Off road

[Duck Vader]

Catching the bug again, hard.

Thought about getting a sxs, but it's such a one trick pony.

Might be worth looking into something that I can use year round and on the road. Off roading in the good weather, back up vehicle in the winter. A/c for summer. Heat in winter.

Of course my mind go straight to TJ jeeps. But anything else I should consider that would be cheap and easy to modify with a big aftermarket support?

[Chris GTO TT]

4runner

[Duck Vader]

Toyed around with Toyota. Not sure how good approach and departure angles would be. A lot of areas around here that would be a concern.

[ChargerX3]

Montero. Still one of the most underrated suv in the US.

[Duck Vader]

Reliability, ease of working on, and parts availability?

[Duck Vader]

I also need to fit

[tabasco122]

gx470

[Duck Vader]

Uh oh...

My old jeep mechanic messaged me...

I have a patriot blue 97 tj with 14" travel mid arm suspension. 3.5" lift and highline fenders. Has 35" tires w/456 gears and arb lockers. It'll handle 37's but it's not really geared for 37". I bought it from the Alger brothers I built it for this summer. Doesn't really need anything. I'd add some rear corner armor on it is about it. I'll sell it for what I paid. If I keep it much longer I'll dump another couple grand in it, probably put poison spyder gen right or tnt highlines, the corners and steel flares. My daughter drives it almost every day.

[Jeff V.]

How does this get you any closer to a Chevelle?

[vr4]

[quote=""ChargerX3""]Montero. Still one of the most underrated suv in the US.[/quote]
This
[quote=""Duck Vader""]Reliability, ease of working on, and parts availability?[/quote]

it's a 25 year old Mitsubishi. More reliable than a Jeep but you can't fix it.

[Duck Vader]

[quote=""Jeff V.""]How does this get you any closer to a Chevelle?[/quote]

Chevelle is on back burner right now. Looking at 5 years at least right now. Chevelle is a big want. Need a truck. Might be getting a forester for Danielle. Off road rig would allow us to do more now together. Starting adoption process next year. Chevelle is just for me.

[Jeff V.]

404: Truck not found

[Duck Vader]

Pretty much what I'm looking at you jerk

[Jeff V.]

You said you need a truck. That's not a truck.

I can go back and quote all your mixed feelings about Jeeps and off roading if you'd like.

But sure, I'm the asshole here.

[aaronatstate]

Fill the needs before the wants.

Knowing Jason, this is probably something he's looking at doing in 2025 anyway.

[DCIV]

I honestly would wait. When markets crashes tons of those things that were highly modded became pretty easy to pick up. If that happens again if you have the money you will have some options.



Coop

[Duck Vader]

Truck is definitely first

[Duck Vader]

And it's not about off roading. It's about finding something to use to get us deep into the wilderness together where other people can't so we can get away from everything.

[Jeff V.]

I'd think the right truck could get you pretty damn far away from civilization.

Maybe not on some of the tight, technical shit. But that starts sounding a lot more like wheeling/rock crawling than it does about simply escaping.

[Chris GTO TT]

[quote=""Jeff V.""]I'd think the right truck could get you pretty damn far away from civilization.

Maybe not on some of the tight, technical shit. But that starts sounding a lot more like wheeling/rock crawling than it does about simply escaping.[/quote]

from what Jason has said a Jeep on 35’s with lockers is way overkill. You aren’t running the rubicon where you need such things all the time. A 4Runner with a locker or older LC 100 will do what you want with a lot more reliability and comfort than a Jeep.

Now if you want to do rock crawling like the Rubicon or Fordyce then yeah Jeep.