My wife doesn't love my '89 Land Cruiser, and refuses to trust the safety and reliability of the beast on a extended off-road exploration trip with our 1-year-old. We've owned an 80 series land cruiser, a Tacoma, and a Gen2 Trooper a long time ago. But we've sold all but my Cruiser and my wife's DD.
So a buddy and I had been looking at each getting Gen3 4Runners and rigging them out to do more exploring here in Utah with our families. These would be used for a couple of 2-3 week trip rigs each year, and lots of weekends. Two weeks ago he came over with a sweet 2004 Gen3 Mitsubishi Montero with 80K miles, and for $7,500. I've started to rethink my Gen3 4Runner ideas, mostly because you can get a heck of a lot of Montero for what you would spend on a high-mileage Gen3 4Runner (which seem to go for $6-8K here in Utah). And it performed really well bone stock on some light off-roading along the Wasatch Front. I've sporadically been looking into Monty's for last year or so and know that they're a proven platform just about everywhere else in the world but the US, but now that winter is coming I need to make a decision on this so I can start working on getting it ready for the spring. I've also been very impressed and inspired by ImNoSaint's wicked awesome build.
So my question is this, outside of the availability of after market parts and add-ons, I would love to get folks opinions on why I would want a Gen3 Montero over a Gen3 4Runner, or vice versa?
Thanks!
So a buddy and I had been looking at each getting Gen3 4Runners and rigging them out to do more exploring here in Utah with our families. These would be used for a couple of 2-3 week trip rigs each year, and lots of weekends. Two weeks ago he came over with a sweet 2004 Gen3 Mitsubishi Montero with 80K miles, and for $7,500. I've started to rethink my Gen3 4Runner ideas, mostly because you can get a heck of a lot of Montero for what you would spend on a high-mileage Gen3 4Runner (which seem to go for $6-8K here in Utah). And it performed really well bone stock on some light off-roading along the Wasatch Front. I've sporadically been looking into Monty's for last year or so and know that they're a proven platform just about everywhere else in the world but the US, but now that winter is coming I need to make a decision on this so I can start working on getting it ready for the spring. I've also been very impressed and inspired by ImNoSaint's wicked awesome build.
So my question is this, outside of the availability of after market parts and add-ons, I would love to get folks opinions on why I would want a Gen3 Montero over a Gen3 4Runner, or vice versa?
Thanks!
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