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From: Sweet Home, OR
Ah, no sense preaching to the choir. A good truck is a good truck no matter who made it.
I'd LOVE to have a Toyota HiLux CrewCab, 4wd. straight axle 4wd. I guess I'll have to go to Australia or Africa and get one of the Billions they have.
I'd LOVE to have a Toyota HiLux CrewCab, 4wd. straight axle 4wd. I guess I'll have to go to Australia or Africa and get one of the Billions they have.
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I can still remember going through that red light in front of Officer Friendly (while driving my Dad's Hilux back in the 70s) when I hit the nerve just behind my kneecap on the steering wheel and my foot went straight to the floor on the go pedal.
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From: Dryden, ON, Canada
You can keep the Hilux, I'll take a FJ78 Pickup, with the new 4.5L DOHC V8 Diesel, 200 hp, 317 ft/lb, not big numbers by our standards, but the torque is flat from 1200-3200, and it's coming from a much smaller engine than we are used to associating those numbers with. You have to wonder why they don't sell that engine here.
I'd also be checking off the box for the factory electric diff locks in both live axles(full floater in the rear to boot.) Unfortunately the removable top and fold down windshield have gone the way of the dodo due to safety regulations.
http://www.toyota.com.au/TWR/content/static/42882.jpg
http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-conte...3-1024x768.JPG
I'd also be checking off the box for the factory electric diff locks in both live axles(full floater in the rear to boot.) Unfortunately the removable top and fold down windshield have gone the way of the dodo due to safety regulations.
http://www.toyota.com.au/TWR/content/static/42882.jpg
http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-conte...3-1024x768.JPG
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From: Southern Oregon USA
Has anyone seen this upcoming Indian import from Mahndra?
The crew cab looks interesting, although I don't think I would buy one.
mahindra pickup - Google Image Search
Jason
The crew cab looks interesting, although I don't think I would buy one.
mahindra pickup - Google Image Search
Jason
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They import sell tractors to the US, competing with Kubota, Kioti and similar.
Jason
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From: Faibanks Ak.
Come to think of it I have heard of their tractors don't know that I've seen one though.
In my part the smaller tractors are not used very much so the import brands are not very common.
Even though a lot of the old standy brands are imports too.
In my part the smaller tractors are not used very much so the import brands are not very common.
Even though a lot of the old standy brands are imports too.
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From: Sweet Home, OR
You can keep the Hilux, I'll take a FJ78 Pickup, with the new 4.5L DOHC V8 Diesel, 200 hp, 317 ft/lb, not big numbers by our standards, but the torque is flat from 1200-3200, and it's coming from a much smaller engine than we are used to associating those numbers with. You have to wonder why they don't sell that engine here.
I'd also be checking off the box for the factory electric diff locks in both live axles(full floater in the rear to boot.) Unfortunately the removable top and fold down windshield have gone the way of the dodo due to safety regulations.
http://www.toyota.com.au/TWR/content/static/42882.jpg
http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-conte...3-1024x768.JPG
I'd also be checking off the box for the factory electric diff locks in both live axles(full floater in the rear to boot.) Unfortunately the removable top and fold down windshield have gone the way of the dodo due to safety regulations.
http://www.toyota.com.au/TWR/content/static/42882.jpg
http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-conte...3-1024x768.JPG
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From: Dryden, ON, Canada
The 70 series used to have a 4.2L straight six, and if you go back to the 80's, they had the 3B 4 cyl in them.
I've driven a couple of the SUV versions of the FJ70 and I actually fit pretty comfortably in them, not so much in a Hilux I'm too long in the shins for most imports and other such things with low seating positions.
I've driven a couple of the SUV versions of the FJ70 and I actually fit pretty comfortably in them, not so much in a Hilux I'm too long in the shins for most imports and other such things with low seating positions.
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From: Southern Oregon USA
. My keyboard doesn't always keep up with what I'm typing.POS laptop... keys are popping off and I have to hit them just right or they won't register.
Pretty much any new diesel coming in will be computer controlled and have a DPF or urea injection to meet emissions regs
Jason
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You can keep the Hilux, I'll take a FJ78 Pickup, with the new 4.5L DOHC V8 Diesel, 200 hp, 317 ft/lb, not big numbers by our standards, but the torque is flat from 1200-3200, and it's coming from a much smaller engine than we are used to associating those numbers with. You have to wonder why they don't sell that engine here.
I'd also be checking off the box for the factory electric diff locks in both live axles(full floater in the rear to boot.) Unfortunately the removable top and fold down windshield have gone the way of the dodo due to safety regulations.
http://www.toyota.com.au/TWR/content/static/42882.jpg
http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-conte...3-1024x768.JPG
I'd also be checking off the box for the factory electric diff locks in both live axles(full floater in the rear to boot.) Unfortunately the removable top and fold down windshield have gone the way of the dodo due to safety regulations.
http://www.toyota.com.au/TWR/content/static/42882.jpg
http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-conte...3-1024x768.JPG