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The nobody gives a shit but what did Bender do now thread.

Bender

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  • Feb 12, 2014
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    So, I change cars like underwear, I’m bad with money, and somehow still have zero debt, except for my mortgage....anyway I would have more green stuff if I wasn’t an ADHD kid at heart. I won’t list my past cars I’ve owned, I would probably cry. At any rate, not too long ago I had a 99 jeep wrangler that I traded in my 2004 WRX in black mocha pearl. I still am not forgiving myself for selling that Flatbill hat/Vape wagon. The jeep wrangler ran like new and even the air conditioning worked, 200,000 miles on that in line 6 is nothing. But I have three kids and like to go fishing and camping, that jeep was full with just a 9 mm and a fishing pole LOL. I found some rust issues on the frame to cab mounts, I am a average shade tree mechanic, but rust issues I cannot fix and bother me. So I sold the jeep to a lady in Nebraska who is actually taking it down near my brothers house in Fort Walton Beach Florida, maybe I will see it again? She gave me $10,000 for it. I used that budget for my new to me truck. I wanted something small like a jeep, manual transmission, slightly above average off-road capabilities, I don’t do hard-core rock crawling. And of course what I found was an extinct model from a near extinct company with little to nothing aftermarket support or new replacement parts offered. A smarter man would’ve used his money on a newer style truck with better horsepower and better gas mileage, but hey this is me we are talking about, I am not smart with vehicles.

    Sold this

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    Bought this

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    And did this

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    What’s the bumper and winch combined wt?
     
    The ol Isuzu. When I was in High School I had a buddy with a turd brown Trooper that was a sight to behold. Pretty sure it had about 8 horsepower. His was the "high top" model that was awkwardly boxy with gigantic windows in it. This one looks slightly "better".

    I can appreciate how you bought a questionable vehicle and then decided to top it off with all the other questionable aftermarket cool guy stuff. Maybe you can slap a Subaru engine in that thing and regain some of your lost love from your fast and furious grapefruit shooter.
     
    The ol Isuzu. When I was in High School I had a buddy with a turd brown Trooper that was a sight to behold. Pretty sure it had about 8 horsepower. His was the "high top" model that was awkwardly boxy with gigantic windows in it. This one looks slightly "better".

    I can appreciate how you bought a questionable vehicle and then decided to top it off with all the other questionable aftermarket cool guy stuff. Maybe you can slap a Subaru engine in that thing and regain some of your lost love from your fast and furious grapefruit shooter.
    It has a surprisingly modern for the era engine. It’s an all aluminum dual overhead cam V6. It runs like new, I’m suspecting it’s been replaced? I don’t know, I don’t care, it holds all my camping gear, my children, and rides way better than the jeep ever did, I did forget to mention that I did new springs and shocks with about a 2.5 inch lift and the slightly bigger tires.
     
    The V-6 says it was 200 hp from the factory but at this elevation and as old as it is? No torque for Wyoming headwinds, but it will roll down the freeway at 80 miles an hour without the wind. So I don’t know, it’s definitely not going to get me a speeding ticket. That’s what my company truck or my wife’s turbo BMW is for.
     
    It shares the platform with the Holden Jackaroo, about 10 different Asian market ones, And the early full-size Lexus.
    Might help open up any available aftermarket.

    Time for some tunes 👍
     
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    hell no! that's what banks are for
    I don’t borrow money for toys LOL. Paid cash for my RV, Boat, Motorcycles, guns. Whatever. I hate payments, The highest my credit card debt has ever been as maybe at $3500? It usually gets paid off monthly or it just wait till tax season and I pay it off with whatever we get back from our small side business taxes.
     



    It’s actually a pretty stout little truck, fully boxed frame, not a unibody. Ford 9 inch style rear end with 4.56 gears and Limited slip differential from the factory. Extensive underbody skid plates. I wish they made stuff this simple and rugged today.
     
    I definitely was considering it, but they cost three times as much in worse condition. I wasn’t about to pay the Toyota tax just because of a name.
    I sold a super clean one for 7800 recently, but 275k miles. Some people worry about miles, but with the prober neglect a toyota can have issues at 80k and the proper maintenance 500k is surpassable.

    4th gen seem to be the bastard child that gets ignored by high toyota prices, to a degree, i go a v8 awd for 8500. So far i put a lil money into it, but i am under 10k and now has a 3” lift. It tows great(within its ratings) and is nice having power in a toyota. The 250k miles on it doesn’t show other than the driver seat, but thats an upholstery shop fix. Get 20.6 mpg in it as well, which seems high, but mostly freeway driven. When mostly city driven it got 14.5.
     
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    I sold a super clean one for 7800 recently, but 275k miles. Some people worry about miles, but with the prober neglect a toyota can have issues at 80k and the proper maintenance 500k is surpassable.

    4th gen seem to be the bastard child that gets ignored by high toyota prices, to a degree, i go a v8 awd for 8500. So far i put a lil money into it, but i am under 10k and now has a 3” lift. It tows great(within its ratings) and is nice having power in a toyota. The 250k miles on it doesn’t show other than the driver seat, but thats an upholstery shop fix. Get 20.6 mpg in it as well, which seems high, but mostly freeway driven. When mostly city driven it got 14.5.
    That’s about what I get for mileage in this unless it’s a headwind and then it’s 12 mpg. What I paid for this before I did the paint and bumper and everything else, was less than half for an equivalent Toyota. Or the price of a high-end scope LOL. I saved enough money if this motor dies I will just throw in a new one, I even thought about doing an LS swap but they are too wide in the oil pan and won’t fit with the independent front suspension. I’m OK with the low horsepower.
     
    That’s about what I get for mileage in this unless it’s a headwind and then it’s 12 mpg. What I paid for this before I did the paint and bumper and everything else, was less than half for an equivalent Toyota. Or the price of a high-end scope LOL. I saved enough money if this motor dies I will just throw in a new one, I even thought about doing an LS swap but they are too wide in the oil pan and won’t fit with the independent front suspension. I’m OK with the low horsepower.
    Nice man! It looks clean as hell and i really like the bumper. Not pissing your money away is always the right choice.
     
    Small block Ford fits right in there.
    Trans is weak.
    Ball joints known for breaking.
    Steering is funky as hell (check 90* gearbox before coupling to rack).
    You will never find parts.
     
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    Congrats on the new to you vehicle. I too have collected cars my entire life. As a matter of fact, I'm looking at a 2013 Challenger R/T Redline tomorrow. I won't be selling anything, just want a toy to fool around with. Working on them is half the fun of owning them.
     
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