Recent content by Plains Drifter

Looks nice. Price? Location?

That Dagger is a great canoe and looks really well cared for! You should get a lifetime of fun out of that!

Awesome! That is a lucky young man getting to spend time with dad in the canoe!

Actually I thought the Tahoe would be cheaper than the Toyota. After looking at dozens of both, they appear to be priced the same. $7000 gets you an 01 - 05 with 200k on the clock. And the Tahoe will probably have rusty bumpers. Who is buying these things at $7k?

I don't live anywhere near (several hours drive) from a LR dealer. Or any import dealer for that matter. I've been an import guy my whole life. My first expedition vehicle was a 1989 Honda Civic AWD Wagon. I drove that thing, and camped in it, all over Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico...

That may answer my question. Denver area Craigslist shows just 1 under $7k. https://boulder.craigslist.org/cto/5736709996.html

You guys keep mentioning the LR3, which hadn't even been on my short list to start with. I guess I had better check them out. My budget is pretty firm at $7000. Can I get a decent one at that? I'm looking at 150k to 200k Sequoias at that price.

Awesome, thanks guys! Is the frame rust thing an issue on these trucks? Or was that long enough ago that any that were affected would be known by now?

Wow that is awesome! The only thing I've seen is the frame rot rust issue. How big of a concern is that? What years were affected? If a first gen looks good underneath, should I still be concerned?

Thanks. I think I've decided to go Toyota. I've got a thread going about the Sequoia, that ones on my radar now.

Oh yeah! I've searched the Denver area pretty good. That's where I bought my X, took the train there and drove it back. That one in Illinois just caught my eye cause it looked like a lot of the big stuff had been done already.

Thanks for that. Sounds like solid, unbiased advice. I think a Disco is just not the right rig for me, at this time.

Thanks for the info! It looks like 2nd gen is out of my price range. I'm having a tough time finding 1st gens even. My budget is $7000, but I'd like to stay closer to $6k, so I can afford to put some decent all terrain tires on right away. What kinds of maintenance issues do I need to look...

Yeah, not really. That's what always scares me off the Disco. It sure is hard to find Sequoias with less than 200k in the sub $7k range. I guess that's the "reliability premium"! So, how capable is the Sequoia in stock form? With just some good AT tires, can it handle, say, Medano Pass?

Thanks! I suppose I can live with that size. Just so I have room to buckle everyone in. In the X I can't put a teenager, a booster seat, and a rear facing infant seat all in the 2nd row.