Must say i'm pretty Jealous, I love the area, but generally only get 1 week in the winter and a few weeks in the summer out there. Having the option to camp in the winter would be nice, 2017/2018 winter we went but had to pay out the wazoo for lodging due to some event in mammoth. If the road is open, Mammoth Scenic loop seems to have a ton of primitive camp sites along the road, we always see people along there.
By flip factor do you mean actually rolling it, or selling it?
To be honest my only real hesitation to going out and buying a Wrangler, Gladiator, 4 runner, Tacoma, Colorado, or similar is the lack of power. Last couple trips to the Sierras we had a Colorado as a rental car, it did perfectly fine with the V6, but load it up with 500 lbs of gear, a trailer, and larger wheels and tires and I could see major disappointment. So anything i'm going to look at I'd like to V8 swap, Which narrows it down to the Jeep line or Colorado. I'm looking forward to doing the project myself, but before I sink the cash, got to make sure the Wife is really into it.
thanks again, sorry to hijack the thread.