Talk yourself out of the ZX.. Minnesota summers there are plenty of places to go and actually use the KTM .. I debate selling my Triumph Bonneville almost every day lately
Hey man, as someone else living in Minnesota, you know how the roads get.. our main concern is not deep snow.. its hardpacked snow and ice with the occasional dump of fresh powder. Im going to echo a few comments made earlier here and say that the 33" BFG K02 AT tire with the 3 peaks / winter...
The Black Diamond Bronco trim is almost spec for spec what the Trail Teams FJ and 4Runner are to Toyota... slap some 33's on that bad boy bronco and you have a vehicle that competes on all aspects for a few thousand less than a current 4Runner... Coming from someone who has driven over 1mil...
As a former FJ owner where my floor was essentially rubberized and plastic over metal with drain holes, there is no way id go back to a fully carpeted floor for an adventure type vehicle. Even if you aren't spending your days fording creeks, hitting the ol dusty trail, or running with the top...
Ford better be reading this forum... I WILL literally give you 40k+ USD of my $$$$$ to purchase a manual 7 speed bronco with the Sasquatch package... I want decent axels, suspension and 35's, and I want to row my own gears. Make it HAPPEN.
I also had a 2008 Trail Teams FJ... Loved that thing to death and wheeled it all over trails in the Pacific NW.
Honestly the thing about the FJ is that most of the things people considered "Flaws" which lets be honest ... they were.. are the things that made me buy the FJ over the Fisher Price...