Oh it eats something when that 4 cylinder paired to the hybrid kicks in, which is like hardly ever. My aunt used to own a prius and she said she could go ages between fuel stops because she mostly did city driving. Now she owns a Venza Hybrid, same story but better because its a less than 10 years old hybrid system @@giovanigeorgis3848
Not just being a firefighter, but being a volunteer one. I think he's going to need a wheelbarrow for the weight and size of his steel balls. He has my utmost respect.
fireys are a different breed, i swear. One mate i know in the fireys spreads vegemite so thick you'd think it was nutella... pitch black toast, but not from being burned. I do not understand how he can eat that.
I don't think we got the multipla in Australia. At least from what I've seen, Fiat have only been really active here the last few years with the 500 and the Spider.
Was working on my car and had it on the lift and i banged my head so fucking hard into the tow hitch, in surprised i didnt start bleeding like crazy. Anyways dont do that.
the prados are the little version of the landcruisers with half the engine prados tend to have at most a v6 usually a i4 single turbo, meanwhile the landcruisers have at least a v6 and usually a twin turbo V8 😂
Massive props to your older brother for volunteering to be a firefighter, good on him, love that he's making good use of that 17 year old prando and how good it has stood the test of time, love on ya, amazing to see older cars be better at something, and the massive range it has eith it's dual tanks
Mad respect to your brother for being a volunteer firefighter, part of my family came from an area in the US many decades ago where volunteer firefighters made up most of their firefighters because it‘s a very sparsely populated area and many would have died without them, volunteer firefighters are essential in many areas and are very much unsung heroes.
In Sydney we call these "I need it to drive the kids to school. Also petrol is so expensive, the government should do something about it". Nice to see one used properly!
The G's makes sense. - The torque from the turbo diesel. - The drive-train putting that power onto all-fours. - The sheer weight of the _Pahrahdoe_ increasing traction. - The transmission is likely great for low gears, even without using the low range Canyonero™ Bush Bashing settings.
the amount of proud i can hear in your voice when you're talking about your brother brings a tear to my eye, wade between you, your mother and now your brother, it really seems like your family is a bunch of real great people💜
I like seeing big vehicles that are actually regularly being used to the extent they're capable of. It kinda upsets me when people get talked into buying huge SUVs or pickup trucks (I will blame marketing and salesmen more on this than the actual customers) and then proceed to use it to drive to their office job and to the nearest supermarket, and nothing else. Makes the roads less safe for everyone else. So shoutout to your volunteer firefighter brother using that Landcruiser to drive across the desert and save lives with it. That's awesome.
It's that, "arms race" bit too. Safety is a consideration many people make, and when you have rednecks rolling coal in a jacked up 5 ton behemoth, a Ford Focus is little more than a speed bump... I'm sure more people would drive small cars but there's also the mentality of, "what if I SUDDENLY need to move a fridge" so many people bring up. 99% of my vehicle usage is commuting alone. 99% of my wife's usage is groceries or driving to visit family. We don't need a diesel cathedral lol. I want Kei cars in America. I LOVE tiny efficient cars. It saddens me the US has basically abandoned that market so we get trash like the Fiesta and Mirage with aluminum foil CVTs in them... I basically want a motorcycle with air conditioning.🤣
Australia is currently in the grips of Light Pickup Truck Fever, despite them being more impractical than an SUV and no middle class suburbanites using the tray/beds to haul things as intended. Australians also call these light pick ups "utes". Wade's Bruce 1 & 2 are true car-based utes.
@SissypheanCatboy There's definitely a segment of the population that doesn't want to feel like their car is a compromise between regulators and auto manufacturers. And the way CAFE standards are set up those people are given an out, which is to simply buy a larger vehicle. It's poorly designed legislation. But how much responsibility it has in shifting the tastes of American consumers towards larger vehicles is impossible to tell, but it certainly helped cement the paradigm that bigger = better, and made the upsale job of the salesman a whole lot easier. Hopefully as EVs grow market share in the coming decades there will be a wide range of mid sized trucks and crossovers that can compete, match and even outperform the full size trucks on power.
its crazy that in the United states theres like 3 more toyota SUVs that are even larger than this. he's talking about how large the Prado is but there's still the sequoia and all that above it
Ok I had to google what the Sequoia was and that's a laughably huge vehicle that is flat out too large for residential streets in most countries outside of North America. I live in the UK and to get out of my neighbourhood I have to pass through a 6 foot 6 width restriction designed to keep heavy goods vehicles like that out.
yeah the US's thing with SUVs is ridiculous. i don't feel like googling but I'm pretty sure the Prado would be considered "mid sized". the 4runner is about the same size, the sequoia is bigger, the highlander and grand highlander arent off roaders but i think are longer. all of these are offered as lexus models too, including the big land cruiser, though i can't really pin that as an American thing. but yeah, vehicles that Wade is saying are humongous like the Prado are average sized in the US
@@aseheavyindustries798 and to think there's still people complaining about these monstrosities not being "big enough" never even do anything with these vehicles, they just want them big
you haven’t seen them before? they’re really not that big they are the same width as a normal car just a little taller and longer, better aerodynamics n’ shit (and it fits in a normal parking spot)
good on your older brother for being a volunteer firefighter, that takes a lot of both physical and mental endurance. Also nice to see your brothers Landcruiser isn't for a pissing contest, and actually uses it properly.
I feel like this channel has made me appreciate my car way more than I did before. I got an audi with a v6 diesel and caught it doing 2000 revs at 150km/h on the jersey turnpike and then Tony suddenly popped into my head and i felt very appreciative.
Aka The Lexus GX470 in the states. We unfortunately didn’t get the turbo diesel in the states and got the boring yet reliable 4.7l v8. They were cheap at one point in the states. Till people realized they’re a Land Cruiser Prado and did overland builds on them.
When I saw the interior I thought it woulda been a Lexus stateside. Too much like the LS430 and even my ES330 compared to regular Toyotas. Im more into Lexus’ cars than SUVs so I was a bit confused for a moment 😂
@@JosephSamsorthe only issues i had in 13 years of ownership and 360.000km with the 3.0 D-4D are as follows: Failed diesel pump at 30.000km (factory warranty), failed Alternator at 310.000km. Yeah. That’s it.
You can always motor swap if it’s really a desire to have a diesel prado in the US. I mean we are just now getting into the market of regular size pick ups having proper diesel engine alternatives
It’s an Executive (highest tier prado) that had a touchscreen satnav even in 2002. it’s the pinnacle of early 2000s luxury in an indestructible offroader.
278k miles? That’s just barely broken in for a Toyota! Here in the US, a guy had a similar vintage Tundra (full size pickup that’s bigger than a Hilux) and he put ONE MILLION miles (1.6 million Kilometers!!) on it! Toyota of North America found out about it, gave the owner a BRAND NEW Tundra, shipped his old truck back to the San Antonio, TX factory, and then proceeded to take it apart to its component parts to see how they did; they were surprised to find out that the million mile engine made MORE power than the same engine that had zero miles on it!
I do hope Toyota continues to fulfill their reputation for longevity. My dad's '95 Camry that I just crossed 420,000 miles on idles pretty buzzy, but it rides very very smooth. If I were to close my eyes and not run into anything, I'd swear I was driving a 10 year old car instead of a 30 year old car. '90s and '00s Toyota/Lexus are peak.
I like cars, but I'm not a huge motorhead. But I still love this videos. By the way, give your brother a pat in the back on my behalf and tell him he's doing a hero's work.
3:01 Too many times I have done this loading customers vehicles with firewood. Get into a convo while loading and totally forget about the ball of pain until the pain arrives. 🤣
Toyota is the way to go if you live out in the middle of nowhere. I used my 97 4runner until it was literally falling apart. Holes through the shocks you could wave at your friend to, rear door rusted shut, oil consumed like fuel, fuel consumed like well a 4runner consuming fuel, the works. Got a RAV4 now and honestly it's just as good. I mostly drive a clapped out rolla, but my wife bombs the Rav up as down the dirt roads here in rural Canada every day. 30 minutes commute to the city, with old logging roads for half of that. You could take the paved route through town, but that's an hour.
Mate, as a huge fan of your content aswell as your sense of humor, I’d love to hear more about your classic Benz! I’m currently rebuilding a 73 280c coupe to be my next daily, and I’m always reminded by your old Benz nugget you teased years back!
In the UK these are all rusted out after 10 to maybe 15 years if youre lucky. Range Rovers last longer although spending most of the time in a workshop probably helps.
My dad has a Prado j120 3.0 i4 diesel, the last year without a DPF (2006). Sufficient to say: 410 000km and still with factory fuel injectors. Dependable as a tank - even towed my car (1,6 tonne IS300) from the ditch no sweat. And it's surprisingly agile for a true 4x4. Thanks to two batteries on board starts up at the touch of the key, even at -25C.
YESSS I WAS HOPING FOR THIS!!!! I just got a 1996 j90 turbo diesel imported to the states since we didnt get these here. I was watching the recent video revamping the gas measuring system thinking "Prados are common down there, I wonder if he'll ever do one" AND HERE WE ARE NEXT VIDEO
I have an '04 Chevy Suburban in the family that we use as our heavy duty vehicle. Big ol' V8 and the hugest cabin; I've pulled off several college dorm moves with it. And it gets about the same combined MPG as that Prado (it was sitting at 13.5 US MPG for as long as we've had it) Great vid as always, we love the big vehicles being used for big vehicle things
EDIT: I was wrong, oops, diesels should be _more_ efficient (distance per volume) than gasoline! But yes, apples to oranges. Actually a little concerning, because it means it’s even _more_ inefficient lmao Diesel is just different from gasoline, we’re comparing apples to oranges here by putting them on the same litreboard. Love seeing these things being used properly, sadly a lot of bigger cars are bought as a status symbol and just end up going to and from work and then to a landfill. And bigger cars have changed to suit those customers better. This is more like it
That sounds familiar, diesels have been banned in my country for a long time so I don’t have day to day experience with them. I watched the video and thought “yeah, I remember diesel is different, this makes sense”. I’ll edit the comment
Diesel has more energy per liter, runs a leaner air fuel mixture and diesel engines generally have a higher volumetric and thermal efficiency. There appears to be a lot of fuel going into that engine that isn't being turned into power. Maybe the auto trans isn't locking up or the bands are starting to slip. All things being equal, that should get much better fuel economy than the donkey van.
diesels should get more miles per gallon than an equivalent petrol but the massive drag factor of 4WD, off road tyres and the aerodynamics of a small office building offset that. My diesel van will happily get 40mpg highway because it is aerodynamic and has relatively small tyres, not to mention an engine half the size of the Land Cruiser. A 6 speed manual gearbox helps too because I get to decide when to kick down
Was so excited when you showed us around. looks great for being used so much. Still all the tech and comfort that you'd want. Onya brother for being a firefighter!
Our family has a black 2006 Hilux that got half a million kms last month. I remember when we got it almost new with only 50 000 km. Never got a major engine work only a gearbox change 70 000 km ago. It drives like a dream.
This channel never fails to make me smile. Thank you good sir, smiling is a luxury I rarely get to indulge in. I Doubt you'll see this though. Also can I have some UTE's? I used to have an El-Camino and I really loved that thing. Bruce, IMO is a drop dead gorgeous UTE I would gladly pay a dealer mark-up on for him! Also I'm am sorry for the loss of Holden Motors, they made some really cool stuff.
@3:12 Hey! Chocolate Powder Nesquik!! Seriously, I live in Arizona kinda out of town, me ol Disco 2 Landy and this LandCruiser would get along like best of chums lol. Pulled many a car out of the sand and monsoon flash flood
If he means 8.28 Km/L city, that's 19.48 MPG which is fantastic. My lifted '93 Cherokee with 31" tires and the 2.5L gets ~13mpg city, and our stock F-250 6.8L Diesel gets 12MPG. Not bad for a lifted SUV!
@@bigdog440sp I thought that my self. Even in aus we have bigger. The proper landcruisers are 4+ litres. And we've started to get your bigger stuff more more often. So maybe we can get a ram cummins on the literboard with 'THE HILL' score of 2rpm
@@Braskus how common are the US trucks and SUVs there? I know they've been starting to import them there, just curious if they're still a rarity or if they're becoming more popular
@@x2006charger Not that popular. They're too expensive for tradies and most families are buying compact SUVs at the moment. The target market seems to be dudebros and people who think they're real farmers because they own five chickens and an acreage.
Honestly, I don't mind these sorts of vehicles for those who need them and know how to handle them. I hate that average people can just walk into a dealership and buy whatever's biggest
@@AlexLR Nah, a weight-based sliding scale tax with offsets would do. Live in the country? You get a tax offset! Rural fire-fighter? You get a tax offset! Own a business that requires you to travel out to whoop-whoop? Tax offset! This way, people who still need these vehicles aren't penalised, but those who just want them for clout have to pay up.
One of my favorite GT videos to date. I drive an '07 4Runner with the 4.7L V8 that absolutely is the same kind of vibe. Lifted, chunky tires, 100% made to go up, over, and through whatever you come across. Incidentally pretty close to the 500K as well, just about to tick over 260,000 miles.
Ngl at first I was thinking what Dankman was thinking. "naw mate this suv is just big wide for the sake of big wide" especially with how in my neck of the woods Prados are for the Executive types, but then yeah he told the story of his bro taking this EVERYWHERE. What an actually badass SUV, for a badass dude!
My dad used to have a 2007 3 door petrol variant and I basically grew up in this car (we had it for 13 years or something), and it will forever stay in my heart as my dream car Drives like an absolute beast and feels like a tank, driving this car is just an incredible experience
"This is a frickin' hero's car, mate!"
*cuts to Galactic Empire window sticker*
...maybe it's Thrawn's car.
The Empire Did Nothing Wrong.
The galactic empire was correct
I mean, he's also got a Ukrainian trident sticker.
Yes
This rig went back in time to the Jurassic Period to make the dinosaurs extinct, so it could have enough juice to drink in the present
Shit, it even brings its own straw on the front to slurp up all that Dino juice.
Well they do have the rolling mass and aerodynamics (thats my big word of the day done) of an asteroid
Lololol
Fun fact, most oil that's converted into petroleum/gasoline comes from dead plant matter long before the Dinosaurs went extinct.
¹¹¹
lets go Toyota, the manufacturer that either eats oil or never needs it!
LMAO so real. You can either have a Prius that eats nothing, or in my case, a Highlander with only a 3.5 V6 getting 13 MPG in the city 😂😂😂
@@giovanigeorgis3848 he's talking about how Toyotas for a while chronically burned oil because of those low tension rings.
Perpetual oil change! You pour it in the top, it blows it out the back. Fresh oil year round!
And even fights when americans try to steal it
Oh it eats something when that 4 cylinder paired to the hybrid kicks in, which is like hardly ever. My aunt used to own a prius and she said she could go ages between fuel stops because she mostly did city driving. Now she owns a Venza Hybrid, same story but better because its a less than 10 years old hybrid system @@giovanigeorgis3848
your bother seems like the actual Australian stereotype
He even has outback residue! XD (the red dirt everywhere thats like cake)
Lol mate welcome to any where that isn’t a major city. I grew up in a town with 300 people 🤣
@@Doughy3205 so a village?
@@derzemeltown* not village
@@_Chimaera_ village, not town
What a Chad for being a volunteer firefighter
Not just being a firefighter, but being a volunteer one.
I think he's going to need a wheelbarrow for the weight and size of his steel balls.
He has my utmost respect.
fireys are a different breed, i swear. One mate i know in the fireys spreads vegemite so thick you'd think it was nutella... pitch black toast, but not from being burned. I do not understand how he can eat that.
@@OutbackCatgirl natural reinforcement from the elements
@@OutbackCatgirlI also do that and I’ve been thinking of volunteering soon.
I'm getting huge "My big bro is my role model" kind of vibe from this video. That's so cool!
So true.they both seem like free spirits based on all the driving his brother does lol
@@jerrysanchez5453 Yeah, but given that his brother is a Volunteer Firefighter he also seems like a big boss to Wade lol
@@swidr5626so... Is wade the lite version of his big bro?😂
@@jayfujiwara9740 Mayyyyybe?
100% after a few minutes I just went “oh, so Wade’s just gonna brag about his older brother for a while.” And I was super cool with that
My life goal is to see a first-gen Multipla on this channel
I've seen them around here for as low as €900. Shipping and import costs into Australia from Europe would be multiples of that though
hi aero
I don't think we got the multipla in Australia. At least from what I've seen, Fiat have only been really active here the last few years with the 500 and the Spider.
@@zappy595 omg hiiii
You mean the 60's one?
When your vehicle is the tool and not being driven by a tool.
Just as well it's not a Ford Ranger then!
@@AdamSWL HA so true!
what if they play a tool cd in the meantime?
@@datutturugang666 You got me there!
What if you are the tool that is being transported by the tool that gets you to your tools?
There’s nothing worse that can happen from reaching in the trunk than either hitting the tow hitch with your leg or your leg touching the hot exhaust.
*boot
Except when you do both because you banged your knee so hard you bounced into the exhaust lol
I too, have lost the Hot Exhaust pipe matchup often too lol
Was working on my car and had it on the lift and i banged my head so fucking hard into the tow hitch, in surprised i didnt start bleeding like crazy. Anyways dont do that.
@@boredincansame thing
Americans watching an aussie call a Land Cruiser Prado Gargantuant: hold my “mid-size crissover”
the prados are the little version of the landcruisers with half the engine prados tend to have at most a v6 usually a i4 single turbo, meanwhile the landcruisers have at least a v6 and usually a twin turbo V8 😂
@@Slavicplayer251except the 300 has a ttv6 now.
@@Low760 I don’t count the 300 series as landcruisers they are ugly
They need the oversized cross overs because they are so fat
@@Slavicplayer251 they are the current model though? And the 79 now has the 2.8 like the Hilux.
Love it when garbage time uploads
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I really like the nickname "Diesel Cathedral", it _really_ suits
Massive props to your older brother for volunteering to be a firefighter, good on him, love that he's making good use of that 17 year old prando and how good it has stood the test of time, love on ya, amazing to see older cars be better at something, and the massive range it has eith it's dual tanks
Mad respect to your brother for being a volunteer firefighter, part of my family came from an area in the US many decades ago where volunteer firefighters made up most of their firefighters because it‘s a very sparsely populated area and many would have died without them, volunteer firefighters are essential in many areas and are very much unsung heroes.
In Sydney we call these "I need it to drive the kids to school. Also petrol is so expensive, the government should do something about it". Nice to see one used properly!
if there ain't good public transport, the government really should do something about it
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The G's makes sense.
- The torque from the turbo diesel.
- The drive-train putting that power onto all-fours.
- The sheer weight of the _Pahrahdoe_ increasing traction.
- The transmission is likely great for low gears, even without using the low range Canyonero™ Bush Bashing settings.
also have to account the suspension. the rear prob sinks down under acceleration
They aren't that heavy? Like 2.2t.
@@maxwellpriore3579 the Air Suspension (wich this Prado has) especially likes to sink in, really comfy and great for offroading, that’s about it.
the amount of proud i can hear in your voice when you're talking about your brother brings a tear to my eye, wade
between you, your mother and now your brother, it really seems like your family is a bunch of real great people💜
I like seeing big vehicles that are actually regularly being used to the extent they're capable of. It kinda upsets me when people get talked into buying huge SUVs or pickup trucks (I will blame marketing and salesmen more on this than the actual customers) and then proceed to use it to drive to their office job and to the nearest supermarket, and nothing else. Makes the roads less safe for everyone else.
So shoutout to your volunteer firefighter brother using that Landcruiser to drive across the desert and save lives with it. That's awesome.
EPA’s fault in the US not salesmen.
It's that, "arms race" bit too. Safety is a consideration many people make, and when you have rednecks rolling coal in a jacked up 5 ton behemoth, a Ford Focus is little more than a speed bump... I'm sure more people would drive small cars but there's also the mentality of, "what if I SUDDENLY need to move a fridge" so many people bring up. 99% of my vehicle usage is commuting alone. 99% of my wife's usage is groceries or driving to visit family. We don't need a diesel cathedral lol.
I want Kei cars in America. I LOVE tiny efficient cars. It saddens me the US has basically abandoned that market so we get trash like the Fiesta and Mirage with aluminum foil CVTs in them... I basically want a motorcycle with air conditioning.🤣
Australia is currently in the grips of Light Pickup Truck Fever, despite them being more impractical than an SUV and no middle class suburbanites using the tray/beds to haul things as intended.
Australians also call these light pick ups "utes". Wade's Bruce 1 & 2 are true car-based utes.
@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 Who makes the decision to peddle the cars to everyone though, mate. Its not the EPA.
@SissypheanCatboy There's definitely a segment of the population that doesn't want to feel like their car is a compromise between regulators and auto manufacturers. And the way CAFE standards are set up those people are given an out, which is to simply buy a larger vehicle. It's poorly designed legislation. But how much responsibility it has in shifting the tastes of American consumers towards larger vehicles is impossible to tell, but it certainly helped cement the paradigm that bigger = better, and made the upsale job of the salesman a whole lot easier.
Hopefully as EVs grow market share in the coming decades there will be a wide range of mid sized trucks and crossovers that can compete, match and even outperform the full size trucks on power.
its crazy that in the United states theres like 3 more toyota SUVs that are even larger than this. he's talking about how large the Prado is but there's still the sequoia and all that above it
Ok I had to google what the Sequoia was and that's a laughably huge vehicle that is flat out too large for residential streets in most countries outside of North America. I live in the UK and to get out of my neighbourhood I have to pass through a 6 foot 6 width restriction designed to keep heavy goods vehicles like that out.
yeah the US's thing with SUVs is ridiculous. i don't feel like googling but I'm pretty sure the Prado would be considered "mid sized". the 4runner is about the same size, the sequoia is bigger, the highlander and grand highlander arent off roaders but i think are longer. all of these are offered as lexus models too, including the big land cruiser, though i can't really pin that as an American thing. but yeah, vehicles that Wade is saying are humongous like the Prado are average sized in the US
@@aseheavyindustries798 and to think there's still people complaining about these monstrosities not being "big enough"
never even do anything with these vehicles, they just want them big
@@dirtpounder What do you mean the M4A4 Sherman Firefly isn't the ideal family vehicle?
Yet they have the same size donk. Just stupidly big car with no power
"3 Liter TURBO DEEZ?" Wade, mate... you know this is the internet, right? Someone's gonna say it... and it was you... "3 LITER TURBO DEEZ NUTS!"
Turbo deez NUTS!!!!
i mean he made the joke himself in the video so like
oh he said it
i'm afraid wade is ahead of y'all here 6:09
He literally says it in the video lol
That part where he hit his knee on the toebar made me happy to know that me and my mum aren’t the only ones that do that with me dads SUV
It feels like the motto for this car is basically "Fuel? Completed it mate"
“Diesel Cathedral” is an excellent band name.
“Diesel Cathedral”
-new favourite band name
That thing is so big, when I saw the thumbnail in the corner of my eye, I thought it was for some kind of meme compilation lmao
you haven’t seen them before?
they’re really not that big they are the same width as a normal car just a little taller and longer, better aerodynamics n’ shit (and it fits in a normal parking spot)
@@Slavicplayer251 it just looks insane in the thumbnail lol
@@sammycooly1709 compared to the nuggets it does lol
Americans think it's small because they have fuckin' lifted twincab F150s
@@OutbackCatgirlExactly. This mf would be HUMONGOUS if I saw it irl😂
good on your older brother for being a volunteer firefighter, that takes a lot of both physical and mental endurance. Also nice to see your brothers Landcruiser isn't for a pissing contest, and actually uses it properly.
for sure, my brother in law is one and he's had to see some things I tell ya.
I feel like this channel has made me appreciate my car way more than I did before. I got an audi with a v6 diesel and caught it doing 2000 revs at 150km/h on the jersey turnpike and then Tony suddenly popped into my head and i felt very appreciative.
Aka The Lexus GX470 in the states. We unfortunately didn’t get the turbo diesel in the states and got the boring yet reliable 4.7l v8. They were cheap at one point in the states. Till people realized they’re a Land Cruiser Prado and did overland builds on them.
With the fuel economy of that diesel, I’d rather get the v8. More reliable and significantly cheaper to fix.
When I saw the interior I thought it woulda been a Lexus stateside. Too much like the LS430 and even my ES330 compared to regular Toyotas. Im more into Lexus’ cars than SUVs so I was a bit confused for a moment 😂
@@JosephSamsorthe only issues i had in 13 years of ownership and 360.000km with the 3.0 D-4D are as follows: Failed diesel pump at 30.000km (factory warranty), failed Alternator at 310.000km. Yeah. That’s it.
@@JosephSamsor A gasser V8 would have even more terrible fuel mileage.
You can always motor swap if it’s really a desire to have a diesel prado in the US. I mean we are just now getting into the market of regular size pick ups having proper diesel engine alternatives
A cooler, leather seats, and a dvd player from factory? This is just a luxury offroader
It’s an Executive (highest tier prado) that had a touchscreen satnav even in 2002. it’s the pinnacle of early 2000s luxury in an indestructible offroader.
Other countries: "Hey, do you know the Land Cruiser Prado?"
U.S: "The what?"
The US gets the Prado now! It is sold as just “Landcruiser” because the actual J70/J300 isn’t sold there, but they have it now!
We did get this generation of Prado here in the states, it was just a rebadged Lexus, Called the GX
@@deep_drift And you got it with the 4.6 v8
They have the 4Runner instead. Which is also based on the Prado. Alongside the Lexus-badged Prado.
They have it as the "Lexus GX 460"
278k miles? That’s just barely broken in for a Toyota! Here in the US, a guy had a similar vintage Tundra (full size pickup that’s bigger than a Hilux) and he put ONE MILLION miles (1.6 million Kilometers!!) on it! Toyota of North America found out about it, gave the owner a BRAND NEW Tundra, shipped his old truck back to the San Antonio, TX factory, and then proceeded to take it apart to its component parts to see how they did; they were surprised to find out that the million mile engine made MORE power than the same engine that had zero miles on it!
I do hope Toyota continues to fulfill their reputation for longevity. My dad's '95 Camry that I just crossed 420,000 miles on idles pretty buzzy, but it rides very very smooth. If I were to close my eyes and not run into anything, I'd swear I was driving a 10 year old car instead of a 30 year old car. '90s and '00s Toyota/Lexus are peak.
Shoutouts to your bro being a volunteer, fr hero 💪
"it's like a diesel cathedral that you can take anywhere" is definitely one of my favourite quotes on this channel thus far
my dad owned a prado and seeing you show us the inside brought me back so many memories :D
I like cars, but I'm not a huge motorhead. But I still love this videos.
By the way, give your brother a pat in the back on my behalf and tell him he's doing a hero's work.
4:17 POV: You have severe scoliosis
Context????
@@redbasher636 no.
@@Kruuzx Sadness.
3:01 Too many times I have done this loading customers vehicles with firewood. Get into a convo while loading and totally forget about the ball of pain until the pain arrives. 🤣
Especially because it's a crime to have one hooked up if you aren't actively towing.
I actually broke part of my leg because of those towbars there painful
Toyota is the way to go if you live out in the middle of nowhere. I used my 97 4runner until it was literally falling apart. Holes through the shocks you could wave at your friend to, rear door rusted shut, oil consumed like fuel, fuel consumed like well a 4runner consuming fuel, the works. Got a RAV4 now and honestly it's just as good. I mostly drive a clapped out rolla, but my wife bombs the Rav up as down the dirt roads here in rural Canada every day. 30 minutes commute to the city, with old logging roads for half of that. You could take the paved route through town, but that's an hour.
Land Yacht you say? Nah nah nah, This beast is a Land Nug!
diesel cathedral is one of the sickest terms i’ve ever heard
Damn the dankfamily was raised well you and your brother are doing a service to the world .
It's actually really nice how much he loves his brother. He's so proud of the fact that his bro is a volunteer firefighter.
As someone who used to daily a 4.8L 2+ tonne 550hp Cayenne Turbo around central Tokyo, these are absolute rookie numbers for a thirsty boy
New Garbage Video, new whiskey to drink, and new armchair to enjoy them both in. What a start to my evening
Hells yea! Good times
thats the coolest offroader ive seen, never seen anything like it it looks so casual but it has so much, lil offroad luxury sleeper
my grandpa drove one of these, he passed away a few weeks ago. good to see another one get some love and appreciation
Sorry for your loss. He had great taste in vehicles for sure. 🙏🏻
Mate, as a huge fan of your content aswell as your sense of humor, I’d love to hear more about your classic Benz! I’m currently rebuilding a 73 280c coupe to be my next daily, and I’m always reminded by your old Benz nugget you teased years back!
“This car is huge”
Our 20 foot long (~6 meters) f350 with read duals and a turbo diesel from the factory:
we are being spoiled with garbage time and i love it
"Cant wait to meet the vehicle worse than that!" *tugs on collar nervously*
Ah yes “3 Liter Turbo Deez Nutz” you got me mate
we all knew it was coming.
So Wade's got a brother who lives the mud/snowrunner/spintires life irl, respect!
It's still extremely satisfying to see you use "POV" correctly, especially the fact that you cut the music and everything else out so it's legit POV
Your brother is an awesome dude. As the daughter of a retired firefighter, I respect the hell out of him.
Usually the people who have these kinda cars have a hero complex, but you can't knock a volunteer firefighter!
Mates a hero thanks for your service 👏🏻 Love the LC such a beast all lifted and barred out 👍🏻
My hubby has an ex-SES vehicle. It came with KEVLAR TYRES. Like 4 years later and he STILL has them. These things are absolutely no joke.
In the UK these are all rusted out after 10 to maybe 15 years if youre lucky. Range Rovers last longer although spending most of the time in a workshop probably helps.
8:23 Diesel Cathedral sounds like a kick-ass metal band name
My dad has a Prado j120 3.0 i4 diesel, the last year without a DPF (2006). Sufficient to say: 410 000km and still with factory fuel injectors. Dependable as a tank - even towed my car (1,6 tonne IS300) from the ditch no sweat. And it's surprisingly agile for a true 4x4. Thanks to two batteries on board starts up at the touch of the key, even at -25C.
This car has travelled 1.5 light seconds. That's quite a lot for a car! (1 light second = 299,792 km)
YESSS I WAS HOPING FOR THIS!!!! I just got a 1996 j90 turbo diesel imported to the states since we didnt get these here. I was watching the recent video revamping the gas measuring system thinking "Prados are common down there, I wonder if he'll ever do one" AND HERE WE ARE NEXT VIDEO
1:11 what repair i dont see any repair wade has gone so crazy he sees repairs that arent there
I have an '04 Chevy Suburban in the family that we use as our heavy duty vehicle. Big ol' V8 and the hugest cabin; I've pulled off several college dorm moves with it. And it gets about the same combined MPG as that Prado (it was sitting at 13.5 US MPG for as long as we've had it)
Great vid as always, we love the big vehicles being used for big vehicle things
EDIT: I was wrong, oops, diesels should be _more_ efficient (distance per volume) than gasoline! But yes, apples to oranges. Actually a little concerning, because it means it’s even _more_ inefficient lmao
Diesel is just different from gasoline, we’re comparing apples to oranges here by putting them on the same litreboard.
Love seeing these things being used properly, sadly a lot of bigger cars are bought as a status symbol and just end up going to and from work and then to a landfill. And bigger cars have changed to suit those customers better.
This is more like it
isn’t a litre of diesel supposed to go further than petrol?
This is worse, because diesels are supposed to be more efficient. Diesel is more energy dense.
That sounds familiar, diesels have been banned in my country for a long time so I don’t have day to day experience with them. I watched the video and thought “yeah, I remember diesel is different, this makes sense”.
I’ll edit the comment
Diesel has more energy per liter, runs a leaner air fuel mixture and diesel engines generally have a higher volumetric and thermal efficiency. There appears to be a lot of fuel going into that engine that isn't being turned into power. Maybe the auto trans isn't locking up or the bands are starting to slip. All things being equal, that should get much better fuel economy than the donkey van.
diesels should get more miles per gallon than an equivalent petrol but the massive drag factor of 4WD, off road tyres and the aerodynamics of a small office building offset that. My diesel van will happily get 40mpg highway because it is aerodynamic and has relatively small tyres, not to mention an engine half the size of the Land Cruiser. A 6 speed manual gearbox helps too because I get to decide when to kick down
Was so excited when you showed us around. looks great for being used so much. Still all the tech and comfort that you'd want. Onya brother for being a firefighter!
Used and abused should be Toyotas marketing slogan.
Our family has a black 2006 Hilux that got half a million kms last month. I remember when we got it almost new with only 50 000 km. Never got a major engine work only a gearbox change 70 000 km ago. It drives like a dream.
ITS SUCH A BIG BOI 0:05
Anyone who volunteers for the CFS has my respect automatically
*I’M LOOKING, MR. DANK 👀*
This channel never fails to make me smile. Thank you good sir, smiling is a luxury I rarely get to indulge in. I Doubt you'll see this though. Also can I have some UTE's? I used to have an El-Camino and I really loved that thing. Bruce, IMO is a drop dead gorgeous UTE I would gladly pay a dealer mark-up on for him! Also I'm am sorry for the loss of Holden Motors, they made some really cool stuff.
Worked at a garage for a bit. One of these came in with a knocking noise. The wheel nuts weren’t even near finger tight. People fucking scare me
Never clicked on a video faster! I have the newer U.S version of this (2018 Lexus GX) which is just a Prado with a body kit and a V8. Love mine!
TWENTY EIGHT???! TWENTY-FUCKING-EIGHT??!! And it's a diesel?? Holy shit.
@3:12 Hey! Chocolate Powder Nesquik!!
Seriously, I live in Arizona kinda out of town, me ol Disco 2 Landy and this LandCruiser would get along like best of chums lol. Pulled many a car out of the sand and monsoon flash flood
2:46 FOR THE REPUBLIC!
If he means 8.28 Km/L city, that's 19.48 MPG which is fantastic. My lifted '93 Cherokee with 31" tires and the 2.5L gets ~13mpg city, and our stock F-250 6.8L Diesel gets 12MPG. Not bad for a lifted SUV!
That's not 8.28 Km/L, that's 8.28 US MPG
@@Johnny362000 Ah gotcha. I must have missed him putting the units there. I knew it didn't make sense.
Cheers!
The speedometer was off because of the oversized tires.
I could take one look at this boy and tell its not just a compensator. This is a primo fantasy mount ready for adventure.
3:53 its not Toyotas fault the speedo is off, its because of the larger tires and your brother never got the speedo recalibrated
Serious props for being a volunteer firey brother of wade
Me: "yeah thats a pretty big vehicle"
Also Me: "has a 2000 ford excursion with the 7.3"
Same!
7.3 gang ayyy, chuckled when he said big diesel
@@bigdog440sp I thought that my self. Even in aus we have bigger. The proper landcruisers are 4+ litres. And we've started to get your bigger stuff more more often. So maybe we can get a ram cummins on the literboard with 'THE HILL' score of 2rpm
@@Braskus how common are the US trucks and SUVs there? I know they've been starting to import them there, just curious if they're still a rarity or if they're becoming more popular
@@x2006charger Not that popular. They're too expensive for tradies and most families are buying compact SUVs at the moment. The target market seems to be dudebros and people who think they're real farmers because they own five chickens and an acreage.
The Dankmus learned quick what the hitch there is for. Cute little 1 3/4
Also not surprising 2400rpm on the hill. That's just deisel. Even 7.3L have to pull 2200-2600 at hwy speeds uphill.
6:08
There you go 😉
The speedometer is off because the tires are bigger than stock, it will throw off the reading.
"A vehicle this gargantuan lifted off the ground"
Bro that's the size of USA's crossovers XD
next thing you know Wade's gonna be driving down the highway at 110 in a damn oil tanker
im glizzing
That last 30 mins of dirt is some of my fave driving, love it up there!
Honestly, I don't mind these sorts of vehicles for those who need them and know how to handle them. I hate that average people can just walk into a dealership and buy whatever's biggest
Do you propose some kind of test to determine who's worthy of driving what?
@@AlexLR We already have a test for other types of vehicles. They're called drivers license classes.
@@AlexLR Nah, a weight-based sliding scale tax with offsets would do. Live in the country? You get a tax offset! Rural fire-fighter? You get a tax offset! Own a business that requires you to travel out to whoop-whoop? Tax offset!
This way, people who still need these vehicles aren't penalised, but those who just want them for clout have to pay up.
having a cooler in the center console is absolutely legendary
Congratulations on trying the smallest and most fuel efficient car in the United States.
One of my favorite GT videos to date. I drive an '07 4Runner with the 4.7L V8 that absolutely is the same kind of vibe. Lifted, chunky tires, 100% made to go up, over, and through whatever you come across. Incidentally pretty close to the 500K as well, just about to tick over 260,000 miles.
I'm so curious as to how he'd react to a Chevy Tahoe or Cadillac Escalade.
Or a suburban. Or the monstrosity that is an avalanche
youre telling me they get bigger than this land boat?
@@a_shrxydudwait until you hear of the 3/4 and one ton trucks! (Silverado/Sierra HD, Ford Super Duty, and Ram HD)
Aussie roads have plenty of RAMs, Silverados and F150s now.
@@a_shrxydud absolutely
Ngl at first I was thinking what Dankman was thinking. "naw mate this suv is just big wide for the sake of big wide" especially with how in my neck of the woods Prados are for the Executive types, but then yeah he told the story of his bro taking this EVERYWHERE. What an actually badass SUV, for a badass dude!
Most stock Land Cruiser in Russia
Give this man a true.
My dad used to have a 2007 3 door petrol variant and I basically grew up in this car (we had it for 13 years or something), and it will forever stay in my heart as my dream car
Drives like an absolute beast and feels like a tank, driving this car is just an incredible experience
Hell yeah Ukraine trident sticker!
The same man who owned the banged up Nano that went through the wash owns that thing... That checks out honestly