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My FJ Cruiser is getting some miles on it, though it probably has another 150k to go before any real maintenance is required, but I've been shopping around for a replacement. I was an early R1S reservation holder with a great price locked in, but ultimately couldn't go through with the purchase because of their idiotic war on buttons. Seeing a news story in 2022 with the original sketches from Scout had me quite interested and I signed up here as one of the earliest members to follow along to see if Scout would screw this up like Rivian had. The announcement of the Harvester was icing on the cake for my use-case and the deposit went down on day two, after the reveal. (I'll let you day one suckers get the earliest builds, haha)

The convoluted rear tailgate situation is one of my only main concerns remaining, and the Harvester version will be slow for my tastes, but beyond that, it's looking great so far.
 
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My FJ Cruiser is getting some miles on it, though it probably has another 150k to go before any real maintenance is required, but I've been shopping around for a replacement. I was an early R1S reservation holder with a great price locked in, but ultimately couldn't go through with the purchase because of their idiotic war on buttons. Seeing a news story in 2022 with the original sketches from Scout had me quite interested and I signed up here as one of the earliest members to follow along to see if Scout would screw this up like Rivian had. The announcement of the Harvester was icing on the cake for my use-case and the deposit went down on day two, after the reveal. (I'll let you day one suckers get the earliest builds, haha)

The convoluted rear tailgate situation is one of my only main concerns remaining, and the Harvester version will be slow for my tastes, but beyond that, it's looking great so far.
Did you really mean that your FJ has another 150K? (meaning it already has 150K?)
 
Did you really mean that your FJ has another 150K? (meaning it already has 150K?)
Correct on both. 300k+ is common on these. Frame rust gets them before mechanical failure does in most cases, assuming basic maintenance has been done.