03-06 Montero or 06-09 forester

KyleT

Explorer
I would buy a NP diesel down there.

Also the 6g75 doesn’t eat valve stem seals near like the older ones.

It’s not a good comparison at all between a forester and Montero.

Since you will be out of the US also look at the Toyota Prado.


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Hanzo

Member
Lev: thank you so much taking the time to write out such a complete answer. I think my next step is to try and find someone one with a 3rd gen I can go for a trail ride with when I get home. Just to get some seat time and look one over. I’m sure I’ll be back with more questions after that!

One thing I love about coming here is seeing the large variety of vehicles available...wish I could drive them all.

KyleT: there’s several reasons I do not want to buy a vehicle here. In no particle order they are:
1) price-to buy an equivalent vehicle here I’m looking at 15-20k
2) accessories-huge taxes on anything imported to the country (my wife can bring a vehicle in once without paying taxes on it)
4)Vehicle history-most vehicles aren’t taken care of well here.
5)I’d like to get to know/drive the vehicle while I build/restore it.

There’s several more but I think you get the point.

I think for me cross shopping the two makes sense, but in the end the Montero won out.
 

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