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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Expedition Portal named the 100 series as their top choice for a used expedition vehicle, I think the 80 series was #3. The fact is that except for serious hardcore rock crawling off road action the 100 will be equally good, and it is dramatically better at on road duty. Let's face facts, as fun as it is to talk about off road capability, the vast majority of time will be spent on pavement.
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That's pretty much it in a nutshell.
When I was younger and doing some pretty serious off-roading, my FJ40 was the schiz. As I got older, its off-road prowess became less and less used, and its on-road compromises really got to be annoying. So it got sold.
I bought the FJ80 in part because a good friend gave me one hell of a deal on a very nice, fully optioned (including factory front and rear diff locks), low miles, freshly re-engined (at the dealer) example. I just couldn't pass it up. That, and that tiny little voice in the back of my head (leftover from my four wheeling days) told me I "needed" a "real" Landcruiser.
Well, I'm here to tell you - my co-worker's 100 is a far better rig for a guy like me. A guy who still goes off-road, but not like I used to - no longer just to see how far I can get, how hard I can push it, how much the rig can take. The 80 wins that contest hands-down, but that just doesn't matter so much anymore. The 100 would more than get me anywhere I want to go and, more importantly, back home again. And its on-road manners are so much more civilized. I would lean in that direction, if I hadn't gotten such a good deal on the 80.
Oh, and Mike - seriously? 14-15 mpg??!! That's just crazy talk in the FJ80 world. Good on you. Mine gets 12-13 on its very best day on the freeway, and closer to 10 all around as a daily driver. My buddy's 100 doesn't do as well as your 80. That's really something.