Hamandcamo
Member
Jt owner here, frequent this forum often because you all have more info on off roading that your sister jt forum. Reasons I got the jt:
-Wanted a midsize
-wanted a 4x4 manual
-i don't have heavy toys
-was going to use it as an overlander and farm truck
- wanted the least amount of tech as possible
- wanted solid axles
- four doors for kids someday
- wanted a large aftermarket and parts, as I plan on keeping the vehicle in some form for as long as I can. Ideally 30+ years
The base sport jt i spec'd was 34k otd. That was with a hardtop, lsd, bigger altenator, aux switches, and towing setup. A four door 4x4 sr5 Toyota ordered new at the time was 7k more. Colorado was 4k more. I'm in tech, and I don't want hardly any of it in my vehicle. The jt is the simplest 4x4 truck on the market. Thats the appeal for me. I can dump 10k into it, and blow the socks off of any other midsize truck (trd pro, zr2, ranger raptor) in most categories, and still spend less money than those. I can find dana 44's and 3.6l motors 20 years from now at a reasonable price, can't say the same for other manufacturers. Also, an imported 79 series in decent shape to the us is 50k+, and good luck finding parts.
-Wanted a midsize
-wanted a 4x4 manual
-i don't have heavy toys
-was going to use it as an overlander and farm truck
- wanted the least amount of tech as possible
- wanted solid axles
- four doors for kids someday
- wanted a large aftermarket and parts, as I plan on keeping the vehicle in some form for as long as I can. Ideally 30+ years
The base sport jt i spec'd was 34k otd. That was with a hardtop, lsd, bigger altenator, aux switches, and towing setup. A four door 4x4 sr5 Toyota ordered new at the time was 7k more. Colorado was 4k more. I'm in tech, and I don't want hardly any of it in my vehicle. The jt is the simplest 4x4 truck on the market. Thats the appeal for me. I can dump 10k into it, and blow the socks off of any other midsize truck (trd pro, zr2, ranger raptor) in most categories, and still spend less money than those. I can find dana 44's and 3.6l motors 20 years from now at a reasonable price, can't say the same for other manufacturers. Also, an imported 79 series in decent shape to the us is 50k+, and good luck finding parts.
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