We Traded Our Toyota For A Defender (Land Cruiser vs Land Rover)

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Жыл бұрын

Land Cruiser Vs Land Rover, one of the most contentious rivalries in all of 4x4. This week we swap out the keys of our Troopy to hop behind the steering wheel of @NextMeridianExpedition Defender 110 and figure out the main difference between each platform.
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We're Cody and Olivia, an American couple from Oregon, who found a love for 4x4 driving and camping after we purchased a 3rd gen Toyota 4Runner. After exploring much of the American west in our 4Runner, we found our dream overland rig, a 1985 HJ75 Toyota Landcruiser Troopy, in Bend, Oregon. We plunged head first into fixing up and building out the Troopy with a lot of misadventures along the way. Finally in 2022, we realized we had an opportunity to live our dream of full-time overland travel. We quit our jobs, sold our house and all of our belongings, and set out on the road trip of a lifetime following the Pan-American Highway south to Ushuaia, Argentina.
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@gdayjambo Жыл бұрын

That awkward moment when your friends let you borrow their vehicle and you break it right in front of them 😐 Has this ever happened to you?? Thanks for the fun time Nick & Mathilde!

@troopyinafrica Жыл бұрын

Two legends of Overlanding. You are either a Troopy person or a Landrover person, but that should not stop you enjoying good times together like you guys have done!

@gdayjambo Жыл бұрын

I would absolutely love to do a comparison of a Defender from the same year as our Troopy. That would be a bit of a different story I think haha

@overlandready Жыл бұрын

@@gdayjambo the early Defenders have a different gear ratio in the transfer box so you get different power and torque bands which alter the drivability, generally you need to work them a little more in some scenarios but they are good. A real shame that Land Rover never offered the Defender in auto form other than a couple of V8 specials. Plenty of people have converted them though.

@badfinger61 Жыл бұрын

Super comparison. You're right Cody - both vehicles are legends. Toyota has an advantage with parts availability around the globe and perhaps a better reputation for reliability, but both makes have proven themselves in harsh conditions all over the world. Happy trails to both teams.

@gdayjambo Жыл бұрын

They are both fun to drive. I would love to take an older Defender off road and see what it is like.

@russmartin4189 Жыл бұрын

I think I would reather live in the Troupee over a long period of time, and especially in cold climates.

@RonaldChapman-jg5xu 2 ай бұрын

I'm a Toyota guy, but the defenders look so cool!!

@passingthroughtime6841 Жыл бұрын

Good people. Thanks for sharing

@TheSussexpillbox Жыл бұрын

The Defender also boasts UN missions, and nearly 30 year service in the British, Netherlands and Australian Armies, to name a few. As well as mining industries worldwide, utility companies and more. Not just a romantic vehicle with a community behind it but a workhorse tried and tested, in wartime and civilian use.

@ellaa.9195 Жыл бұрын

Great quality and entertaining video, also loved the conclusion: great wrap up, sounded super pro! Thank you!!

@gdayjambo Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@flight2k5 9 ай бұрын

1:07 that defender door rattle

@johndiaz7240 Жыл бұрын

Good comparison thanks

@gdayjambo Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

@junelagumbay221 Жыл бұрын

New friend here 8n the Philippines,it was an awesome rig swap ,so funny and interesting to follow,🤟👌💪💪💪🇵🇭

@hunyuanzhuang78 Жыл бұрын

Parabolic leave springs😄 I thought you were still driving the original leave springs. No wonder it’s not such a big difference 👍

@jdcnosse Жыл бұрын

When I worked for the USPS, one of the mail trucks ended up doing that... The only way I could get it to stop before I got back to the office was to hold the horn down on the steering wheel. Once I got back they just pulled the fuse

@gdayjambo Жыл бұрын

Haha oh man, did it do it for the entire day?

@jdcnosse Жыл бұрын

@@gdayjambo luckily I wasn't too far away from the office but it was still about a half hour of having to really press in on the horn or else it was going off

@paengsolo2047 9 ай бұрын

I don't feel comfortable when someone tells me I destroyed something that I just drove 20 mins.

@jeffreystiner97 5 ай бұрын

You're either a Land Rover person, OR a Toyota person. Your review makes it very clear you prefer your Toyota. I mean you should, you built it just the way you wanted it, but your entire review of the Defender was already decided before you even took the keys. To be honest I'm a Defender owner and if I was doing the same review, I'd be biased also.

@mikemoore6784 Жыл бұрын

C'mon Cody! You borrow a vehicle and something always breaks!

@gdayjambo Жыл бұрын

Haha this time it was legit not from anything I did.

@user-bg1ln9ji8r 6 ай бұрын

Defender old I very good

@overlandready Жыл бұрын

Finally got to wtch this! A nice balanced view of the Defender, even though you broke it! 😛 I'm a firm believer that setup makes or brakes the vehicle experience. The defender might have a little less power, but it's not power that you generally use, it's torque. It also has less, but it does have 6 gears so can utilise it better. As you might be able to tell from the profile pic, I'll be siding with the Defender! I'm part way through a full rebuild and initial setup for overlanding. 🙂

@gdayjambo Жыл бұрын

Thanks and good luck on the rebuild!!