Lets not make this into a bashing thread, its fully understandable that things break there's no problem with that everything will eventually have problems. The main concern that has come across is the electrical on this truck, even at my house loaded with tools I have not been able to resolve the problems. Although the ones that have popped up are not ones to disable a vehicle, its concerning that even being at home and in the city the problems are not easily resolved and parts are not available. Thinking about what happens when out of the country and away from resources how easily can I get the problems fixed and the truck running again.
Throughout the hundred of thousands of miles with first gens I have not been left stranded by the vehicles, things have broken and issues occured. The ones out on the trails were able to be resolved with basic tools and improvising with the equipment carried along. One example of a pretty bad one was when climbing a hill covered in loose rock at the end the all the hopping ripped the motor and trans mounts out leaving the engine laying on its side. With some jacks and ratchet straps the engine was straightened and strapped down then drove a few hundred miles back home.
Vehicle choice here in the US seems to be really limited for a 4x4 diesel vehicle with solid axles and a manual transmission, in modern times its a superduty, excursion, or HD Ram. I liked the diesel FJ in Asia, and really wanted to buy an Iveco Daily 4x4 while in Germany but had no way of bring it back home legally, so I am not partial to any particular brand, I know nothing in the modern times is going to be like my 50's Chevy truck for simplicity.
