re: Would You Drive This? 1991 Mitsubishi Montero LS 4×4

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And as for the rear main seal leaking...Tahoes are also notorious for that. Not just Japanese SUVs

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I guess F-150’s are as well. My dad had his fixed twice for it. This was a late 90’s F-150.

Wayyyy better and cooler trucks from that era than a Mitsubishi

I had an '89 & '96 Montero.

ETA- I loved the '89, but it eventually would leave a cloud of blue smoke so big, people would tell me my car was on fire.

Surprisingly capable off road.

Hell yes. My roommate in college had one of these and I had an Isuzu Trooper II. Mine was pretty utilitarian, but the Mitsubishi was really super nice inside.

When my family built a house in Roatan, we shipped the exact same vehicle, color and everything, in a container to the island. It ran almost flawlessly for the 20 years that we owned the house. I would have never guessed that a Montero would fetch more money today than when we bought it used in 1998.
The only problem it had was that the salt air ruined the computer and we had to have one flown in from Houston.

Almost bought a used trooper a few years back with that same look. Had 90k clean miles. It was flawless.

We still have our '96 Montero. 406k on the odometer...original motor, transmission, transfer case, rear end...even the original exhaust. The thing refuses to even think about dying.

I had a 1996 the body some after this one. It was a beast. But Mitsu engines suck. My parents changed the first one for me. I couldn't change the second and the car was scrapped. Like 2004.