Wow, what a debate you all seem to be having- probably inevitable on a landy forum when toyota is mentioned. At the end of the day a car is a car,and you take your choice- you are thinking of buying a scond hand un-warrantied car to go away to Europe in. There is not anywhere in mainland euroe that is too far away from either jap/uk vehicle parts suppliers, so like someone said, you just have to choose what you like and hope for the best. All manufacturers have flaws and "friday afternoon" vehicles( freak lower build quality cars) than normal, and i suppose you have to just hope you dont end up with one of these, or a pretty looking but abused second hand one. As with everything in life, there are pros and cons- i have a beefed up 110 purely for work, which to tell the truth makes mincemeat of jap stuff i have owned, and i do 25000 miles a year, usually overloaded and towing up to 4 tons (i know..illegal etc...) and aout 50% off road in woods fields quarries. My repairs are regular from propshadft u.j's, clutches about every 6-12 months and last april an engine rebuild. All i can say with certainty is that my hi-lux chassis got bent, the body rusted, and the replacement gearbox i had for 650 fitted on my defender would have cost me over twice that on the hi-lux, which is why i got rid of it. I thought i was abusing my truc, but am assured not. I am not advocating LR over Toyota, more that i can't decide AT ALL which is better. I gone back to landrover as there is not anything else with which i can do what i do. My brother's lardcruiser (pugwash) blew me away off roading in somerset a week ago, keeping up with well tricked up 90's, but at the same time i do all that sort of stuff fully loaded for work. I cannot fault my landrover, and when i describe its life to those who slag off landy's then they soon shut up. It must be said that however you dress up a landrover (disco. defender etc. etc) they started out as glorified tractors, and when in a work application will take anything you throw at them and beg for more, if you dont abuse them. Good luck, and i hope that whatever you buy it will look after you, and that you have a good trip.