They never made a 2000 Montero “winter package” afaik, winter package consisted of heated leather seats and a rear locker, no rear locker on the 2000, only 1998 and 1999. Having owned every generation of monteros, 3rd gen is the way to go if going to be a daily as well, way better highway manners, and IFS/IRS is amazing when setup properly, unless your planning to do some crawling then gen 2’s a bit better. I think 3rd gen xls are the ticket instead of a Limited, they come stock with 4.9 gearing and most are LSD, the 4 speed tranny is less finicky than the 5 spd, and they have a mechanical xfer case instead of a faux electronic shifter another failure point, they have a bit less power and no heated leather seats tho. I love mine! And if you’re patient you can get ‘em crazy cheap!
