Beginning to hate it

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If Data is that fed up I'm guessing he will soon be leaving us and moving on to the Toyota club ?

We might get some peace and quiet on here then ? Lol
:p :p :p
 
TBH, the only reason I've ever felt Toyota's are classed as more reliable is purely because they are more forgiving of missed services. Most British cars are very sensitive to this and will spit the dummy out if you go beyond. Much like an Aga. Ever miss a service on one of them? Biggest mistake ever. Cost about 5 times as much to put it right. :doh:
 
We're comparing a Toyota to a range rover here

A Toyota will have half the amount of electrical gizmos that a range rover would have so of course they will be more reliable in comparison
 
Bix said:
TBH, the only reason I've ever felt Toyota's are classed as more reliable is purely because they are more forgiving of missed services. Most British cars are very sensitive to this and will spit the dummy out if you go beyond. Much like an Aga. Ever miss a service on one of them? Biggest mistake ever. Cost about 5 times as much to put it right. :doh:
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I don't get it cambelts maybe but things like oil changes won't be known will only shorten the life expendency of things like cams and piston rings and crankshafts ie instead of 100k say at 50 your have blue smoke and a lot of rattling or a knocking crank :confused:
 
It is all engine design, some engines are more robust to dirty oil than others. When I was a mech a customer dragged their Carolla (I know a Carolla Vs a Range Rover isn't exactly a fair test, but in the end the are still engines) in suspecting a headgasket failure as it had mayo in the oil. He hadn't serviced it for 40k, the mayo turned out to be condensation in the oil. We carried out a fair few tests to make sure there wasn't any cracks and all came up negative. Sure there was some wear in places from running filth but I doubt you could get away with running a RR or a Jag for 40k on dirty oil. It would **** the bed.
 
Bix said:
It is all engine design, some engines are more robust to dirty oil than others. When I was a mech a customer dragged their Carolla (I know a Carolla Vs a Range Rover isn't exactly a fair test, but in the end the are still engines) in suspecting a headgasket failure as it had mayo in the oil. He hadn't serviced it for 40k, the mayo turned out to be condensation in the oil. We carried out a fair few tests to make sure there wasn't any cracks and all came up negative. Sure there was some wear in places from running filth but I doubt you could get away with running a RR or a Jag for 40k on dirty oil. It would **** the bed.
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I had a 300 TDI Disco in once for a burst intercooler hose,it had 207,000m on the clock.A quick look at the oil filter showed it had done 51,000m since I had last changed it.(Owner was a copper - worse than farmers,builders and tree surgeons for abusing cars IMO)
 
2.0_hippo said:
We're comparing a Toyota to a range rover here

A Toyota will have half the amount of electrical gizmos that a range rover would have so of course they will be more reliable in comparison
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Toyota's don't have headlinings that descend around your ears at 11 years old, so it ain't just the gismo's:rolleyes:
 
So, That's the foam on the heater air intake done, the pollen filter drains done, anti mouse guards made and fitted to the lower intake holes, new pollen filters fitter and the covers sealed, "O" rings done and the dash re-built with broken bits replaced or repaired, carpet washed and dried, spare manufacturing parts removed from channel under kick plate and loom damage repaired, diff oil checked, transfer box oil checked, props greased, brake pads checked, engine oil & filter changed, fuel filter changed, leak off pipes changed, inlet manifold, pipes etc removed and cleaned, re-fitted with new "O" rings.
A full service on the Galloper took a couple of hours, on a P38 it's timed in days.
Still got the headlining to do:(
 
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Datatek said:
So, That's the foam on the heater air intake done, the pollen filter drains done, anti mouse guards made and fitted to the lower intake holes, new pollen filters fitter and the covers sealed, "O" rings done and the dash re-built with broken bits replaced or repaired, carpet washed and dried, spare manufacturing parts removed from channel under kick plate and loom damage repaired, diff oil checked, transfer box oil checked, props greased, brake pads checked, engine oile & filter changed, fuel filter changed, leak off pipes changed, inlet manifold, pipes etc removed and cleaned, re-fitted with new "O" rings.
A full service on the Galloper took a couple of hours, on a P38 it's timed in days.
Still got the headlining to do:(
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You love it really! :D
 
Datatek said:
For sure I'll never buy another.
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I agree and have said the same. Except, there is this hot little 50th Anniversary limited edition that keeps flashing some thigh and batting her lids at me and that I know may be up for sale.. ooh errr!
 
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