Hello everyone,
First post, but been lurking for a while.
I hoping all the long time forester owners can chime in and help me with this decision. I know "search" is my friend, but just can't seem to find the right answer.
Currently, I drive a 06' Civic EX as a commuter and a 95' FZJ80 as the toy. The 80 is lifted with ARB front bumper and winch. It also has a OME lift with 33's on all four corner. Love the thing to death, but at 11 mpg, it's killing my pocket every time I take to the Sierras for camping. For the most part, the 80 sits around and collects dust. I only take it out maybe 4 or 5 times a year.
I like what Blue Fox's done with his XT and was thinking doing to same and selling both the Civic and FZJ80. Am I crazy or some of you made the same decision and crossed over?
I don't do any crazy off road crawling and think if I had a XT with the same set up as Blue Fox I'd be fine (mostly fire trails and some rockies).
Also (admin I do apologize if you feel this need to be a separate tread, please do so) why are the 04-05' XT still so expensive? KBB list them at $8000 for 130 to 150K mile range and yet everyone's listing them for $9K-$10K.
Any suggestion or comment will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Pete
First post, but been lurking for a while.
I hoping all the long time forester owners can chime in and help me with this decision. I know "search" is my friend, but just can't seem to find the right answer.
Currently, I drive a 06' Civic EX as a commuter and a 95' FZJ80 as the toy. The 80 is lifted with ARB front bumper and winch. It also has a OME lift with 33's on all four corner. Love the thing to death, but at 11 mpg, it's killing my pocket every time I take to the Sierras for camping. For the most part, the 80 sits around and collects dust. I only take it out maybe 4 or 5 times a year.
I like what Blue Fox's done with his XT and was thinking doing to same and selling both the Civic and FZJ80. Am I crazy or some of you made the same decision and crossed over?
I don't do any crazy off road crawling and think if I had a XT with the same set up as Blue Fox I'd be fine (mostly fire trails and some rockies).
Also (admin I do apologize if you feel this need to be a separate tread, please do so) why are the 04-05' XT still so expensive? KBB list them at $8000 for 130 to 150K mile range and yet everyone's listing them for $9K-$10K.
Any suggestion or comment will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Pete