Hey guys. Hope some with experience might be able to help out.
I was heavily leaning towards a GX470 but the MPG has be concerned.
Whatever platform I build I ultimately would like to use years down the road for true cross-country overlanding and likely in other countries too. I always knew the GX470 had bad MPG but after watching 4Xoverland's Oregon trip using MetalTechs GX470 as his car, he said he got 10MPG which in his mind disqualified the car from being a true overlander as in other countries you might not always be 1-2 hours from civilization like in US.
If you were building out a rig thats going to allow cross country type trips, both US or international - what is the platform you would choose? Obviously with a rig like this reliability is a HUGE factor if not the biggest factor of them all, so in that regard the GX is still a great platform. I do see some jeeps doing it, not sure about the JL yet but even a JKU should get better MPG in the Penta than our GX's.
Let me know your guys thoughts? Would really appreciate it
I was heavily leaning towards a GX470 but the MPG has be concerned.
Whatever platform I build I ultimately would like to use years down the road for true cross-country overlanding and likely in other countries too. I always knew the GX470 had bad MPG but after watching 4Xoverland's Oregon trip using MetalTechs GX470 as his car, he said he got 10MPG which in his mind disqualified the car from being a true overlander as in other countries you might not always be 1-2 hours from civilization like in US.
If you were building out a rig thats going to allow cross country type trips, both US or international - what is the platform you would choose? Obviously with a rig like this reliability is a HUGE factor if not the biggest factor of them all, so in that regard the GX is still a great platform. I do see some jeeps doing it, not sure about the JL yet but even a JKU should get better MPG in the Penta than our GX's.
Let me know your guys thoughts? Would really appreciate it