Well... bloody hell. A Landcruiser... And a troopy at that. Some times life does surprise you.
What I like is that it's a bit of a blank canvas. In it's raw form a bit of a pig. But good bones. Once you trick the bits up that make it comfortable you've got a ripper tourer.
To be honest its not my first Toyota or Landcruiser, and it actually drives and rides surprisingly 'adequately'. Our issues have always been flying very close to the weight line, and compromising even then to still be marginally over. Heading toward semi-retirement with very clear travel plans, my long term vehicle choice criteria was proven task related reliability, strength, longevity, significant payload, capable and stable towing platform, storage, 4x4 capacity and resale. The list of contenders dwindled incredibly quickly. Payload knock out most very early. The last man standing was repeatedly the 70 series. We did struggle (particularly the Princess), and we agonised over that because it was difficult to come to terms with the fact the spartan 70 series could not be trumped. Every "if and but" we threw in, it kept coming back to the 70. It's a truly great vehicle no doubt, but its very VERY expensive, and very VERY basic. A brand new almost $80k 2019 model looks much the same as a second hand 80s model worth $10k
The wagon went, due to payload. The single cab went due to ... being a single cab. Leaving the twin cab and Troopy. Twin cab lost out due to tray and box weight eating into GVM, reduced storage, but importantly because of the massive rear cantilever, which I just couldn't ever be comfortable with. Every twin cab also always looks nose up with its ar$e is dragging on the ground. I was prepared to just hang out and wait for an alternative, when we wandered past a Troopy in the surf beach car park on the mid north NSW coast at Xmas. Id never considered it and the first thing I notice was the acceptable cantilever. A light bulb moment of clarity, and I think it probably right then that I was sold on the Troopy; its far from ideal, but its way closer then anything esle. Troopy seemed to make so much sense .... but not quite enough sense to stop me from thinking about it for 5 months before I signed up
So there you have it. A vehicle that ticks every box twice for our initial list of criteria, and not a signal box for anything else.
......thats why they speed, full of it............................ 
for wishing they had Big Brother..
