Toyota Land Cruiser (1998-2006) for Sale near Atlanta, GA

The only drawback is fuel consumption.

Best car I've ever owned, hands down. Incredible reliability. I've spent less than $1.5K on it in scheduled maintenance over almost 7 years (not including tires and batteries) with zero problems. I've had it since new, 110K+ miles now. The car is very comfortable, like sitting in your easy chair at home. Great sound system, excellent navigation system (I like the touch-screen). It does cross-country travel nicely. Only downside is the fuel consumption. If I'm very nice to it, I can get 18 on the highway, but that's at 55-65 on secondary roads. Average 16.5 for freeway driving, about 13 around town.

It was one out of the 18 cars Toyota prepared for the Paris-Dakar raid. Bought it second hand, obviously, and it was superb!

It pulls my 6500lb boat with no problems and is wonderful to travel in when I go to Hatteras to go surfing.

Plenty of room. Better vision, ride, handling and braking than a GU Patrol. Brakes really are excellent for such a large vehicle, even with large tyres. Driveline is much weaker than a Patrol though. Front diff in particular has a very weak crown wheel and pinion. Very poor of Toyota to downgrade the front diff from the 60 series. Rear diff, gearbox and transfer-case are all strong. Factory LSD is not as good as the Patrol's. Fuel capacity is excellent, and with a long range tank you can get over 270 litres. General quality control is excellent. After 8 hard years, all the electronics still work flawlessly. No rattles or squeaks. Great dust sealing. Rear shock positioning is poor. Being in front of the axle housing, they cop damage from stones off the front wheels. You need stone guards for them. Engine (1Hz) is fine unless you give it too much boost. Anything over 10psi will eventually get you cracked pistons, and cost you a fortune. Seems the 1Hz is not as strong as it used to be. Overall, I love driving the car and I'd probably buy another, but I miss the bullet-proof durability of my old Patrol. I think the Landcruiser is a better car with better on-road behaviour, braking, vision and space, but the Patrol is a stronger 4WD. If Nissan can improve the interior space, driving position and vision in the next Patrol, then I'd consider changing.