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.