My folks live really far from me (Hawaii), and are in the market for a decent 4x4 vehicle, since they just trashed their AWD mini-van (4500 bucks of damage... lol). I'd love to come inspect what they're going to buy, but that 700 bucks just isn't in my budget... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

I have a little bit of knowledge about what is considered 'good' and 'bad' in 4-wheel tech, but I couldn't think of a good stock 4x4 vehicle other than some of the Jeeps that I know.

Anyone have any good suggestions of stock 4-bys that they can take on the many rocky trails out in Hawaii?

By good I mostly mean that someone without a whole lot of 4-wheeling knowledge won't likely break much, and maybe if they broke something it wouldn't break their bank.

Thanks!
-Ron <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" />