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Fog lights are tied to the low beams because by law only four lighting sources can be active at any one time on a road legal vehicle. If your high beams are activated the DOT considers that to be two light sources in addition to the two low beams. If the fog lamps were also lit that would make...

It’s not road trips where the small fuel tank is really an annoyance. I am going to have to take a leak and stretch my legs every 200-250 miles anyway. The annoyance is for daily driving and/or exploring trails. These activities are inevitably less fuel efficient than steady state cruising and...

A man can never have too much whiskey, too many books, or too much ammunition. I guess we should add fuel tank capacity to that list as well.

Those look better than the First Edition mudflaps anyway.

Did you remove the storage tray next to the battery compartment when you did the work? Looked like lots of access to me.

Because seemingly way too many of them can’t accomplish merging into other lanes of traffic in a construction zone with ample advanced warning that the lane they are in ends in 2 miles. Thus bringing lanes on I-25 to a complete halt. I can’t be friends with people like that. They probably kick...

Drove down to Denver area yesterday and back. Had 3 different people talk to me about the LC. One nice lady complimented me on the beautiful Land Rover. I couldn’t be rude and correct her, so later I just reassured the LC that’s it’s really a Toyota and she didn’t mean it and didn’t know any...

Thanks again.

I just made a round trip from Hot Springs, SD down to the Denver area and back today. Minimum cruising speed of 70MPH up to 84MPH. Averaged 21.4 MPG. Land Cruiser trim with premium package and 20” wheels with the stock Dunlop Grandtrek tires. Finished up with about 800 miles on the clock, so not...

I plan to turn it off, it’s extremely annoying.

You’ll love it. Sounds like we chewed some of the same dirt. I was in Al Anbar in 2004 (USMC infantry), we also had a HMMV roll over a mine outside of the airfield at Al Taqqadum. Blasted the entire rear driver side quarter off including the suspension, wheel, geared portal hub, axle shaft etc...

Absolutely correct. Land Rover/Range Rover is where it’s at. You never have to replace brakes, windshield wipers, or even change the oil and filter. You simply replace the entire vehicle at 15,000 miles and send the old one off for recycling.

I plan to do an oil change at or around 1000 mikes to get rid of any break in debris and fuel dilution from hours of idling at the port. Already bough a Mobil 1 M-103A oil filter for the occasion since the local parts store doesn’t carry Denso filters. I’ll probably go ahead and add a Fumoto...

This concept of low key “stealth wealth” is one thing I find most attractive outside of the actual merits of the Land Cruiser. One reason Meteor Shower would have been my first choice for color. As low key as possible. Not that we are super wealthy but we are “comfortable” and on track to become...

Nah, no popcorn needed. I made an overly sweeping statement painting average Iraqis who aren’t bad people with the same brush as turds that needed flushing. I’m not mad at Syed117 and I don’t think he’s mad at me. He called out something and I corrected the record. I think we’re all good.

Have you ever been to Iraq? I can understand their actions towards us, were the shoe on the other foot I’d probably do the same thing (more or less). However if you plan to f around, prepare to find out. Big boy rules. I’ll happily hand out dirt naps if it means me and my buddies make it out of...

Lingering dislike for Iraqis got the better of me. Post edited. Apologies.

Looking back on it, it was a privilege to be able to serve. Even if it was a fool’s errand trying to nation build in the Middle East and convince Iraqis that representative democracy as applied in a constitutional republic is pretty rad.

Got my first hint of this yesterday afternoon at the dealership taking delivery. Some guy asks a salesman what that Toyota is, and is it available. Sorry my man, but we were signing the paperwork as he asked and temp tags were on it already. Then last night topping up the fuel to hand...

If you can find a discounted 2024 go for it. Wish I could have found a discount, but inventory in my area is super tight. I was lucky to call and get one on short notice, took delivery yesterday afternoon. Otherwise wait for the 2025’s and get the rear cargo lights.

Not perfect but here are the rectangular headlights in action on our LC trim on the way home from taking delivery. Normally I like to aim headlights up just a smidge, but these are quite good on factory settings. No complaints. For the safety conscious my wife was driving and I was riding...

Technically I understand this photo doesn’t show off the trail dust paint…. But this was our view on the trip home back to the Black Hills after taking delivery this afternoon.

Ships passing in the night. I didn’t even know I was buying a Land Cruiser until yesterday afternoon. Just chanced to call a dealership in Scottsbluff, NE that has it in stock! Plunked down a non-refundable $1000 deposit, and hopefully get down there tomorrow, if the RR will get me home, and...

Roger.