New V8 Landcruiser

Thanks for your thoughts on the cruiser.
You comented on the tyres are they crappy tyres on the GXL's?
Ken

Hi Ken,
3 holes in 30K with the GT's replaced with Coopers 285/16/75's. 30K no holes. Wait till you change one. But seriously I cant belive that a GT's are suitable for anything but the occasional dirt road. I bought a set of rims for $50 each. So I have a set of GT's in the garage with 50% wear that I may put back on at resale time (not for some years) or possibly trailer use. Was thinking emergency but that is not likely given the current reliability.
Shane

I agree with the criticism of the Grandtreks - their sole purpose is to protect the lino in the showroom from the wheel rims. Luckily mine needed replacement by 30,000 km. As for the 8 seats - have you tried it with 8? I think more a marketing ploy than a realistic travel option. Heavy on juice. Doesn't steer or handle that well compared with other 4WDs I have owned/own. That said, it should last several hundred thousand k's. I'd get the TD next time.

Stan,
I have noted that you often refer people to the Lcool site, I have tried numerous times to get on here. It seems a nothing site, obviously with info that you cant access.

May be you can give me some guidance.

4.2TD owner.

Regards

Russ

Nothing site! Where are you looking?

If you click on "Technical" and then you have choices relating to what sort of Cruiser you have - 80, 90, 120 - unfortunately no 100 site yet, not, presumably, because nothing ever goes wrong with them, but probably because none of the volunteers that run the site have gotten around to it yet.

Additionally if you sign up to the yahoo groups referred to there's a whole wealth of posts as well.

Have another look.

Good luck, paul B

Russ,

Just go to http://www.lcool.org/egroups.html
And there are list of e-mail groups to join.

The model specific groups are:

80scool, 100scool, 120scool, 90scool_aus, 70scool for different
model series.
There are also general cruisers group lcool_aus and also a few goups
which are state specific....

As example just click on lcool_aus link on the page and submit application form. Once it approved go to:
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/lcool_aus/
to browse through current and past messages and post new ones etc...

Hope this helps,

Stan

Stan and Paul,
Thanks for your help. I think there is a couple of reasons for not being able to get on. My lack of how it works, funnily enough, just after I post my query I did receive an email from a moderator, some time after I had posted my request.

Hopefully in the near future I will get a response.

Thanks again.

Russ