what matters
Myself being a Toyota man I may be a bit biased or maybe a lot! But as far as I am concerned, on long journeys the only thing that counts is reliability! The Disco is probably better in rough terrain than any Toyota but how many people have perrished because they got stuck in the mud or in the sand! You will always get out again, just a matter of hard work and some tools. Reliability however, or rather lack of it, can kill. But it will for shure spoil the fun! If you have no confidence in your car anymore after the 10th breakdown, you will keep to the main roads and stay away from the remote places, which are actually the best places! I have been there with my Isuzu Trooper in the Australian Outback. At that point I swore that in the future I will only go for the best! So I have a Landcruiser now, done 60.000 km in Africa through 30 countries, ZERO breakdowns appart from the odd leafspring (which were not original Toyota parts by the way
In any discussion, the Toyota will come out as the more reliable car!
Cheers,
Noel
exploreafrica.web-log.nl
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