I had a 99 tacoma extended cab with a cap. I loved that truck.. I regret selling every vehicle i've ever owned.. but that one tops the list. Perfect combination of truck and modern convenience. Gigantic aftermarket... 4cyl is plenty the 6 cyl is powerful. The wife and I used to travel around the country in that sleeping in the back. With the dog. It did great in snow, overland... anything I wanted it to do was in its reach. It wasn't a rock crawler, but the IFS made the thing a great highway car. Great real world vehicle.
If you're going distances, don't go carbureted. Or very old.
If you like the rover.. might i suggest the first series montero or a later pre lexus cruiser.
I've not had the rover very long. But having experience with other vehicles of similar vintage.. you won't catch me traveling far in them. Not worth the hassle. Some like the challenge. Some are mislead into thinking "those were the good ol' days" or just nostalgic. They were the primitive old days with bad manufacturing techniques . But.. they were simple enough to fix by the side of the road. Fewer parts mean fewer spares to carry. But they also need to be carried.
I can't think of a single practical reason to own a rover over a jeep, or any carburetor vehicle over an EFI vehicle.
I use my 4x4s for "all road" cars. To include closed roads and "4x4" trails. Real world getting there stuff vs doing it to see if I can. Just to let you know where i'm coming from. My Tacoma had no real performance improvements. It was the TRD model, so it had a rear locker and some halfway decent AT tires. It'd follow anyone in anything anywhere I wanted to go. My dodge raider with the off road package never stopped either.
I've always thought the first series Montero was a good car. Head gasket every 100k. Body rust was a bit of an issue depending on where you live.
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