I have one, seating will be tight for five people and I don't think it will be as roomy as a 4 door JK.
I was working off the assumption of looking for suggestions. I have heard they make good Toads though.
Well 3 of his are kids and having the bed would allow for flexibility in hauling bikes and scooters to the dumpsters.
It would haul bikes well, maybe a shopping cart if needed. The legroom in the back seat is not growing kid-friendly; especially if the driver does not want to eat the dash, when Angie has the seat forward, I can't get into it.
I use my car hauler trailer and tow a car or truck behind on it.
Fair enough. I didn’t think you could find a vehicle for 4-7k
He is at least 2 for 2 on finding something and using it during the summer RD RV family vacation
What is tow rating of your motor home
cheap, i just searched tow bar https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1517516249175111/?mibextid=HHaHfI
Best 5-passenger option is probably a GMT360 (2004 or newer) as long at it does >>not<< have the NVG full time 4WD (which is great except that you'll be towing it). I've owned four of them and the GMC Envoy and the Olds Bravada are the best of that breed (but nothing wrong with the others). GMT360 is the lightest weight option you'll find with body-on-frame (truck) construction, 'natively' RWD, built on a 'real' truck platform and literally millions were built (Envoy, TrailBlazer, Olds Bravada, Buick Rainier, Isuzu Ascender, Saab 9-7x etc.) so everyone knows how to work on them and parts are cheap as dirt on Amazon, junkyards, etc. If you go this route, get the 'Atlas' LL8 Vortec 4200 straight-six ONLY, it's the Cummins 6B of gasoline truck engines IMO and beat all the V8 truck competition in Baja 1000 and Pike's Peak back in the day. Inline six engines just don't get enough respect. The later V8 powered versions were lots of fun but an expensive PITA$$ to maintain. Between the two Bravada's, one Rainier and the Envoy I've owned since GMT360 came out, I've put almost a million miles on them. By the way...your wife will LOVE it, they have the tightest turning radius of any mid-size SUV ever made AFAIK, and I can tell you that a GMC Envoy will be plenty of fun for 'light' offroading and maybe a little more...
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FYI, I bought my current Bravada (2004 "Final 500") with the (Minnesota made) "Blue Ox" installed already from South Dakota and had it towed to me. The New Venture Gear full-time 4WD did fine, but I suspect it would be better to have the manual control for the front drive axle. You'll find a super clean Envoy for under $5K...
If you're RV'ing, putting bikes and other easily stealable stuff in the bed of a pickup isn't optimal (speaking from painful experience)....
I think he wants a vehicle that is street legal in other states
Or something that can be driven….
Yukon Denali? I loved my 2011 but that's a BFH solution to a small hammer problem. @RiverDave 's "use case" is simply five passengers and some occasional off-road fun....
If RD passes on the Rav4, send me the info. I'll be buying something for a new driver in the next month or so.
Your budget is on the low side IMO and nope I don't know of anything I would pull, that my family can reliably ride in, that is flat towable with all the stuff already mounted. You live right in the heart of retirement ville. Hit all the RV Parks with a Blues Brothers speaker on your roof and maybe you'll get lucky.
We will tell him what he’s trying to do.
That is the difficult part.
I have a flatbed trailer you can use.
