While a turbo is helpful as elevation increases, keep in mind that you'll be traveling at 25 to 35 mph on most mountain roads, even downhill. The landslides and vehicle-created potholes are one factor that keeps speed down, narrow roads without much shoulder along steep drop-offs is another factor.
Ideal expedition vehicle for a trip to South America
- Thread starter Clecio
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Buy an old Izuzu trooper for under $2000 put tires and gas in it and just go. Too much time and angst on deciding vehicles. There is NO NorthAmerican vehicle worth this much study...
You will spend 100 k on a vehicle and have to fix it anyway. You will spend 90 percent of the time on the PanAm on pavement. The more you spend on the vehicle the shorter your trip will be because gas is expensive. If you spend too much on your vehicle, when the time comes to 'shoot your horse' you can't and thus you will spend more money on it to fix it yet again.
OR better yet, take the car out of your driveway, point it south and just go. It will all work out. I promise.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...ou-wish-you-had-left-behind-What-did-you-need
You will spend 100 k on a vehicle and have to fix it anyway. You will spend 90 percent of the time on the PanAm on pavement. The more you spend on the vehicle the shorter your trip will be because gas is expensive. If you spend too much on your vehicle, when the time comes to 'shoot your horse' you can't and thus you will spend more money on it to fix it yet again.
OR better yet, take the car out of your driveway, point it south and just go. It will all work out. I promise.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...ou-wish-you-had-left-behind-What-did-you-need