Highlanders unite!

[SOFpirate]

So all my Jeep buddies keep making jokes about the 9 Montero owners in the US that actually use them and modify them for what those crazy Japanese engineers designed them to do.

Sadly ... sometimes I believe there's only 9 of us. Which brings me to my next question ... how many of us that we know of are there in the US? I'm going to guess that the total of modified Monty owners is less than 50. Compared to the 50,000 Jeeps. I love being "unique"!

Of course, those numbers are completely flopped once we leave the borders of good 'ole 'Merica.

 

[scrubber3]

Production and sales
Year Production Domestic sales Export sales
1982 16,930 8,059 7,023
1983 33,605 8,076 25,886
1984 41,422 9,176 32,341
1985 59,770 11,770 49,249
1986 87,252 16,636 70,594
1987 89,456 22,170 67,021
1988 107,157 25,225 79,699
1989 116,883 36,483 82,176
1990 108,730 36,061 71,206
1991 144,988 64,381 80,882
1992 174,708 83,685 89,835
1993 158,922 67,899 88,788
1994 161,238 54,329 106,570
1995 152,102 44,933 110,365
1996 128,593 28,851 99,200
1997 136,941 26,181 111,144
1998 95,675 9,412 90,416
1999 90,524 20,189 65,212
2000 138,315 12,701 129,198
2001 91,700 6,725 85,324
2002 112,161 5,681 106,376
2003 90,929 6,035 85,863
2004 79,152 4,196 74,347
2005 69,142 2,781 66,773
2006 75,933 6,025 68,563
2007 112,103 3,818 108,982


There you go!

 

[SOFpirate]

Yeah ... but of those ... how many do you guys think are mall crawlers?

I know for certain there's a quite a few Montero owners that didn't even know the vehicle was capable of driving down the beach. Hell, it took me about 2 hours to get my dad's into 4WD the other day, because he never uses it ... and don't get me started on how long it took to the the center diff lock to kick in ...

 

[rxinhed]

Let's see:

I modified a really nice 87 Montero with an oak tree, killing an otherwise really nice 87 Montero.

I have modified a gold 86 Montero, the above silver 87 Montero, a black 87 Raider, aqua and burgundy 91 Monteros with air tools and a pair of demolition saws to harvest rust repair and custom order body panels for various people.

I transformed my red 87 Raider into a small utility truck for work and drove the crap out of her for 5 years straight. I used various tire/rim combos for the particular earthwork jobs I worked on, towed lots of trailers.

All but the red Raider were modified into parts vehicles, plus I have another 2 in downward progress to support the fallen.

Of the production numbers a few posts up, I have had (1) 85 Montero, (2) 86 Monteros, (3) 87 Raiders, (2) 87 Monteros, (2) 89 Monteros, (2) 90 Monteros, (2) 91 Monteros = 14!

Does this count?

r-

 

[GrassCat]

So all my Jeep buddies keep making jokes about the 9 Montero owners in the US that actually use them and modify them for what those crazy Japanese engineers designed them to do.

Sadly ... sometimes I believe there's only 9 of us. Which brings me to my next question ... how many of us that we know of are there in the US? I'm going to guess that the total of modified Monty owners is less than 50. Compared to the 50,000 Jeeps. I love being "unique"!

Of course, those numbers are completely flopped once we leave the borders of good 'ole 'Merica.

I think you living a shelter life. There are many sites to check out Monteros and their owners, start by going to the wire.

 

[off-roader]

I'm going to guess that the total of modified Monty owners is less than 50.

You're dead wrong. There are 53 of us.:Wow1:

 

[shmabs]

Pretty sure there are lots more than 50, 4x4wire is full of them. Are you excluding sports on your "count"? I will admit i get a lot of strange looks when i tell people about my modified sport. I do understand what you are saying about being unique, the entire week i was in moab wheeling i was the only mitsubishi product that i saw.

Mike

 

[off-roader]

BTW, everytime I see this topic thread on the main Mitsu forum page, I always automatically think Toyota Highlander.

 

[scrubber3]

I think of a sword....

 

[rxinhed]

There can be only one, pick!

 

[off-roader]

There can be only one, pick!

I KNOW THAT CANT BE COMING FROM YOU!

 

[rxinhed]

In "The Highlander" series...the expression was 'there can be only one...'

In this thread, a Toyota was introduced.

Pick, all I said.

 

[red87]

I followed a Highland down Lippencott Pass my last trip through Death Valley. I was even nice enough to pick up the pieces that were torn off

 

[Inyo_man]

I followed a Highland down Lippencott Pass my last trip through Death Valley. I was even nice enough to pick up the pieces that were torn off

I saw the same thing happen, except it was over Steel Pass.

 

[red87]

When was that? If it was the same **************, I'll be impressed. Sorta.