handful of times and most of those are to just show someone how it works.
If we can afford one, there’s a chance. We have to see them in person. On paper, the Traveler is too wide.So you are saying there’s still a chance you buy a Scout.
Clearly nobody is making an approx 70-75-inch wide BEV SUV with off-road capabilities and a useable UX/UI any time soon. We have some time to wait, so we’ll see. Maybe Toyota will recover and build the BEV Landcruiser with an actual useable interface.
But at this time I’m shopping DIY conversion kits and a 1985-1989 FJ60 (71 inches wide, 184 inches long) or ~1996 FJ80 (76 inches wide, 190 inches long) Landcruiser.
Hope you still hang out here.
Im sure you'll be proud to know you planted this seed and it grew enough to finally wear me down.
Changed my Terra reservation this morning to fully BEV.
The virtually zero maintenance aspect appealed to my lazy sensibilities.
I also dont want my towing rating compromised since I will probably end up towing my Lexus GX470 if I end up putting portals and 37"s on it.
If I need to wait until 2029, that's okay.
Oh the other BEV Terra guys are going to be so excited! Welcome to the BEV club!!
You can import either of those with left hand drive from Spain in great condition for a pretty reasonable price.
Well, at least when the trade tantrums stop...
The FZJ80 platform is very robust and has a more spacious interior in my experience.
If I didn’t already have the Lightning, and a Tacoma-sized truck still isn’t on the docket, this would be my next pickup. If my Lightning fails for any reason, this is the only pickup I’ll consider (unless a Tacoma-sized truck with a useable interface is available).
Yeah, I would prefer the FZJ80 while my partner goes back and forth between the 60 and the 80 for the looks vs utility. I don’t care about what the vehicle looks like, just how it performs.
And, really, it’s more about the 60-series vs 80-series and less about the very specific model number.
If you do that you have to start a thread and take us an along. I would love to see that.
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