I personally love Jeeps and have restored 4 CJ8s and owned 2 YJs and a TJ Unlimited. They get in your blood and you put up with all the crap that comes with them . It's al lot like the WRX and Ducati culture I am also a part of . That being said we are starting to look for my son and have a cool project for us to buil for his first vehicle. He is getting a Land Cruiser . WAY safer WAY more reliable and just as cool but in a different way . Plus I can keep him off the road as much by giving him a fuel allocation! Fuel mileage is just as bad as a Wrangler.
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Someone school me on Jeep Wranglers
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They are reliable but when there is an engineering flaw it is costly, my 08 has 65k on it and has a “Smartbar” sway bar system, i bought the Rubicon for the lockers and didn’t check the sway bar before hand because I still have a lot to learn about life and still like to flex my dumba*** muscle every once in a while. This part has a bad habit of getting water in it and if it doesn’t kill the motor it will kill the gearbox and there is a chance you can pull it apart and clean it and put some new grease in it and extend its life but mine spent a portion of its life up north and was fubar so I think the part is 1300 so I said screw it and threw a stock sway bar on it with quick disconnect links
She wants a Jeep and you have heard the horror stories on rolling, insurance, maintenance, etc. Here is a great solution that I did with my kids where their school's parking lot was a billboard for the local Jeep Wrangler dealer- get a 2 or 4 door 4wd Jeep Cherokee (XJ). These are cheap as mierda, reliable as hell, and have good power (4.0 6 cylinder version). You can get these for @ $1,000-$4,000 based on condition and mileage. Parts are a dime a dozen at the boneyard, and 1994 and later models have easily rechargeable ACs!
I've said since I was a teenager that if there are any left I want my kids driving an inline 6, 4wd XJ for a first car.
That's a good plan but it ain't a JEEP like when I was in school I could tell people I drove a vette. Just not a Corvette, mine was a chevette
This looks weird and I guarantee it was crazy high $$$:
Easily 60k, I am not a fan of grills and windshield shrouds that look like they are making a mean face. It’s equivalent to when a woman puts eyes lashes on her headlights, but then again what do I know I own a 4 door
$40K for a used JKU (aka 4-door) is crazy. I looked at a new 2017 last August that cost that much with a $4500 GPS/sound system option, which was crazy in itself. I didn't buy that one.
Look online for one that's a few years old. There are some good buys out there. They do hold their value fairly well. autotrader.com is a good place to start.
Look online for one that's a few years old. There are some good buys out there. They do hold their value fairly well. autotrader.com is a good place to start.
