Landcruiser Sold

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This adventure ended in September 2005, and we have resumed a fixed address in Sydney. Our Landcruiser served us very well easily handling everthing it was asked to do, but a big, manual, diesel is mush less at home in the city. Consequently, it has been sold. We are sad to see it go, and hope it is happy in its new home.

Standard Equipment

In 2000, the 100 series Landcruiser GXL station wagon came with:

Remote central locking
AM FM radio / tape / CD player
Electric windows and mirrors
Power steering
Dual air bags
Anti-lock brakes
Constant 4WD
Limited slip rear diff

We were not sure that a bush vehicle should have electric windows or air bags, but they never caused us a problem. The tape player works better than a CD at drowning the noise of endless corrugations. It seems almost ridiculous that a car with all that would not also have air conditioning, so we had to add it.

Accessories

To set the vehicle up for extended outback travel, we also added:

ARB steel bull bar with IPF driving lights and a Warn 4100kg winch
Kaymar twin pivot rear bar, towbar, and dual spare wheel carriers
Alloy roof rack and roof box
Heavy duty springs and shock absorbers
Snorkel
Long range fuel tank (280l total capacity)
Dual underbody water tanks (72l total capacity)
GME UHF radio and NEC S2 satellite phone
ARB 40l fridge
Dual battery system, 96w solar system and 500w inverter
Compressor and shower
Cargo barrier and custom shelving
Custom bike rack
Window tinting

One of the IPF lights fractured its casing, but didn't fall off desipte rattling away for over 70,000 km. The Kaymar rear bar was heavy and unimpressive - there must be a better solution. The Long Ranger fuel tank is in a vulnerable spot, but it performed flawlessly despite several heavy impacts. We were never short of water, and often had enough to spare for a shower, which is a luxury you only appreciate when you have to do without. The Optus/NEC phone was the only item that proved consistently unreliable. With CDMA coverage finally approaching reasonable, you'd be better with a CDMA Mobile and an EPIRB. The solar setup was brilliant, we never needed to worry about power for the fridge and laptops. Cape Arid

What's Left

The new owner didn't want the bike rack or the cargo shelving. These few remaining Off Road 4WD Accessories will not suit the small, petrol, automatic city car that replaces it, and hence they are for sale

The Landcruiser is an excellent off road vehicle. If we go bush again, we wouldn't hesitate to buy another one.

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