Every day 4x4

[Titsonafish]

I purposely steered away from anything Land Rover due to their 'reliability issues'. I dont know if thats the case with the whole range, but My brother had a defender 90 and he was never done having to fix it. I have mates with various Discos, Defenders and even a range rover and they all have no end of hastles. After a LOT of reading I opted for Toyota. I had a Mk4 Hi-Lux 2.4 and it was the business...... never missed a beat. I now have a Mk5 but I would swap it out for a Mk4 again in a heartbeat. I want reliability and reasonable sturdyness and not TOO bad fuel economy (for a big 4x4 pick-up) and i think hi-lux gives you all of this (certainly the older ones do anyway). I had a land cruiser.... thirsty bugger as is the 3l hilux surf I have.
I know a lot of people with various L200s too and they have several issues that would stop me buying one. Turbos prone to blowing when pulling heavy loads regularly. VERY thirsty (compaired to hilux with same engine size). I know of three people who have had the clutches go on them. They just seem a bit 'soft' IMO.
Hi-lux Mk4 2.4 TD would be my choice.