Are there no plans for the new diesels to require whatever powder / fluid the equivalent of the stuff is that BMW / Mercedes diesels now require? Forget what it's called - but it has to be replenished something like every 20-40k I think...
I am seeing more and more Jeep around the world every time I travel, so I predict that better parts availability combined with better reliability would make them a good choice in the future.
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That's the one! Thanks. Does anyone know if the 2013 GC will use a system like that?
Question is, how far into the future, Jeep will be a good choice?
Look at what happens when a American Ford F- Series based Earth Roamer tries and makes the trek, if it breaks...waiting for parts could be a long wait...which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but still...
...for the size and price of an ER F-Series based vehicle, would be better off in a Mercedes UniMog, for RTW exploring.
There are scores and scores Toyota parts dealers would wide, and not to mention a junk yard or "two" filled with parts....not so with the Jeep...maybe in 50 years time, though.
Then again look at at Gary and Monika...
We in the business refer to it as Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF).:sombrero: Mercedes calls it AdBlue. And yes it will be required with the upcoming Jeep/Fiat diesel. That is why a pre 2010 diesel is better. But even then...I get 10,000 miles per DEF fillup with my ML350. Throw in a couple of jugs and you will be good to go.
Some of us like to drive something unique and different.....if we all drove Toyotas...well...:smiley_drive:
Don't really think a Jeep is unique nor different...since just about everyone and their mother has one...at least here in the States.
...and when the Jeep is broken down in the middle of the Australian Outback...or the Plains of Mongolia, or the Russian Wilderness....I'll betcha the joy of unique-ness goes away real quick...hey, some guys go through life smashing their thumbs with sledgehammers and others don't...
Sounds a lot like blinker fluid. :coffeedrink: What does a fillup go for?
I was referring to my GC CRD...unique in the expedition world.
Your trips above are unique and really take a different attitude and approach. Most of us dream about those trips. But I would take a Jeep Wrangler to all the places you mentioned above. There are guys right now driving Wranglers, Grands and Cherokees around Australia and Russia.
Also driver ability and decision making has a lot to do with where you get and what you break....perfect example is in the for sale section.
FS: 2005 Toyota Landcruiser 105 expedition vehicle in perfect condition.
Price: $200
Location: N 64 19, 178 E 74 25, 610
Landmark: CB antenna sticking out of mud
Purchase conditions: You evacuate the vehicle and then tell me how you managed to do it.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/76861-2005-Toyota-Landcruiser-105-very-good-condition-200
I agree..that is good thinking...