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Post by Humph on Aug 30, 2016 19:49:06 GMT
It does look like a sort of fantasy rat race escape pod. The sort of thing you could drive into the office car park, casually sling your short but to the point letter of resignation in the general direction of reception and head the thing towards Dover...😈
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Post by Alanović on Aug 31, 2016 9:16:56 GMT
Very glad to hear Mrs OK is OK, OK.
Is this the vehicle with the dodgy brakes? Might the fuzz/insurance pick up on that?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 12:17:11 GMT
It is the vehicle which has been given me brake grief; The brakes are reasonably ok now, although they feel like they won't stay that way.
In any case, a truck hit the back left corner of the LC as it went past it so the brakes weren't involved.
In all seriousness if it had been the real LC it would have needed a new rear light lens. As its not, its the plastic POS, it actually needs an entire new light, the entire back plastic bit that passes for a bumper, and the other plastic bit which looks like a wheel arch. None of which are in stock in South America.
In a bit I'm off down the dodgy end of town to see a guy who reckons he's got a rear light cluster. I reckon it will go in ok, assuming its the right one, and then we can wait for the plastic crap to arrive before I finally sell the thing.
Never again will I buy a modern Toyota truck.
The truck driver was not insured. A fairly common occurrence.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 12:21:34 GMT
As for the fuzz picking up on that, you'd be unlucky if they noticed a wheel missing, never mind a defect.
Insurance is another thing; here they may well say something like;
"Your claim is £2,000 but its going to take us weeks and weeks to pay you. If you drop the claim to £1,500 we'll pay you this afternoon".
You can go to court and hear this from the Judge, as I did over the time someone ran into the back of my Dodge Ram;
"I know it was parked, I know he ran into the back of it, and I know the damage is £15,000. However, he's only a waiter and you've got money so I think it would be unfair to expect him to pay more than £2,000. And you better pay for his lawyer as well because he can't afford to".
I tell you, its a different world here.
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Post by Alanović on Aug 31, 2016 12:22:22 GMT
What's a better alternative?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 12:23:40 GMT
Than the LC? Or than the South American justice system?
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Post by Alanović on Aug 31, 2016 12:38:45 GMT
Sorry, alternative to the LC.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 12:53:14 GMT
Difficult.
The thing is whilst I do indeed use it for the school run, it can quite equally be at 10,000ft knee deep in snow. Some of the places I go are quite tricky. I'll try and dig out some photos.
As a school run, city car, especially in the UK or US where driving tends to be quite careful, then the LC is big, powerful, modern, well-equipped and a pleasant drive. Clearly that is where Toyota see their market these days.
In difficult places it is a complete wuss and breaks a lot. It doesn't break down, it literally breaks. It is generally tatty because the slightest knock damages it. I would happily drive it in the UK, it doesn't work here.
The vehicles which are butch enough are pick-ups. The problem with a pick up is carrying stuff. If I am carrying school bags, sports kit, teenage girls and a ton of accompanying "stuff", where do I put it. The first traffic light I stop at will see half of it nicked from the back.
Even if we're off camping or fishing you can't park the damn thing anywhere and leave it unaccompanied. so if its going to be a pickup, then I need to also consider how it will be secured. A sliding cover, for example, though I don't know how secure they are.
All the other Japanese or similar SUVs seem about as girlie as the LC.
I'm investigating the big US SUVs at the moment. At first sight they seem stronger. I need to have a look at the big Volvo SUV as well. Not very common here, but from a distance it looks ok.
I won't buy a new one anyway, I'm right off depreciation. So perhaps 2 or 3 year old vehicles are bit less plastic and a bit more metal.
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Post by Alanović on Aug 31, 2016 13:21:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 13:23:45 GMT
That's pretty good, but I wonder if they are available here.
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Post by Alanović on Aug 31, 2016 13:40:55 GMT
Well even if it isn't, it might be worth importing as a one off if it's the right solution.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 13:52:05 GMT
I shall certainly bear it in mind. I shall probably have time later to cruise the websites for secondhand cars..
I've got loads of time, because the LC can;t be sold in its current state.
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Post by Hofmeister on Aug 31, 2016 13:55:25 GMT
I'm investigating the big US SUVs at the moment. At first sight they seem stronger. Got to be the way to go. A 10th Generation GMC Yukon/Chevy Suburban would be a good way to go. buy a 2014 model but its essentially 2007 technology.
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Post by tyrednexited on Aug 31, 2016 15:38:03 GMT
Well even if it isn't, it might be worth importing as a one off if it's the right solution. I think Truckman www.truckman.co.uk/...are one of the biggest manufacturer/suppliers in the UK, and they export deliver. I find it hard to believe, however, that any market that supports the pick-up won't have a local supplier of similar items.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 17:05:23 GMT
$95,000 for a bloody light cluster. Not even OEM. Bandits.
[about £100].
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