Oh, I know Bethel alright. That was actually my first guess; the permafrost/mild winters threw me off. And it's more than 1% paved. My condolences.

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Last time I was out there was a T100 for sale...been a year or so however. ATVs will be what you want for any amount of off road, unless you modify the holy hell out of a street rig. You won't need to tow atvs or sleds either; just fire 'em up in the driveway and go. You may even want to think about dumping less into a daily driver and putting some of that 15k toward a boat.

And truly, Bethel's not all that bad; it's just...well, you'll see...Bethel. I gotta say I'm pretty damned happy to get back there myself after being somewhere another step off for a week. Dimitri's makes a pretty fine pizza.

As far as your mileage question, see the spedometer thread of pretty recently. 150k is just getting broken in.

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