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.
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.
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.
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
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 😂
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.
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.
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
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.
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💜
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)
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 😂
@@josephsamsor1698the 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
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.
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.
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.
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. 🤣
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.
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!
I love that you called it a troop carrier since I just to drive an up armored variant of a newer model year Prado and we used those big back doors to create a hallway between two of them in case of emergency evacuations.
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!
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
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!
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.
@@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.
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.
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
I love those mobile radio cars. I do some ham radio stuff, and I may invest in a proper mobile radio setup at some point. I wouldn't be going on huge outdoor adventures in my Leaf though. Also, a bonus episode where we get to see one of your brother's adventures would be cool! Firefighters are hard as nails and do amazing work for the community.
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.
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.
Drove a V8 Lincoln Navigator like 4 years ago. Slammed the pedal down to the floor on the highway and it felt like someone was straight up pushing me into my seat. I love the G Force board man.
Yes! Stoked you did a Prado. I’ve owned two of these 120s. 1st was an 05, 6 speed man, 4.0 petrol. Holy schmokes that thing was thirsty. $240 to fill the tanks and it didn’t even reach 1000km. Lucky to get 950. 2nd was an 08 auto D4D. Much better on fuel but it ended up starving itself of oil (blocked pickup) and cost me $6000 in engine repairs. Loved the car but that hurt.
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.
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.
