I guess we been lucky with 147k on one and 70k on the other then without any engine workstill seems bonkers and unnecessary. On my hilux and LC the belts last 100k and its a 20 minute job to change (about 40 mins on the hilux), and you can put a massive variety of oil in them without problems (though i am quite anal about oil tbh). my new hilux (not recieved yet) is chain driven and tbh id rather it was belt, but it still seemed the best bet of all the new engines on the market currently.
head gaskets still going even on the new ones, although less common now than the on the older models
really quite annoying about mitsubishi and nissan, they both make/made good quality 4x4s for abroad (pajero/shogun and patrol) but their pickups (and the engines they put in them) are built cheap cheap and mostly out of cheese
Nissan Y61 TD42 would be the only truck on earth better built than a LC, so why cant they make a decent pickup truck?