Originally Posted by JB3

Personally i would not. All you eggs into a single basket which happens to be a complicated luxury vehicle with a complicated engine in a tight engine bay and difficult to service with all the associated increase in costs. Great when it all works exactly as designed, but less so when features falter.

I would replace the montero with an older jeep wrangler, which you will never have trouble finding parts for and can be beat on. Then i would combine the VW and dodge into a single vehicle that can tow what you want and still provide passenger comfort.