mike m

Funnily enough she had a isuzu pickup too lol

Nice, that'll take some thawing out . Bet it fires up on the button unlike my neighbours diesel pickup a few winters ago that she left abandoned in the middle of the shared access 

I love the old fj40s as well especially the troop carrier style I saw for sale last year from Oz. 

Really I could maybe opt for one of these newer forerunners and keep the ISF. 

The beast aka my trusty t sport Yaris would have to go instead 

I'd looked at the patrols ages ago when looking at landcruiser Amazon's. You get alot of car for you money compared to the landcruiser but they are all diesels.

I refuse to own a diesel so it limits my choice here in the uk. I love the landcruiser 200 series but hate the fact it's diesel only and the 5.7 V8 petrol isn't offered. Right hand drive 105 series don't come up often either.

I am really fussy though and like unusual cars.

@Big Rat auto box torque converter and gearboxes are the biggest faults and windscreens being rock magnets. Early ones have inner wing cracking faults and rear diff issues. Most of these were fixed in the 2010 onwards models and a manual box cures the auto issues lol. It's a Toyota after all how bad can it be? Don't mention Mk iii supra's lol

I'd seen the video at knockhill before but always a pleasure to watch. 

Not planning on doing anything really until mine is motd and serviced in April so I'm wanting round knockhill before that. Been looking at trackday insurance and stuff. 99 quid for four hours round the track. Hope a petrol station is close lol.

1 hour ago, doog442 said:

It looks ideal for the school run.

If i had kids they'd probably want to walk instead of being seen in this thing 

@NothernDan lol mate that's how i see it as well, most folk will hate it. As for performance the handling will be boat like but acceleration isn't too bad in the mid 6 secs to 60. the 4.0 litre petrol should mean i don't see much difference in MPG lol.

I kinda miss my Rx for being able to throw the bikes and stuff in the back and head off but i like the thought of being able to stretch this things legs on a proper off road course.

For this, well not this one but i'd prefer a 6 speed manual.

Dunno though, as much as i love the ISF i've fancied a proper landcruiser for a while. The HJZ's are too hard to find in RHD but the FJ's come up a little more often and i quite like the look of them especially with some ARB bumpers all round / snorkel and a winch lol.

https://www.prestigecarsltd.com/toyota-fj-cruiser-4.0-v6-auto-4x4-suv-right-hand-drive-in-sunningdale-surrey-6197735

Maybe need to just get the ISF out to knockhill for a track day and revitalise my interest but i'm getting the itch to change lol.

13 hours ago, Big Rat said:

@mike m Empty car park in your neck of the woods and replicate it for us and post a vid !

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I'd love to but we've naff all snow but it was -8 last night. Oh and my garage queen is tucked up while I'm offshore 

I'm gonna go for ES. Looks like a GS but not long enough. Gets a fair spin going lol

1 hour ago, Big Rat said:

Two years next month, a fuse in the glovebox and that was my fault 39p 😳

🐀

I'd trade it in for that 

Owned for 18 months and has cost me nothing other than servicing. I've put 8k on it.

No worries. They still have 35% off this weekend. WEEKEND35 code.

To be fair its mostly the veilside kit I hate on them lol

@rob_clio172 thanks mate. Aye she was tidy at the time lowered on TRD shocks but bodywork stock. I hate big kits on them with a passion. This one was exported to Switzerland apparently.

@rich1068 lol mate your spot on with the bug. 73 1300 with empis running a 2ltre stroker motor with twin 44 IDF's lol. I'd put a pic up but don't won't to hijack the thread. 

1 hour ago, rob_clio172 said:

Cheers muka, out of interest why did you get rid of the mk4 supra? TT 6speed manuals fetch big money nowadays. I would love a supra but the cost of them compared to the is300 is worlds apart....... but fully understand why they are worlds apart, very iconic car!

Sigh, don't remind me mate. Traded it in 2010 for a Monaro and have regretted it ever since. At the time I wanted shot of it because its valve stems were smoking a little and the suspension felt like it needed attention , re bushing etc. I know naff all really but I was ready for a change at the time I guess.

On 15/11/2017 at 10:11 AM, J Henderson said:

FLASH50

50% off all discs & pads until 9pm.

its on again tonight till 9pm same code if anyone's interested.

6 hours ago, rob_clio172 said:

Hiya matey, the pistons just need the rings gapped, also need to check the wrist pin size in relation to the manley rod wrist pin bore. Rods are weighed and balanced when made/checked, manley hand write on the boxes the weight in grams of each end of the rod. The big end bores on the rods are also pre checked before they are boxed but i have also rechecked this myself and they are all spot on exactly 2.167"

Cool, good luck with it, will be a bit of a sleeper once its on the road lol.

Nice build there. As an ex mkiv supra tt 6 sp owner you've caught my interest lol.

Just out of curiosity are you having to weigh and balance the rods / pistons you bought or are they already spot on?

Btw the v160 box was really clunky as well on and off the power and I remember trying to get the correct oil for it was a PITA.

Doesn't sound like this does it? 

Some info in the comments about it.

5 hours ago, dutchie01 said:

Who is that bloke.. Did not miss one apex, in full control like he is driving to the shops.. Must be a retired touringcar driver surely

I don't know but he's good like.

1 hour ago, Jgtcracer said:

Maybe I'm just getting a little difficult.  A couple of times I have arranged things then they have let me down or failed to get back to me when we have agreed something.  Newcastle is a bit of a pain for me so maybe they will get another chance! Lol

I was wound up yesterday, over it now.  

It's been Alistair I have dealt with in the past

Aye that would annoy me as well to be fair. Hopefully they'll be fine with you next time.

I don't mind a long drive for a car though although heading to Derby down the M6 to pick up the gs430 and back up the A1 was a long day.

3 hours ago, JonP said:

just watched that vides, very impressive. They were both relaxed and enjoying themselves whilst doing the lap, obviously not too many worries about the cars' handling.

Maybe if I drove round there a couple of hundred times I might get close to a lap like that... (considers moving to germany)

It was good to see the track being fairly quiet letting him open it up. Fairly tortured the tyres lol. 

@Jgtcracer I'm surprised at Edinburgh they've always been easy to deal with for us. Bought four cars off them now. Give John Canning in sales a shout. Ive dealt with John and Seb and both were great although Seb left in the summer.

Nice to see a lexus ring taxi after the isf. 

Good video here as well.