I think your wife should narrate; she is super funny and to the point!

Awesome as always.Looking forward to the build series.Thanks for sharing and taking us along

That vibration at 1500rpm under light throttle is an issue with the Toyota Auto transmission... We had the exact same issue with our 2022 Prado. It got worse over time and Toyota did a software patch that was meant to fix it but it made the box worse. It shuddered and nudged all the time afterwards. It drove us insane which was precisely why we got rid of it and bought a manual 76. This is what I feared with the introduction of the auto. Keep an eye on it Andrew and please keep the community updated on this behaviour and if it gets worse.

Being in Canada I am immensely envious of being able to walk into a Toyota dealer and being able to buy a troopy Looking forward to the build!!!

Congradulations,Andrew. Cant wait to see your build.

Awesome video mate. Come and see us at Airborne suspension and mechanical in Wangara for your suspension upgrades, tuning and more. We would love to meet you 😊

Congrats to you and the Mrs on the new LC and adventures ahead! 🎉

Excited to follow this build.

Your wife is a treasure.Great sense of humour. And now I see Cars too. Thanks. 🙂

One day I hope to pick up a new toyota from the dealership. I wish you all the best - you deserve it Andrew!

I think the easiest work around for the dash cover and light sensor problem is to do a little modification to the cover by cutting and renewing a little half circle to accommodate the sensor. It might not look as clean but might get the job done 🤷🏻‍♂️. I’m really looking forward to this build series because I can’t afford to replace my thirteen year old Prado 150 so I’m going to have to experience the joy of a new 4X4 vicariously through you! ❤

I really enjoy these videos, I'm planning on buying a 90 series land cruiser for overland purpose, I cant afford a troop carrier but love the aesthetics of the prado 95 too. Thanks for the new ideas and motivation!

I’m as thrilled as you are 😊 let the good times begin 👍

Congratulations Andrew. Looking forward to the build to see what new ideas you come up with. Particularly interested in the Headspace Campers roof conversion.

Looking forward to this build a lot ‼️

Great insight. Really enjoy the channel, thanks 👍

Glad the 4 cylinder is starting to get you excited, was concerned at the beginning of the video.Looking forward to your ideas about it.

Interesting with gear changes I notice our work hilux auto is horrible unloaded but when we add weight and a load etc it feels fantastic. Will be interested to see if it smooths out with the weight of your build

I love your relationship with your wife. She's so cool. A real "Troopy" she is. ❤

Excellent video bro👌🤣 I’m excited to see the progress!👌

Very excited for this build and rooting for your Andrew. One day I'll apply what I learned from your videos to build my own tourer!

Hey Andrew - the 2.8 is substantially fasterunloaded and fully loaded. There is a drag race by fullboost and AIC on youtube where you can see this practically

Andrew, cheers from Athens, you’re always 10 steps ahead of all of us...

Sounds exciting, looking forward to the loaded weight trials .Your wife is a treasure as is mine Happy trails you 2 .

I agree the bullbar on the blue troop looked great ...overall you made that look very tough so looking forward to seeing what you do with this. On another note you say initially it had turbo lag then later on says it pulls well overtaking....can you confirm?

Congratulations 🎉 More please 😊.

Good luck upgrading. I am curious if you will like it off road. I guess you should be able to get better mileage in this. (about the vibrations -- check the bonnet -- i've seen in other videos that the metal it is not correctly glued) AAAND you can use direct connection to the battery for light-bar with separate switch..and no canbus.

Wife opinion on the vehicles is what we need and want on this show.

Fantastic mate. Bravo 🙏💪❤️👍

Thanks Andrew

Great overview given your years of experience with these types of vehicles. Nothing you mentioned about Toyota Australia surprises me one bit. Most modern car companies dont have passion for what they build or sell. There are exceptions but not in the mass market area. Looking forward to your fit out & to see how you include all the bits & pieces.

Ciao from the Veneto! Hope you have a good build. I am happy you can explore the limits of your craft and with any luck you can wrap it in a new color.

Hi andrew yes you should use your dash cover, cut a relief in the section that covers the light sensor, re- sew the 2 layers in the section cut back together, and voila😊.

Great video and good luck Andrew…will be interesting to see how you can make this car at least look good with your arty eye and experience! Ref auto vs manual, I opine that perhaps for the exception of sand driving as you rightly state, manual is overall much better than an auto when it comes to bush driving (difficult river / ditch crossings, rocky and obstacle laden ground). One simply has much more precise control over the movement of the vehicle over / through the obstacles. I have driven an auto more than several times off road through the bush, especially through obstacles following big game, and on hundreds of k’s of bush two-track here in Africa, and it can be absolutely horrible at times. Manual is a bit more “work” and an auto is on the whole “easier”, especially for General use. I agree. “Pays your money you makes your choice” as they say! Good luck!

I think the move to the 2.8L is a good idea. as you said it's shared with the Hilux, Hiace (and even the coaster). so i reckon it's an ubiquitous engine in desolate parts of the world. in your experience in Africa for example; would the 2.8 have more available spare parts than the V8?

😮wow,what a compliment from your wife... I appreciate what you have, on top of what you have done. I tip my hat sir. Love from kenya.

My friend Kylon made few conversion of older 70 series models in to automatic trans in Poland in his amazing workshop aka rebuild center Wyprawa4x4. Its super nice that Toyota finnaly provide 70 series with that "modern" touch. It will help a lot of begginers dive in to 4 wheeling with safety and style.

I love your vids man . Love from Australia 🍻

Congratulations for your new Rig, thanks for your first impresisions nice the automatic gearbox and their electronic assitances, and off course the better fuel efficiency vs 1HZ, 1HD-T and GD. regards.

The bull bar onnthe bkue troopy was perfect....gave the troopy a tough stance....be interesting to see what you conjure up with the fabricators you collaborate with

I have been watching your channel for some time, I was even a Patreon suporter. I do not think you gained much experience with the 2.8 Toyota diesel and Aisin automatic gearbox. Unless they fixed the past problems, which, knowing Toyota, they most likely did not, but did their utmost to conceale them, you are heading for some surprises. I have gained experience with both 4X4 Toyota and Land Rover over the past decades. Even though I can share some of your views about Land Rover I definitely can not do so when it comes to Toyota and the exceptionally poor reliability experience I gained with this manufacturer accompanied by the non existing warranty. At Toyota the warranty expires once you left the show room. Wishing you best of luck.

Another brilliant video Andrew I really like your new trophy. I would buy one tomorrow in England if the money was there. look forward to your new build. Much appreciated andrew thank you

Looking forward! Like you two! BR

Hi Andrew does your auto gearbox of the van have a oil cooler I was quite surprised to see my 5 door Jimny has a integrated oil cooler in the radiator for the auto gearbox of the Suzuki

Congrats Andrew, I 100% understand what you mean by the satisfactary feel of starting the V8 and 1HZ 'knowing that it will get you there and out of there'. Looking forward to build from Gantsi, Botswana.

omg - i just remembered you have some cinematography courses online - i need to remember to sign up - your a very good story teller 🤓 im a software engineer from 9 to 5 - and have just started a media business on the side - just putting together my portfolio over the next few months 😎

I agree on the indicators. An afterthought. Looks like a wart too.

Now i can’t unsee Master😂

I loved the 4.2 in my 100 series but I can see why the 2.8 is the future and commonality with other LCs and HiLuxes is going to be a plus.

Thanks for the video Andrew. Silly question... Does the Toyota hooter still go Meep Meep which makes the 105 sound like a mini hooting? 😂. It is the one thing I still have to change😊. I think an auto is awesome to drive around town etc. However I still am one of those who have a concern with the auto (even though they are reliable) in the bush, at least a manual you can limp out of the bush and tow start of required etc... All the electronics eish... Looking forward to seeing how the motor works with the weight added. Cheers

Good video. Thanks. That bull bar is horrendous😂!

Great video Andrew, can’t wait to see what the troopy is gonna be like when finished. Question: i am a very new to off road driving and lately at my first off-road event i damaged my clutch(my car has no low rage but it is an off roader i promise), what do recommend for newcomers to off-road driving: automatic or maunual gearboxes??

You may still use the dash cover, get a leather expert to make a hole on the cover so that when you push it down to the windscreen that lump gets exposed through the hole and you can still enjoy your space solutions and the dash eluminates nicely.

Between you, Mrs 4xoverland and Ronny we have all the honest reviews we need on the new 70. Edit, just got to the radio antenna... that is an upgrade. I daily drive a 31 year old Hilux Surf, and I mean this quite literally, the only thing not working is the automatic antenna. Not only does it not work, but it makes a ridiculous noise every time I turn accessory on. Do people still listen to FM in their cars? I just stream music and listen to podcasts. All you need is a simple bluetooth head unit for that.

@Andrew FYI I sound proofed my 1998 Jimny using asphalt/bitumen sound proofing. Small asphalt mats on the inside of any vibrating metal surface stopped the vibration and made the car close to as silent a Rolls Royce.

Can’t wait to see what you do to this one - it will be absolutely epic ❤

Cut a whole on the dash cover. A nice round punch tool with metal eyelets will do the trick. For the corner probably fit UHF/VHF antenna on the bullbar to see where your corner is. Radar obstruction can also be addressed with a visor that has been strategically cut to keep it working. Other channels say the large gaps in the fenders make it easier for additional electrical wires coming to/from engine to the cabin. Also I never expected you to get a factory bull bar to begin with so will watch what you decide on. Can't wait to see this car transform.

Hi Andrew good knowledge comes with age everything you say I like ,the guard brackets are for pedestrian safety which will be useless when a roo bar is fitted

Now at last I’ll get knowledge sharing on offroading with auto gearbox from the master 🙏

How did you get your hands on it so quick? I also ordered a Troopy 2.8L in auto in August last year and the latest email I got from Toyota says it's still not yet in line for production. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

Hi Andrew, are you sure that you cannot put the car sun visor on the new build. I am thinking of doing the same with my 76 new model. I thought the tech in the rooftop box was all facing down from sun visor height.

Dash Matt goals

The New 70 series improvements look and are much better in my opinion. That front is beautifully designed. I love it and will order myself a the 2.8 Auto in Grey.

Andrew and gwin, you guys are the definition of couples goals!!

Congrats Andrew, just make sure you tick the windscreen replacement box in your car insurance. Those windscreens are substantially more expensive to replace than the old LCs with no camera.

Interesting review.

That low speed vibration may be engine power pulses due to converter lock up to save fuel. Biscuit tin built front fender wise. An oversize transmission cooler would be first on my list seeing that you will be doing a lot of 4lo low speed driving.

Really looking forward to your take on the land cruiser Mini. ( jimney killer) that should be out later this year.

I have an exterior sunvisor on my 2019 Holden Colorado LTZ and it does not interfere with the auto wiper gizmo in the top of the windscreen. But the windscreen has a much bigger slope than the Toyota. Sad if you can't get one - I reckon they enhance the "look" of the vehicle. But I am from the Chrome era.. 🙂

My Fortuner 2015 has the same vibration at 1500-1550 rpm - maybe the Prado engine with the extra balance shaft was to smooth this vibration??

I had a 2018 2.8 Hilus auto (130kw engine) and there was no turbo lag. It just pulled away without hesitation but ran out of huff at higher rpm. I test drove a 2021 Fortuner with the current 150kw engine and noticed the same turbo lag on takeoff. The engine however pulled very strongly at higher rpm and didn't run out of power. Toyota have not just retuned the engine but also upgraded hardware (bigger turbo which takes longer to spool).

Hi Andrew I always like to hear what you have to say and applysome of it to my 79 series . Regarding the "performance upgrade" you mentioned when you change the raised air intake with a snorkel, have you seen any evidence that it actually works, what about fuel consumption?, seems like the standard air intake is more water proof when driving in heavy rain compared to a ram type inlet and its pretty simple to seal the standard 79 air inlet joins for deep water crossings.

Hi Andrew, very sad indeed about the external sun visor mate, pity it wasn't possible to just fit one temperately to see if it interferes with that radar thingy. With rear wheel track, are you going try using different off set wheels to fix the wheel track issue or another diff upgrade. Great build coming up mate thanks. Seeya Rob

Congratulations Andrew🎉 The only reason for the larger side indicator repeaters lights is due to the GVM upgrade to 3510kg which changes the classification of the vehicle. Plus with the new 2025 Australian Emissions Laws there would be a strong chance the 70series wouldn't pass, possibly another reason for the V8 being dropped from the range!!

I'm following with interest. Weighing up whether to go for the 2.8 or one of the last V8s. I hope you take a look at the HEADSPACE CAMPERS pop up roof. They look like they've moved the concept a long way forward. Much steeper angle giving different sleeping options and masses of headroom. Plus a much better (factory) look.

Dear Toyota, we love ❤️ you... However, I can't help but notice that you've purposely not given the option of having a 6 cylinder turbo diesel in this new 70 Series... Even if it were a single turbo it would have been nice. I do plan on purchasing a 70 Series very soon, but I'll be going for the oldie, but goody normally aspirated in-line 6, 5 door 7 seater (I have a beautiful wife and 6 babies) or if I can fit some extra seats on a V8 70 series, I'll go with that one instead. As usual exceptional video from Mr. Andrew! Much respect 🫡 from Angola 🇦🇴

The classic muscle car scene has known for decades that no amount of technology and improvements will ever replace the smile you get from a V8. The 4x4 community is now starting to realise the same. As the saying goes, there is no replacement for displacement.

9:20 My 150 Prado does this when the torque converter locks up in cruise mode. Very good for fuel economy but the vibration can annoy some people, I personally like it as I hate slipping automatics, it feels like they are filled with custard as opposed to gears.

Your Wife is gifted with excellent sensibilities. Calling out the trucks features resembling the cars movie "Mater" was hilarious. 😅😅😅😅😅

Ok, ok... The new Troopy is great, but I can't wait to see you rip into the Bus 4x4 Hiace! 👍👍👍

Can’t wait for the Hiace

Andrew please remember that toyota technical review said the auto will get slightly hotter than manual in extreme of roading . Th big hump is for larger radiator and its vital part

I think I'm getting some Grenadier cold turkey vibes. Such a shame about the exhaust lump. Enjoy the new build, looking forward to the series.

looking forward to some Auto off-road driving tips

It is a beautiful car....no doubt

Should take your little dash pocket thing to a trimmer and get them to punch a hole out where the sensor sits

Incredible Review. Thanks you for going into the pros and cons of automatic vs manual on different terrain. Learned a ton. It breaks my heart that we cannot get those in North America. Spot On about the engineers, by the way. THANK YOU, also for mentioning the blind spot and quality. I am so frustrated with Toyota's insistence on staying with the unnecessarily large front 'nose' on their Pickup trucks and suv's here in N America. It's to the point of absurd, and don't understand why reviewers are not talking about it more. My hopes have been raised however with the new landrover, and I look forward to a test drive.

Exactly the same transmission sound in our 2023 Jimny.

The Japanese version which ive ordered has a small mirror on front left of bonnet to deal with blind spot.

amzing HD content watching from kenya.... (any job opportunities?)

Andrew when are you moving to Falcon south of Mandurah I need a good chat person about 4wds

Hey mate would you recommend this for a family wagon or would you go with the 76 series. Thanks

I also have a vibration at a certain RPM on very hot days and it actually comes from the snorkel. May not be the same vibration as you have but something to check. Test is to stick your hand out the window and press the snorkel against the body and it should go away.

Just a question Andrew, what do you mean by the "black hole of Kolkata"?

Hi andrew, we’ve recently moved to Perth from South Africa, I’ve done some scrolling, but thought I’d just ask, do you have any videos around new to Perth and exploring around and from Perth for us to watch? Thank you. Regards,

Please tell us how to improve performance around 30-40% on both HP and tourque

Can I ask where you got your dash cover from ? Is it for a Troopy or just a one fits all size ?

if only i could have afforded the older troopy. can’t wait for the new build. thanks for the video. PS. Your lively wife, needs to create her own videos.

You were much more enthusiastic about the INEOS. Am I sensing buyer's remorse?

I assume the engine bay might have an ample space to be used for accessories, just take advantage of the rise in the bonnet and install a bridge-like bracket for accessories.