We have a 1999 Toyota HiAce diesel LH122 with the 2L 2.4 liter engine in our printing shop. We use it for carrying printed products to our customers! It mainly does short errands of 13 kilometers each way daily. When we bought it it was definitively more distance to the average of 20,000 Km per year. Despite that fact we have accumulated 350,000 Kilometers within 18 years of our ownership. It was driven by 5 or more drivers of little experience. We bought it with 5 years of usage and 99,000 Km from the past owner for a total of 450,000 Km. We still have the same engine, transmission -a 5 speed manual- the same clutch and rear end drive. It's been the best delivery truck that we have ever had in our business. Now most of our customers of heavy packaging have their own trucks and come pick up their products. I am slowly rebuilding the van or panel as we call them here in Costa Rica. Given the expense of getting a newer one with the intricacies of DPF and electronic direct injection I feel that I will own it forever!
@@carsfromafar In Costa Rica we have a port in the Pacific, albeit, it’s expensive to import merchandise through it! Even if stuff is in California, the inland freight to the Port of Miami plus all other expenses is cheaper than import through there! If you happen to see a 2L most likely a 5L diesel, in good nick, drop me a line!
We have a 1999 Toyota HiAce diesel LH122 with the 2L 2.4 liter engine in our printing shop. We use it for carrying printed products to our customers! It mainly does short errands of 13 kilometers each way daily. When we bought it it was definitively more distance to the average of 20,000 Km per year. Despite that fact we have accumulated 350,000 Kilometers within 18 years of our ownership. It was driven by 5 or more drivers of little experience. We bought it with 5 years of usage and 99,000 Km from the past owner for a total of 450,000 Km. We still have the same engine, transmission -a 5 speed manual- the same clutch and rear end drive. It's been the best delivery truck that we have ever had in our business. Now most of our customers of heavy packaging have their own trucks and come pick up their products. I am slowly rebuilding the van or panel as we call them here in Costa Rica. Given the expense of getting a newer one with the intricacies of DPF and electronic direct injection I feel that I will own it forever!
That is awesome!
@@carsfromafar In your line of business how feasible and likely it is to find a Toyota 2L engine from a lightly used HiAce from Japan?
@@rbruce63 Hello, I can find most any engine in Japan but freight is prohibitively expensive
@@carsfromafar In Costa Rica we have a port in the Pacific, albeit, it’s expensive to import merchandise through it! Even if stuff is in California, the inland freight to the Port of Miami plus all other expenses is cheaper than import through there!
If you happen to see a 2L most likely a 5L diesel, in good nick, drop me a line!