Broncos are SO COOL! The one on the LONGMIRE show on A&E is perfect. We have been looking for one for our youngest son who is now stuck driving mrs p6’s old Saturn.
He’d also go for an F150 or older Ranger. The 4x4 comes in really handy with our winters.
Another Durango is in the mix but admittedly a used one will need a transmission, probably ball joints and other front end work. On a Durango that is a given, LOL!
I do almost all my own work so it isn’t THAT bad just a PITA.
A Bronco is much more reliable and WAY cooler!
I used to have a full size Bronco. Very cool but horrible gas mileage. Now have a Toyota FJ Cruiser that gets about 18-20 mpg.
They are like the Timex watches, they take a licking/beating and keep on working. The early Big Blazers were like that. We got one for our sons to learn how to drive, people would run into and need to be towed away. Our Blazer would need new glass over the lights maybe. Our oldest son used it for 5 rough years in college. We couldn't get parts for it after he graduated, and he ended up selling it in a bidding war in our driveway. He made enough to make a great down payment of a 4x4 Ford Ranger. He drove the heck of that until he got married and the first baby came along. Again he had a bidding war.
“He’d also go for an F150 or older Ranger. The 4x4 comes in really handy with our winters.”
You might consider getting a used Honda Ridge line. One of my BILs bought one after driving mine for a week. He traded an Avalanche in for it. They live in the Mid-West about 10 miles from a main road. It got so cold snowed so bad, his wife's Avalanche wouldn't start. So she drove his. That spring they bought another Ridge line for her. She has had about double the mileage and zero problems starting and traveling.