[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by JavaBrewer

Sorry Matt but you're way off base. FJ80, it's a taco truck inside with nothing to stimulate senses other than outstanding performance and reliability But like I said, a run of the mill taco.

Disco I was a farm tool. Disco II a refined farm tool. Both oozed character and offered a ride that nothing in that segment could touch. Reliability was mostly bad but ours were mostly good. Oil drips are par for the course. Spend $2 on a piece of cardboard and problem solved. Discos drink premium fuel by the boat load. I don't miss our Disco (had a '97, '99, and '03) for a second but my wife still oogles the LR4s that she blows past on the highway in her Infiniti (no soul) G37. YMMV

To each his own, I thought my FJ80 had a huge amount of character. It's everything an old 4x4 should be - rugged, capable, reliable, and slow. Built like a tank, and about as fast. What sort of car is designed with two alternator belts for the sake of redundant reliability? At over 20 years old and 200k, the records since new showed an alternator as the only major mechanical repair. I did the fan clutch and water pump during my ownership. I'm fairly certain it had an easy 400k in it.