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    Builds Roody’s 2018 Lexus GX460 Build, Adventure, and Off the Road Again Podcast

    My advice is meant for someone financially stable and has enough cash sitting around to comfortable purchase a used/new car cash-only. Since this is kind of a upper-middle class or even upper-class hobby forum, chances are that's a good bit of folks on here. If that isn't someone reading my...
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    Builds Roody’s 2018 Lexus GX460 Build, Adventure, and Off the Road Again Podcast

    I'd suggest both of you guys look at the overall financials of taking new/used car money (say, $35K) and putting it in an interest-earning account (say stocks/bonds, with 7% annual return) vs. paying cash for the car (and avoiding 3-6% interests). Summary - never pay cash for big purchases...
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    Builds Roody’s 2018 Lexus GX460 Build, Adventure, and Off the Road Again Podcast

    I was cross-shopping used XTerras at the same time as used GXs. At that point, I was looking for more of a legit beater for hauling bikes/canoes, relative to a primary vehicle (which my GX turned into - accidently). Gotta say I'm pretty darn happy I ended up in a GX. The main reason I was...
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    Builds Roody’s 2018 Lexus GX460 Build, Adventure, and Off the Road Again Podcast

    It is super-easy with a Fumoto. Zero drips from my rig :).
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    Builds Roody’s 2018 Lexus GX460 Build, Adventure, and Off the Road Again Podcast

    Just FYI....you can easily knock out a Mobil 1 change with a Toyota filter for around $40 as a DIY :). $140 may not be a bad price considering the overall labor etc, I'm cheap and probably will keep DIY'ing it until I'm too decrepit to get under the rig.
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    Builds Roody’s 2018 Lexus GX460 Build, Adventure, and Off the Road Again Podcast

    Mine had some weird behavior....the door-on didn't work at all (no light when the door was opened, despite the bulb being good). If it was left on door-on, it would slowly drain the battery over several days of being parked despite the light being off. If it was turned to "off", it wouldn't...
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    Builds Roody’s 2018 Lexus GX460 Build, Adventure, and Off the Road Again Podcast

    FYI with repeated drained batteries you might want to do a parasitic draw test. I went through that with my GX when it was eating batteries yearly or so. Turns out my rear cargo area dome light had a short in it. It's pretty easy to do the parasitic draw test if you have a multimeter that can...
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    Builds Roody’s 2018 Lexus GX460 Build, Adventure, and Off the Road Again Podcast

    Must have ton of garage space :). I'd love to have more toys as well, like many of us I'm limited by hours in a day and space :). I've been thru this with my wife several times as she wants a bigger camper. Looking at $60-70K for a Tundra or HD truck to pull it plus $50-80K for the camper...
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    Builds Roody’s 2018 Lexus GX460 Build, Adventure, and Off the Road Again Podcast

    A good reason to keep more of a beater 4x4 around for your local trails. Most folks in my part of the world have ditched road-legal 4x4 vehicles for side-by-sides that they tow to the trailhead with a fullsize truck (which had made my trails even more narrow due to the SXSs not knocking down...
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    Builds Roody’s 2018 Lexus GX460 Build, Adventure, and Off the Road Again Podcast

    Tundra would be sweet for the interior room and towing capacity, which is vastly better than a GX. Regarding actual off-roading - I 100% agree with @r2m . My GX is already too big for my local trails and has lots of pinstripes (particularly on the roof) and I've had to cut down limbs/trees to...
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    Builds Roody’s 2018 Lexus GX460 Build, Adventure, and Off the Road Again Podcast

    For mine (which was probably a bit worse than yours) I just power washed it, let it dry, and sprayed the stuff on. It's still holding up good 2 years later and no rust progression.
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    Builds Roody’s 2018 Lexus GX460 Build, Adventure, and Off the Road Again Podcast

    FYI, looking at your undercarriage pics, you might want to hit up your frame with some Woolwax/Fluid Film/etc to keep it nice-looking, especially since you are in New England. Unfortunately the Toyota frame paint sucks and can degrade very quickly in wet/cold climate. I DIY-coated mine (Woolwax...
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    Builds Roody’s 2018 Lexus GX460 Build, Adventure, and Off the Road Again Podcast

    I have a Schumacher 1000A jump pack. I jumped a Camry in a parking lot with it no problem in warm weather, but it would definitely not jump a dead battery in my GX caused by a parasitic drain. Perhaps your 2000A will do it, but in my experience the smaller packs struggle with a V8 if the battery...
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