Thedonnellm
New member
Hello! New guy here, just registered, but I’ve been reading the forums for years. I’m looking at getting back into a 4wd vehicle, having owned land rovers and Toyotas in the past, but had a lapse of reasoning and purchased a Mustang GT after my 2010 Tundra blew its engine for no apparent reason at a mere 62,000 miles.
Anyways, fast forward 4 years and 65k miles in my GT and I’m ready to get back off the beaten path. As I said before, I owned a slew of Toyotas, my favorite being a 2003 4Runner limited 4wd with OME suspension, 1” body lift, and Goodyear MT/R K’s in the 33” variety on MTX Artillery wheels. In the search for a new vehicle I naturally started looking at the newer fifth gen 4Runners and found I was still disappointed in their looks and equipment, not to say they aren’t extremely capable, they just lack the refinement I had in my 2003 and have since become accustomed to. So then my search turned to JKU’s, but again I found them lacking in comfort and, most importantly, fuel economy and towing ability. So my search quickly veered off into 2014+ WK2’s with the 3.0 ecodiesel. Long story short on that, used they are over priced, questionable reliability, and not available new. I then turned my attention, yet again stay with me here I’m almost to the point, to the 2017-2018 Trailhawk trim. They have everything I’m looking for equipment and capability wise with the 5.7 Hemi and luxury package.
Which brings me to my question, as great as the vehicle seems on paper, why aren’t more people using these things like they are 4Runners? Is there some reliability or capability issue I’m overlooking? Are they too pretty or expensive to be spending 2 weeks in the back country with?
Sorry for the long post, but I look forward to reading everyone’s replies!
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Anyways, fast forward 4 years and 65k miles in my GT and I’m ready to get back off the beaten path. As I said before, I owned a slew of Toyotas, my favorite being a 2003 4Runner limited 4wd with OME suspension, 1” body lift, and Goodyear MT/R K’s in the 33” variety on MTX Artillery wheels. In the search for a new vehicle I naturally started looking at the newer fifth gen 4Runners and found I was still disappointed in their looks and equipment, not to say they aren’t extremely capable, they just lack the refinement I had in my 2003 and have since become accustomed to. So then my search turned to JKU’s, but again I found them lacking in comfort and, most importantly, fuel economy and towing ability. So my search quickly veered off into 2014+ WK2’s with the 3.0 ecodiesel. Long story short on that, used they are over priced, questionable reliability, and not available new. I then turned my attention, yet again stay with me here I’m almost to the point, to the 2017-2018 Trailhawk trim. They have everything I’m looking for equipment and capability wise with the 5.7 Hemi and luxury package.
Which brings me to my question, as great as the vehicle seems on paper, why aren’t more people using these things like they are 4Runners? Is there some reliability or capability issue I’m overlooking? Are they too pretty or expensive to be spending 2 weeks in the back country with?
Sorry for the long post, but I look forward to reading everyone’s replies!
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