Thread: Thinking about a change - Safari or something else?

The biggest complaint Nissan fans live to make about Landcruisers is that the diffs are weaker and COMPETITION TRUCKS ARE ALL NISSANS I READ IT IN A 4WD MAGAZINE FURTHERMORE

I've been driving various Landcruisers for work since 2008, seen probably hundreds of them and done a loooot of Ks in them

Things I have seen wrong with them:

-fuel gauges stop working
-aircon pulley bearing goes
-handbrakes are shit
-79 series clutches go
-starter motors don't like lots of water crossings
-radiator fans can pull into radiator core on deep water crossings
-a few bent tie rods
-1 fucked leaf spring when a geophysics crew went through a washout at like 100ks
-1 bent diff housing when a safety officer hit a giant anthill at like 80ks dafter driving off a corner
-3 rollovers all of which drove away after being righted with not much damage beyond glass
-1 100 series with 1hz that got a mouthful of water while parked in a river, was still running 14 months later when I last saw it, just blew smoke in the morning


Never actually seen any evidence of these weak diffs etc

Originally Posted by gimp

Never actually seen any evidence of these weak diffs etc

I have.

I have never said the Nissan is perfect, there are quite a few things I'd change, but it is a very serious contender for the Cruiser and worth a serious look. There are quite a few things that the Safari will do that the Cruiser will struggle with, and also a number on things that the Cruiser does better that the Safari. Look at the features that will suit what you want to do and decide which is the best fit for you! I have not bagged the Cruiser but I have pointed out a few areas that the Safari has over the Cruiser and a few of the faults I know of with the Safari. I believe in an objective approach.

As I stated earlier I am a big fan of Toyotas and have been driving them commercially since 1977 and done quite a few 100,000km in them. If I was buying a new 4x4 now I would buy a Cruiser as I don't like the current model Nissan. However fir the vehicle meeting the criteria of this thread it would be the Nissan or Isuzu before the Cruiser for me.