Feels great to be back in a Toyota! I previously had a 2016 4Runner TRD Pro when I worked for Toyota, and have regretted not buying out that employee lease when I had the chance ever since. I've been driving a 2017 Mazda MX-5 Miata, but with a wife and baby and doggo it just wasn't workable any more. I work for a different automaker now and am likely to always have a lease from them as our "nice" vehicle, so I wanted to add some other capabilities to our "fleet". Something we could road trip in, that the wife can drive in a pinch (she never got along with the manual in the Miata), that I could do a little light off-roading/overlanding in (I found with the 4Runner that it was more capable than my comfort with risking the vehicle), and something that could tow a small sailboat someday. The Land Cruiser fit the bill!
I already laid waste to the i-Force MAX badge, and have some TOYOTA center caps on the way. I'll probably hold off on much else for a while, but plan for a set of AnalogHDs with either KO2s or Michelin Defender LTXs at some point, probably a roof rack, definitely some KC lights, a GMRS radio, and some other stuff like storage for tools, food and cooler, etc., and call it good!
I already laid waste to the i-Force MAX badge, and have some TOYOTA center caps on the way. I'll probably hold off on much else for a while, but plan for a set of AnalogHDs with either KO2s or Michelin Defender LTXs at some point, probably a roof rack, definitely some KC lights, a GMRS radio, and some other stuff like storage for tools, food and cooler, etc., and call it good!
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