u/NotSoSimpleGeek

Daily driver and current adventure rig is a 2017 Ford Expedition EL. Really capable stock w/ AT tires actually, but boy is she wide and long. Based in Southern Oregon and am out on FS roads 3+ days a week on average. Dispersed camping, car camping, and exploring are the main tasks. Not looking for a rock crawler. Starting to plan for a secondary rig to stop beating up the Exped. Toyota resale prices are insane, but seem worth it for reliability+after market. My wishlist:

• Comfortable Ride - Acceptable balance, but often travel 3+ hours highway and don't want to fight the rig down the road.
• Reliability - Am capable of repairing myself but not wanting to spend more time and money fixing a rig than using it. Something I can put a small lift for ground clearance, increase traction ability, and just let it do it's job.
• Aftermarket Availability - Options are cool. Almost nothing for my soccer mom SUV right now for off road. Not interested in an RTT.
• Does not require a second mortgage - $15k or less?

Tacoma? Land Cruiser? 4Runner? Insert Make Here? Everything under 200k miles (Toyota) seems to be $20k+. If you were to start over, what would you advise? Gun shy on getting a modded rig as not everyone is nice to vehicles as others, don't want to inherit someones problem.

Brand new inReach. Was on for a total of 16 hours and it used 42% of battery. Seems really high as others say they get multiple days out of it. Unit was idling, I was not active tracking or sharing live location.