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I decided to order one from EBay. Not gonna be official Toyota part but this is not a high tech just correct molding that is all it takes. I bet the cost making one of these are like $5. A bit ridiculous to ask $300~$500 just for a set of visor

Maybe I should called the dealership in Canada to order one and pickup later myself. Lol

I actually check the part number you provided. I ordered in two separate places and both of them told me the part is out of stock with no ETA. Most other vendors doesn't even have this number. I suspect this was a part from different vehicle (or JDM part number) that somehow it is just not a...

Prius Prime also put their battery in the cargo floor just like LC. Today Toyota charge the part of that 8KWH Lithium for close to $10K, together with a few hours of labor to replace it. It will be even higher with the current gen Prius Prime as it comes with 12-13 KWH Lithium battery. To be...

Just curious, how did you drive 4000 miles a month? My best record was 5000 miles for a particular month from a road trip across North America. 12K / three months sounds unbelievably exhausting...

For the record I was not talking about the reliability of turbo engines I was talking about "the turbo engine" that was used on J250. Even previous gen V8 was not considered to be a totally solid design sometimes, let alone this new engine. Toyota recently has proven to us how a solid engine in...

I do not hate it, but nor do I like it neither. The issue I had with it is not about storage but the fact that I need to keep the AC on for the whole car. It is not a reasonable design for me. It has a compressor by itself so why do I need to still power my main compressor? The cool box is not...

The “longevity” of a car is the difference between the remaining value and maintenance cost of a car. The equation is still the same, not much is changed. Only considerations are weighted slightly different for Land Cruiser. I have a first gen Prius Prime, which is the second time Toyota ever...

I read it, but the manual did not explicitly mention too ed EDR record DMC video. From page 9, I guess I was at least partially right. They don’t allow the driver to directly access these TSS 3.0 data, but they will use it for purposes such as “collision analysis”, “research”, “map use of...

It feels like the function to for Toyota to cover their liability in case somebody decided to make a claim that the ADAS run the car into an accident Toyota can prove it’s driver’s fault. Why else you need a DMC camera recording but not allowing the driver to download the video?

This is officially bugging me now after I see the “•REC” logo lit. I am not sure the criteria but it seems often enabled during traffic jam. I look through manual but couldn’t find any mentioning how can this recording be downloaded. I do not have integrated dashcam so zero chance it is that...

If you don’t want to read it is fine. But you can’t complaint about things that has already been explained in the user manual and say the car is too complicated. Even my 18 years old super cheap SUV has hundreds of pages of manual that I do read for the vehicle specific part of it multiple times.

I did have a CO sensor. That is one reason I see this hybrid power train could be more useful. The engine is not constantly on so it would be “better” than the pure ICE version. Usually I would say open the moon roof would help the circulation, but at -20 ~ -30 F I am not sure that is a...

With the starting sequence of LC, I doubt you will ever need to worry about temperature related engine start issue. If temperature drop to a level that you can’t squeeze out any juice from your lead acid, you will likely have other issue to worry about first.

In Canada when it gets cold, it will get COLD. In US, many areas temperature could fluctuate from 60F - 10F within the same week. (I saw it at Denver before the temperature drop 50F in the same day) To be honest I would expect in the costal area like Vancouver metro area similar fluctuation is...

I bought a seat gap filler to put my small stuff in it, also somebody posted an idea to use a Yeti sidekick pouch on the passenger side of central console. That should be enough as temporary placeholder. I do not mind the gas mileage given my last SUV had 17 mpg and previous gen LC was only...

The nature of wolves are that when alone, they don't bother human. (that's why we say lone wolf). But when in a pack, they are well disciplined, organized army that operate with incredible precision. I knew that because I had multiple wolf pack encounters for the past 10 years, one in Banff...

Good point…. 😂 We indeed need some education about the correct way to chain up our LC

I meant socks and cable on front/rear axel separately, not together. I am hoping that since LC is AWD and comes with rear and central lockers it might be fine two axels are spinning at a slightly different speed? (If you have Subaru type of AWD it might not be too forgiving)

There is a section of the road between Banff and Jasper that would get very scary when it SNOWS. No amount of traction help would do you enough favor when things get bad. Other than that part I was also trapped in a small town on my way to Banff from Vancouver a few years back because it snow...

That looks somewhere between a chain and cable. I personally like cable and I was thinking to use both cable and tire socks. cable is usually better for gaining traction but socks are far better for break. But to be honest I have never tried this combination before.

I checked with the dealer and they told me they couldn't find this in the system. Do you know what is the part number in Canada? Getting it from Canada is at least better than from Japan

I am curious how well will Toyota MTS system works with or without additional traction devices.

Is this thing legal in Canadian National Park? I know many US National Park has rule against these type of stuff. Only real gun carry is legal in U.S., not fake gun. (very twisted rule…) I would only imagine Canadian are more restrictive.

Not trying to make Canadian feels bad, but I keep reading that in 2023 at least the Ontario car theft rate goes up 40-50%. I’ve noticed many people reporting their heartbroken incident actually happens at Missisauga area. I supposed it is right outside Toronto airport so people come and go and...

This is a dilemma for me. Yes I could spend $1000 to get a set of winter tire for a trip I only do every 3-4 years. Not only it will be very expensive but also I don’t have a storage for these tires so if I go to these public storage it will be another $50-70 a month. I do drive in these areas...

I plan to do a (under) car wash after getting out of snow. How these cosmoline spray works? Can it last for a few weeks driving in snow?

I am planning a road trip in Canadian Rockies (Banff and Jasper mostly) in the coming Xmas. So I am currently listing all the needed preparation for the trip. This is my current TODO: 1. Tire I am still on my stock tire. I don’t really want to buy a new set of winter tires since I am really a...

I got a Tesla driver asking me with curious eyes just minutes after I drove out the dealer’s parking lot “Is that the new Land Cruiser? Can I checked it out?” I think once the FJ and 4-Runner hit the market next year we can get us off from the curiosity. Personally I’d much rather to have...

No enforcement is as good as no laws. There is indeed many places in the world like that. Shoplifting in San Francisco and Car theft in Ontario Canada are among the worst of them. If I live in Ontario I would probably never own a nice car to start with. The enforcement seems to be a big joke...