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bandi Lippy Mechanic Bastard
Location: Trent Hills, ON Gender: Male Total Likes: 734 likes
A liminal mind is all I've ever known.
| | | | Re: Summer beater < Reply # 5 on 2/19/2013 3:48 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I'd say a 90's Cherokee (old style) with the 4.0 and manual transfer case, or (don't laugh too hard) a 4 door Tracker/Sidekick/Vitara. They're cheap, they're really not that horrible, and they're pretty damned capable off road, although towing capacity isn't huge... or a Toyota 4Runner, but watch for rust. Avoid Blazers... the electronics for the 4x4 stuff are prone to failure and wicked expensive, although I admittedly like the way the 90s ones drive. Going from personal experience... avoid the Dodge Durango. Yes, it seats 7 comfortably, yes, it'll go anywhere but 12 mpg sucks. And EVERYTHING will break, and the truck will rust, and more things will break. And the mileage will get worse.
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| Samurai Vehicular Lord Rick
Location: northeastern New York Total Likes: 1900 likes
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| | | Re: Summer beater < Reply # 8 on 2/19/2013 11:06 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by bandi I'd say a 90's Cherokee (old style) with the 4.0 and manual transfer case, or (don't laugh too hard) a 4 door Tracker/Sidekick/Vitara. They're cheap, they're really not that horrible, and they're pretty damned capable off road, although towing capacity isn't huge... or a Toyota 4Runner, but watch for rust. Avoid Blazers... the electronics for the 4x4 stuff are prone to failure and wicked expensive, although I admittedly like the way the 90s ones drive. Going from personal experience... avoid the Dodge Durango. Yes, it seats 7 comfortably, yes, it'll go anywhere but 12 mpg sucks. And EVERYTHING will break, and the truck will rust, and more things will break. And the mileage will get worse.
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Not just the Blazers, but the Ford Explorer as well... they're fragile. If you can find one, a Bronco II with the 2.9L 5speed/manual transfer case are really great off-road. And they're not really that bad on gas. DO NOT buy one with an Automatic transmission or the auto-locking hubs.
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