tjbell
tjbell HalfDork
10/10/21 6:28 p.m.

Hey all long time no see! As we know life happens and such so here I am asking for help.

 

So the wife and I are looking for a used suv.  It's main duties will be daily driver, towing a 5k ish lbs camper  (once we buy one) minor overlanding , road trips, etc.  Comfort and reliability are up there. I doubt It will see much more than fire roads in upstate Maine.

I am really trying to stay under 15,000. May go 17 if the right one comes.

 

So my top contenders in no order are - 2011 and up expedition, 2007 and up tahoe/yukon/burb, 2007 and up 4 runner, 2011 and up grand cherokee, 2010 up pathfinder (the body on frame version)

 

So I am aware of the GM DoD afm nonsense, and the ford 5.4 chain/phaser nonsense, but neither really worry me. Complete timing job on a 5.4 is a day and 1,000 of oem parts. Most of the gm offerings have substantially more miles than expeditions and the same price too. 130k compared to 160k and up

 

Help!

John Welsh
John Welsh Mod Squad
10/10/21 6:34 p.m.

Would you consider the JDM Nissan Patrol based Nissan Armada?  As an Armada that vehicle became available in 2017 but as an Infiniti QX56 it became available in 2013.  After the first year of that body the name was changed to QX80.

It has a nearly 400hp, 5.6L V8 that's rated to tow more than 7,000lbs

 

Some recent, similar GRM chatter, you might find helpful.

dj06482 (Forum Supporter)
dj06482 (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
10/10/21 6:38 p.m.

The Yukon Denali and the Escalade have the 6.2L that avoided DoD for a few years at the beginning of their model run.

tjbell
tjbell HalfDork
10/10/21 7:37 p.m.

The patrol based armada sounds cool for sure, but all versions of that are wayyy out of my budget

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