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Why do join the Camping and Caravan Club? They have a few thousand Certified sites where the maximum number of units allowed is 5 units. Generally these are a plot in a farmer's field and have water and an Elsan point. These small sites are scattered right across England & Wales. Scotland...

Probably a better choice would be South Africa as quite a number still in use. Dry climate, good exchange rate plus right hand drive.

On a recent visit to South Africa they are still building the 76 & 79 Landcruisers and there is a choice of engines including the V8. With fuel at under 80p a litre you can afford to run a V8 if you are reasonably well off. These are really rugged low maintenance vehicles and we saw many of...

At present we drive a 1996 3.0L Toyota HiLux Surf auto with 80,000 miles on the clock. It is used mainly to tow our 1800kg caravan, but suffers on really steep hills like Fish Hill and Birdlip Hill when towing the caravan and sometimes we wonder if we are going to come to a stop. Recently on a...

Thanks. Seems that is the very basic vehicle. Saw the one and only one on autotrader. Most are GX or VX.

When people start talking about this "series" or that "series" then I flounder as I am out of my depth. I have no idea what a 80 series is with respect for year etc. I have a fairly good reason for wanting cruise control and not sure if it is fitted on older models. LOL! Just had a read on...

Thanks very much to both of you for the heads up on the vehicles. I think the later Colorado is the way to go unless I find a good LC4 without electronic suspension. Never believed in those as I remember LR have big issues with it when towing. I think there was a court case about it which was...

At present I drive a HiLux Surf 3.0L auto with 72,000 miles on the clock, but we and by we I mean the wife is thinking of upgrading to a 3.0L auto LC. She is keen on leather seats as we have 4 dogs and leather is easier to clean than cloth plus all the extra toys and cruise control. I am not...