Thanks Santa

Well folks, Santa must have thought I was a good boy this year as there is a new vehicle destined to be in our driveway early next year.

Luckily he didn't tell Darkie (will break the news gently), I am not sure if Darkie will like being sold off to make room for the new one.

We had been looking for a new vehicle for about 6 months and had settled on a new Dual Cab Landcruiser, but the local Dealer could not come to the party for us to have a test drive of one. I did a search on the net and found the dealer in Coffs Harbour had one in stock and as we are down here visiting the "outlaws" for the Festive Season, we jagged a Test Drive on Monday.

Sam was the first to drive as she will be using it as a daily driver, so parking it in tight areas was her main concern. She soon realized that it was very similar to driving Darkie, so was pretty well settled in driving it.

After the test drive we sat down with the sales team and nutted out a price. I already had 2 other quotes so had a fair idea what we were up for in regards to pricing. As it turned out Coffs Harbour Toyota must have wanted the Vehicle off the holding yard this year as they gave us a price that was well below the other quotes I had gotten.

So it looks like I will have another trip back to Coffs harbor in the new year to collect the new Dual Cab. Which is one of the joys of signing the dotted line at this time of year, as I have a custom tray getting built which will not be started till the 2nd week of the new year.
That hasn't stopped the $$ being forked out as I have already purchased/ordered some gear to start fitting it out when we get it.

Through the Dealer we got the following accessories fitted -

ARB Deluxe Winch Bar,
ARB side rails and Steps,
ARB Dual Battery with BCDC charger (with solar function),
Custom Tray (they got a price nearly $1000 cheaper than I was quoted),
Sun Visor,
Bonnet and head light protectors,
Air Conditioning (still can't believe that it isn't standard),
Window tint,
Lightforce 170 spot lights with blue combo lens,
Floor mats,
Dash mat,
Canvas Seat Covers.

Items I have purchased/ordered so far -

GME Uhf and Antenna,
Several fuse boxes,
secondary horn (stebel),
retractable uhf mic keeper,
Reversing camera with second camera for Camper.

Still to come/be ordered -

Clear view Mirrors,
Secondary Fuel Filter (looking at Fuel Manager system),
T shaped Overhead Console,
Floor console,
LED work lights,
Flexible LED reading lights for back passengers and front passenger,
additional 12v outlets,
Snorkel ram head to replace factory one,
Suspension upgrade.

I am sure there is plenty more items to be added but I will work that out as the build takes shape.


Cheers Kev