My brother had a Scout, back when he was in college and didn't have a lot of spare change or mechanical aptitude. We spent just about every weekend getting something fixed or replaced so that he could get to class and his part-time job the next week. A neighboring rancher in Nebraska had one that was in pretty good shape, but it was useless in snow and real mud. My Jeep Cherokee got called into service fairly regularly to get it out of something--sometimes, it took the grader to get him out. If you want a project, a Scout will fill the bill, but if you want to get off-road and back, I would get a Jeep.
Last edited by mudhen; 08/30/18.
