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Doug's the type of guy, to have reliability issues with a Toyota 😂

If there's anything Doug loves more than buying new cars, it's selling them on cars and bids

Doug is the type of guy to spend $13,000 repairing everything that wasn’t broken on a Land Cruiser, but not fix the massively cracked windshield.

1. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. 2. If you store your car, disconnect the battery.

Doug is the type of guy to “vow to keep it forever” then proceed to sell it two years later

Doug created Cars and Bids to sell his cars for double the price in half the time

Spend 13k on things that aren't broken, but don't fix your broken windshield, and don't spray the undercarriage for rust protection.

Dude. You are great at reviewing cars, terrible with mechanics. 14k to fix a perfectly fine Toyota is insane.

First the Land Rover now the Land Cruser. Doug must have found a LM002

This was a Tyler Hoover kinda purchase. Buys it, breaks, puts 13k into it, breaks again, sells it

There’s a reason the old timers on Nantucket used to spray the undercarriage of their vehicles with used motor oil/transmission fluid. There’s salt in every puddle.

This is a little ridiculous. You could have treated the undercoating for rust if you knew would be parking it by salt water. You probably would have been fine by not replacing unbroken parts and spending $13k… Anyways, these are well documented to be very reliable cars.

$13k on repairs and updates, $0 on protecting it from the elements. What could possibly go wrong?

bro got scammed at the dealer

$13k??? I haven’t spent that much on my 3 Land Cruisers over a total of 37 years of ownership. Always at the dealer. You got seriously taken to the cleaners. My 200 has a lot more miles and I would drive to Panama tomorrow. You should be able to park it all winter with no issues. I have a 1998 LC 100 with over 460 k miles. It sits all winter under a pile of snow less than 100 feet from the North Pacific Ocean. It is hooked up to a trickle charger. When I show up back in Alaska in May I’m confident it will fire right up like it always has. While I am there my 200 will sit all summer in Seattle and I know it will start.

I live on the South Shore of Massachusetts and everyone knows to avoid island cars. Short trips, rough roads, salty air and lack of service. Many people have to wait a long time to have something fixed or get back onto the mainland if it needs to see a dealer. He’s smart for not wanting to let one sit there. They live a hard life.

Doug is the type of guy to stand in the elevator with his back facing the door

Doug DeMuro the type of dude to wiggle his fingers over a box of donuts and say “Ooh, don’t mind if I do!”

It’s funny how this channel is basically an advertisement for his Cars & Bids website now 😂 All in good love though! Thanks for the video, Doug.

Holy that is some rust. Looks like a 20 year old car underside. That Sea water is toxic to the car.

Tbh, I forgot that he had this car 😂😂

That Countach repair bill must be up there.

7:30 as someone who daily drives a 2013 5.7 Tundra, I can confirm that the water pump and radiator love to fail within 110k miles. Only issues i have had with mine though!

This has become such a scam. The joke is on idiots who pay top dollar just because it's Doug's car. Pity the fool who paid $96,000 for his 1997 Land-rover Defender.

As soon as I heard "Toyota dealership" I knew things were going to go bad.

Dang, Doug’s offloading all his stuff!

You should start watching The Car Care Nut:) In the LC world, you never search for a dealership, you search for a mechanic who worked on many LCs. Find the person who is knowledgable on these rare cars. A random dealership is just a crapshoot for LCs...

I am an owner of 2014 LX570 and VXR 2016 5.7. both of them are used maximum twice a month and both around done 60 to 70 k miles Never had the alternator replaced. The known issues for the 3UR is Radiator Cap and you have to keep moving the transfer case to and from (Center Diff Lock and L4) at least once a month. Saudi Arabia weather is harsh test to and Land Cruiser is the only SUV can stand this type of nature.

Doug: This Land Cruiser wasn't very reliable Also Doug: You can buy this on Cars and Bids!

Doug is the type of guy to somehow make the most reliable vehicle in the world unreliable

Why not just have a rust prevention underside coating? I never understand not having it when you can easily afford it.

That salty ocean air is not good for a Japanese alternator that sat for months at a time. I had a perfectly good alternator go out on me in my Honda after sitting for over a year in my yard, and I'm no where near the ocean. I'm not surprised at all Doug had this problem.

Hearing you say 100k miles is aging for a Land Cruiser is strange to me living in Qatar where the average Land Cruiser will have over 300k miles!!

YOU HEAR HIM GUYS. DONT BUY LC200s. Leave them all for me.

Doug, I have a 2008 Land Cruiser. Had the same failures ... starter, radiator crack, and idle pulley tensioner. The starter was my fault. I jumped the battery with the terminals on the wrong polarity and that killed the starter and started a small fire on the battery. Thus far, the water pump is good, but I think my alternator is starting to fail. Last week, the car started very weakly and then not at all. I charged the battery and the car started again. We will see if the alternator charges the battery this week. Also, the low range 4 wheel drive switch ( relay? or something ) is broken. Dealership mechanic told me to just keep in 4 Hi. That repair is quite expensive and I don't go off-road or tow anything with this vehicle. Outside of the starter, all of the failures started last year at around 200K miles. I'm at about 215K miles. I hope to keep this to 300K. Love the vehicle and it has served my family well for over 15 years with little to no problems in -40 Degrees temp in Alaska to 100 degree heat here in the South.

Given his use case, the perfect vehicle for the job is a rivian R1S. Electic, especially one that you can leave plugged in is exceptionally reliable when left unattended. Now if he crashes it spare parts will be tough to get, but in terms of "will it start?" Yes it will.

I think the “lack” of driving was actually worse than DD it.

$2200 to replace a starter? Let's see that whole repair bill!

ok, so realistically, except the alternator, that you could put a different - and better one rather than the OEM - nothing actually broke.. all money was spent in changing parts without them actually failing.

I love how Toyota has their reputation for being reliable, so people think that nothing can ever possibly go wrong

While remote diagnostics from a random stranger aren't very useful I would like to say that a trickle charger on the battery might have helped with the alternator issues. With the vehicle sitting for so long the battery gets drained down then the alternator has to work harder to top it back off. For some vehicles you can also buy an oversized alternator to help with that. And I noticed you didn't say you bought a new battery for it, the old one could be failing again taxing the alternator. But I could be completely wrong. Like you said the salt air is hard on a car and could have been causing corrosion to the internals of the alternator which wouldn't be a Land Cruiser specific problem. I believe for your use case that you should just buy a new 3 row SUV every couple of years to keep out there. That's really about the only way you're going to have a "bulletproof" ride out there. Good luck and thanks for the videos!

So 2 alternators?... everything else was elective/ preventative...

Just my two cents, but it sounds like what you needed was a quality alternator, something to keep the elements out of it (WD-40? a small garage?), a good battery, and maybe some Stabil in the gas tank when you park it. Sitting's not good for a vehicle, for sure, but people have all sorts of seasonal vehicles that sit for months (boats, snowmobiles, tractors, summer cars, winter beaters, etc), and if you take a little extra care they'll be fine.

HI Doug! I had land cruisers since the 80s! And I currently have an lx570. I never had issues with my 08 but at 100k miles, it didn’t want to start. But other than that it was fine. We figured out, it was the battery lol

The battery could be old that would be the reason why you went through 2 alterators

Doug is the type of guy to break a Toyota Land Cruiser.

You can't leave cars in the open on Nuntaket over the winter, that's car murder. Everyone on the East Coast would know this. Honestly...

Machines tend to break if they’re not operational for while. They need good 14:48 care even parked in garage or a shed. However, cars who have been in beach tracks requires more care because the salt gets into the nooks and crannies where it needs extensive cleaning.

At this point, I won't be surprised when the CGT comes up for sale next year

Doug’s the kind of You Tuber to hit a deer and not turn it into content

Hearing those numbers on dealer costs makes me feel great about working on my own stuff. We have a 2010 GX460 and I have already done the radiator. Once the starter goes out, I'll be digging into it and tackling all of the known little issues in the process. Currently at 188k miles ... Hoping it lasts until 200k before I have to do all that 😅

The idler pulley is something you just do along with the belt tensioner and serpentine belt at 100,000 miles. Not expensive or hard to do maintenance item yourself. Guessing your alternator issues had to do with a chronically undercharged battery combined with what seems like a lot of low speed off-road driving. Would imagine a battery tender and perhaps a high output aftermarket alternator from an off-road specialist company would’ve solved that issue.

the problem started when Doug started replacing the things which were not broken

I wonder what alternator you put in it… as a Toyota Tech I’ve noticed there has been a high failure rate on Remanufactured auto parts store alternators.

I can't help but think that spending $13,000 on a garage instead of unnecessary repairs and a third alternator would've been a much better plan...

I have a 2008 Lexus LX570 (basically the same vehicle) - approaching 120k miles. Bought it a little over 2 years ago with 89k on it. I really hope I"m not knocking on wood here - but I literally have not done anything to it since we bought it. And I drive it offroad fairly often, I mean some more serious offroading. It's been an amazing experience so far. I came out of a 2008 Toyota Sequoia that I did have to replace the starter and radiator on at one point (yes it's in a tough spot)... But this LX (landcruiser) has been rock solid so far. I'll just do things as they come up... That's the thing with these toyotas. Best not to pre-emptively do literally everything upfront like you would on a GM/Ford etc as it's usually money not well spent. 100k miles is insanely low for all those troubles you have had.... Anyway I plan on owning for another 2 years then upgrading to a 2013+ model. I think the previous ownership experience matters alot too.

Why is Doug all of a sudden being secretive about having a home on Nantucket?? Buddy half of your personality on this channel is Nantucket 😂

Dang, Doug, I hope that dealership had the goddamn decency to give you a reacharound while they were.. working on your Land Cruiser.. in the back.

We, over here in GER, had this type of LC, the LC 200, too. But here in GER and Europe it was only sold as a 4.5l D-4D V8 Diesel with 286hp and 600Nm paired to an 6-speed AT.^^ They're kinda rare to find, compaired to the smaller type LC 150 (also known as 'Prado', in a 3 or 5 door body), because of their 'low' numbers in selling due to their higher price back in the days. We had them from 2008/09 up to 2015 to be availible but ot deleted after that without a replacement from Toyota in its class/segment letting the LC150 be the last availible LC in GER/Europe... But even as used ones they hightly hold their pricetags up and even above 300tsd./km on the clock they go for 30k € plus, mostly to be exported to foreign countries in the East or Africa. To get your hands on a preowned "low" mileage (speaking of from under 100k/km to under 200k/km) and well maintained one these daiys, you have to look out paitiantly and have to calculate from 40k € and up in your pocket. Why? Well, because they're literally 'indistructable' in that config with the 4.5l Diesel and the low level of electrical fancy stuff they had compared to all of todays models and types, letting them run 300-400tsd./km at ease (rigth maintance + a basic care provided, like in all longlasting things^^) and they're the really last BIG Land Cruiser to get your hands on aside the new LC 300, which we haven't/didn't get here.😃🤩❤

Doug is gonna hate the Sequoia TRD Pro, it’s hardly a 3rd row SUV, you either get porsche 911 leg room or a tiny bit of storage space because the 3rd row isn’t removable & doesn’t fold flat so you get about 8 inches of floor room behind the 3rd row, regardless of where it sits

„Money didnt change me” „I swore two years ago I wont sell it, Im selling it”

So you only needed an alternator, but got everything else done aswell for more money and that dealership really made you over pay should’ve been 7-8k for all that work lol. And then you got a faulty alternator and are just going to sell it doesn’t make sense. But ok

I think a lot of people are missing the chapter "I asked too much" and even on the forums, you'll hear most people saying the same things about their LC/LX. With that said, there is a Australian alternator that is waterproof. It's not cheap. It's 3K just to buy, if I remember right, but it does make it so that the alternator becomes pretty much bullet proof. The radiator update pretty much fixes the common radiator issue so once replaced you won't have the 100k radiator issue. Want to say the update came out sometime in 2020-ish (someone correct me here). The radiator is also like 4 bolts to replace.

Hey Doug. I’m not familiar with these but is the power steering pump above the alternator? If so I’d check if it’s leaking. That could have been the culprit of your alternator troubles. Fluid could have dripped on the alternator

Yup used to break down before cell phones and on dirt roads. No one thought it was terribly inconvenient, just bad luck 🍀. Today people expect more, much more 😮

I miss the down to earth Doug, now everything he does is for money.

I’m wondering, as I’m sure most viewers are, why did the (new) alternator crap out so soon? And did the Toyota dealer back up the “genuine Toyota” part?

I was kindda planning to replace my old Land Rover (which seems to be bullet proof, Just did the Budapest Bamako Rally with irt cca 10000miles hard off road) with a 200 series LC, but I was hesitant. Thanks to you, I'll keep my Land Rover forever 🙂

Yeah, the "Toyota reliability" has been a myth for at least the last decade IMO. We had a couple of Toyotas. The water pump eventually went out on both of them and there were other issues here and there. That's why my next car is going to be electric - none of the stuff Doug enumerated even _exists_ in an electric.

Tbh, at this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if Doug would sell his CGT in a couple of years!!

Bro I gotta see what you've planned for the replacement. That rust looks way too much, more than my 14yrs old fortuner has. So your first protective measure should've been rustproofing dercoat. I've driven though a puddle so deep the water flowed higher than the engine hood. No problem there, it took me home just fine. I should've checked the Intake for water accumulation but I didn't. Short story, next day the alternator went out. Cranked it start with a stick, found new alternator from scrapyard, drove around and its all good again. Last month again the damn alternator broke. This time went for an OEM one, lets see how it does. The point of the story is, Alternator is the only thing susceptible to breaking when driving around in water, given you don't breath in the water and bend rods. Putting a snorkel, rustproofing and Alternator maintenance would've done the job. If your new car isnt a newer LC, I beleive there won't be anything that would suit your needs for this purpose.

*The ironic part is that comments related to the rust are getting deleted from the auction listing and people are getting silenced without receiving answers...*

One thing about alternators is that almost all of them that you can buy are remanufactured units. You probably just had bad luck with the alternator and needed to get it replaced under parts warranty.

Sitting is the toughest thing for a machine

I pretty much keep my vehicles until they die. Usually water pumps, starters and alternators die around 120-160k. Sometimes sooner. If I am fixing something on my vehicle and if any of these parts are easy access with a repair I just replace it. I did a timing chain recently on a vr6 on a GTI and replaced the water pump, starter (was making some noise) and the alternator along with a few other parts. I have put over 30k on the vehicle since and have had zero problems. Preventive maintenance of common wear items is better than being left stranded at the side of the road. Also cheaper than a new vehicle.

Doug needs a Concierge to maintain the fleet at his summer estate.

*So you preemptively spend thousands on potential issues that were not happening, but failed to fix the one issue that is?* Alternator drain is not a known issue on these rigs. One should track it down and fix it.

Doug DeFlipper

My Land Cruiser 100 of 2003, drove more than 500,000 km without complaints, I am the 4th owner. He had not seen so much money in his long life. Before the sale (due to moving to another country) I changed the timing belt, tensioners, rollers, and oil seals, I diagnosed the starter and generator, - I did routine maintenance for the oldie. That's it! He is happily riding somewhere in the north, his new owner is more than satisfied. The best car I've ever owned. And I also had a Toyota Land Cruiser 80. It's just a divine car. Divine. I love all cars, and I'm an absolute fanatic, but three cars will always stand above all - these are Toyota Land Cruiser 80, Land Cruiser 100, and Land Cruiser 200. Doug overpaid a little, but this is the official craftsmen's price and the original parts' price.

Toyota service center once told me a noise I was hearing was due to a bad transmission. A new transmission later, as I drove it out of the center I heard the noise again. Brought it back for a change in ball bearing; this was done for free. But I had to pay for a brand new transmission. Never dealt with a Toyota again.

That looks really bad in the rust department. Need new coat all over the undercarriage for a 10 year old car.

Alternator, radiator, starter motor, etc... Regular wear and tear.

Doug, did you use a Toyota or Denso alternator? I replaced mine around 100k with a Denso and it’s been solid.

The secret to Land Cruisers is "don't fix it until it breaks" except the water pump and timing belts on the 4.7L

This is the most insane video I’ve ever watched from Doug. He hits a deer, irresponsibly cares for his vehicle, gets scammed by multiple repair shops and then blames the vehicle! Doug is the type of guy who only leases because he can’t change a tire.

Should rename the channel to cars and bids

This made Doug look crazy. No car is perfect forever. His goal was unreasonable. It is a decade old vehicle.

You really should replace that windshield if your insurance covers it. Next owner's insurance won't appreciate it if you add a new car and immediately submit a glass claim. Love you Doug. Can't wait to see the next car.

15 year old car, the alternator goes, and it's accused of being unreliable. What a joke of a review.

Mistake #1: taking it to Koons Toyota

Your East Coast trips sound awesome!! That's my kind of holiday.

@DougDemuro any thoughts on how are you going to replace this? Or no replacement in sight?

Wool wax is your friend. If you don't want any more rust. I would have slathered it in that before getting it anywhere near salt spray.

150k miles on mine (2010), original alternator/starter/radiator, only changed belt pulleys myself.

i love the beige leather and wood trims. bring back the analog clocks

To be honest, this rust isn't that superficial. Is Doug going to buy the Lexus GX or Toyota Sequoia?

doug got the one unreliable toyota landcrusier 😂

Doug the type of guy to say I'm never going to sell my Land Cruiser Then proceeds to sell it

“There’s minimal rust” [cuts to the rustiest undercarriage ever]