prajupramod

7 hours ago, Srikumar said:

But you are in a different situation where you are looking to buy a dedicated weekend warrior

Thanks Srikumar - Actually I was looking for a dedicated car for me as a daily driver and weekend drives. My intent is to stay away from the LC200 which is predominantly used by the family. 
 

Montero Sport seem to meet my budgets with relatively less mileage in general. The FJs and Y61 (my desired) at my budgets are being too hard to find.

On 3/30/2021 at 9:32 PM, Gaurav said:

Its roughly 110 hp/ton P/W ratio.

Doing the math it seems the Montero Sport compares equally with more agility - Is this a good mid-size SUV to consider?

Thank you @Anish S  

Thank you for the kind wishes @Chaitanya D, @Danish Mohammad and @Shehab Alawadhi  

Hi @Gaurav - I note you had listed Armada (off-road version) on the best 4x4 discussion as a good vehicle to buy.

How do I identify this model from the regular model? Is there anything distinctive that can be easily recognized?

Thanks @Gaurav and @Chaitanya D - This is helpful.

7 minutes ago, Gaurav said:

Any specific reason why you are choosing Armada as a second vehicle when you already have LC200?

Thanks for the feedback. The LC200 is primarily a family car and mostly used by my dad during the weekdays.

I was thinking to get something specially for me that have good off-road abilities as well - the prices on secondhand (as I am still learning) Armada is also quite interesting.

Hi All,

I am planning to buy an Armada (2012 or 2013 model) as my daily driver + the weekend offroad vehicle with the Carnity family.

Do notice a lot of feedback in various discussions on its sheer size and weight but does it feel much different than a LC200?

Please also advise on the aspects I need to look out for while making the purchase.

Look forward to your valuable inputs.

Thank you.

Praju

Hi @Janarthan - Unfortunately, I am unable to attend this this weekend, hence have withdrawn my spot. Please allocate to the WL as applicable.

Thank you.

Thank you @Nivin

Thank you for the kind wishes @Gaurav @Lakshmi Narasimhan @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader @Rahimdad @Desert Dweller @Frederic @Janarthan !!!

Look forward to many more drives with the Carnity family!

Praju

@Frederic @Nivin @Melenany

Thank you for the great drive today - A little different than the usual but definitely a lot of learnings.

Great convoy as well!! Well done all!!

See you soon!!!

Hi @Rahimdad @Islam Soliman @Ahmed Wagdy - Thank you once again for the great drive!! The guidance and support you provide is truly commendable!!

Had a nice time with the amazing convoy today!!

See you all soon!!

@Rahimdad Bhai - Thank you for the great drive today! As you rightly said, every drive is a new learning and today was no different. 

Special thanks to @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader and @Islam Soliman for the amazing support you have both been providing me and the rest of the convoy!

Last but not the least, we had a great convoy and everyone did well! See you all soon!

@Rahimdad @Shamil @Abu Muhammad - Thank you for the great drive today! Enjoyed every bit of it and got to learn a lot!

Great convoy! See you all soon!

Hi Carnity Family,

Though I am very new to off-roading and have just started by AMAZING drives with this family, I was just wondering if it is mandatory to install skid plates on our LC 200 GXR v6 model.

In my very limited and newbie knowledge, LC seem to have some covers underneath but I seek the professional expertise and knowledge of the Carnity family to advise.

Look forward to hear from you!

@Emmanuel and @Kalahari - Thank you for the great drive this morning - Great learning and experience!!

Your guidance and assistance is very much appreciated

See you all soon!!

@Emmanuel - Hi.

Thank you for sharing the details. Look forward to the drive!

Seems like both the Pramod’s in the drive have LCs

Just to clarify - I have the Gold LC; Hope I will stay at number 5 itself assuming the White LC mentioned is a typo?

Please confirm.

@Srikumar - Hello.

Please advise if I can participate in this event on the 26th to build up the knowledge and confidence before I move on to the other Newbie events.

Considering this will only be my 2nd off-road drive ever, looking forward for your feedback and I shall enroll accordingly.

Great experience and guidance - See you all soon!

@Srikumar - Thank you. A quick query - Should I lock the centre differential on the LC from the start? 

@Srikumar 

Hi All,

My name is Praju Pramod.

Please note my responses as follows:

1) Toyota Land Cruiser GXR V6

2) I am an absolute newbie - No prior experience at all

3) Yes

Look forward to meet you all.

Kind regards,

Praju