Hi there, I'm currently looking for a GX to replace my 15 year old CRV. I live in the Southern CA mountains, and there's a fair amount of curvy roads and steep terrain, sometimes unpaved, as well as about a foot or so of snow each year. I'd be using the GX for offroading on access roads and fire roads, no serious 4x4ing or rock crawling. It would be used for lugging around photography equipment and possibly towing 1 UTV.
I'm trying to narrow down my search because honestly I don't know what gen or year to look for. The 2014-2016 GX460's are slick looking, but I worry about that giant front lip catching on everything if I took it off the pavement. I like the new technology in the 2010-2016 (I'm tired of replacing head units), but I know the 1st gen GX's 4.7's are supposed to be excellent. I don't know if there are any major differences compared between the two engines.
I would like to avoid spending over 45k, and I don't plan on buying new.
Any advice would be really appreciated. I'm really just looking for the perfect GX that I can take on or offroad without much worry.
I'm trying to narrow down my search because honestly I don't know what gen or year to look for. The 2014-2016 GX460's are slick looking, but I worry about that giant front lip catching on everything if I took it off the pavement. I like the new technology in the 2010-2016 (I'm tired of replacing head units), but I know the 1st gen GX's 4.7's are supposed to be excellent. I don't know if there are any major differences compared between the two engines.
I would like to avoid spending over 45k, and I don't plan on buying new.
Any advice would be really appreciated. I'm really just looking for the perfect GX that I can take on or offroad without much worry.