[CarreraDan]

Go read up on Ih8mud.com, it is the Land Cruiser equivalent to Pelican. Rust is the main issue with any Toyota and the Land Cruiser is no exception. Buy the nicest example you can afford and enjoy the best Toyota could offer. The 4.7L V8 does have a timing belt that should be done around 100k miles.

I originally sought a LC100 and then decided that LC 200 was what we really needed. We ended up with a 2016 and had to drive 9 hours to get one in the condition that we wanted. My wife thought it was insanely expensive for a 5 year old vehicle with 100k miles on it, then she drove it and fell in love with how solid it is. Ours is built like a tank and the suspension looks to be off a diesel truck. We routinely pull 7k lbs during the summer and have driven across the country once so far and plan to take it to the Grand Canyon next May. Gas mpg's is around 15-17 but that really doesn't matter to us as we bought it to be our adventure base/overlanding rig. Zero issues in 50k miles other than oil changes and tires are coming up. Zero squeaks or rattles and it drives like a brand new one. Our only problem is that she now proclaims it will be her driver until she cannot buy gas. We are shooting for 800k miles and I don't see why it won't make it.