....what vehicle would you buy to handle the 30 minute daily drive?
The commute will be from the Beaver Falls exit to the Cranberry Exit on the TP.
I'm looking for something more fuel efficient than my TJ and XJ and has to have clearance to get up a steep and rough driveway.
Last edited by muddeprived; 10-13-2015 at 09:59 AM.
"You can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter"
taking unsafe rigs to a whole other level
Originally Posted by 2002wranglerX
"You can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter"
Nothing. Just drive the TJ. You'd probably have to drive a civic for 10yrs to make up the initial investment vs fuel savings.
What he said ^ 3k buys a ton of fuel. Not to mention extra insurance, extra maintenance, etc. I drive a tj 100mi/day. It gets 17-19mpg depending on how pissed off I am. You won't find a lot in your price range that will get better mileage and still be good in the winter.
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Hammered paint... The mullet of the jeep world
If your Jeep gets 15mpg and you drive 60 miles a day (30 mile each way), it will take you 300 days to spend $3000 in fuel (at 2.50 a gallon). In the same amount of time (300 days) you will spend an additional $1125 in fuel to fill your 40mpg car you spent $3000 to buy!!
It's the taxes and insurance that get you, money you will never get back.
If your saving thousands of miles on your good vehicle, that makes more sense. In that case any $3k car would do, in the end your still spending the same money, and have a beater when your done.
But if your 'good vehicle' could be someone else's beater... it don't make a whole lot of sense.
The point of this is to preserve my TJ and XJ so I don't rack up so many miles on them. My TJ is a 1999 and XJ is a 2001 and I'd like to keep them for a long time. I only drive 6 miles to work now so it's not bad and I just hit 100k miles in the TJ last weekend. Rust is taking it's toll on both vehicles as well and I'd like to keep them away from the salty winters if I can. The fiance also wants a more comfortable vehicle to drive in. We went to VA in the TJ (15 hours of driving) and she was not a happy camper with the bouncing around and constant bobbing head from shifting. She also wants to DRIVE and cannot do that in the TJ since it's a manual.
I refuse to buy anything NEW or newish cuz I hate all the electronic control crap so I'm looking for something older. We used to own and DD a 1999 pontiac grand am and it was a nice car but the rust got bad and we had to sell it and been relying on the jeeps ever since. Now we are free of debt with a low mortgage and higher income so we can afford another DD.
Last edited by muddeprived; 10-13-2015 at 03:58 PM.
"You can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter"
I bought a Saturn S series for 400 dollars and drove it for 3 years. Great cars. I then bought a Kcar and drove it for 2 years. Awful car. You can get a decent car for 1500ish with out question. I'd look at saturns, or 90s GMs. Just my opinion.
1998 GMC K2500 454 5 Speed
Tow pig
1986 Reliant K
Daily driver/Panty Dropper
1978 International Scout
7 inches of lift 35x12.50x15 Maxxis Big Horns
Aussie Locker front and rear
1974 International Scout
3 inch rough country lift
1973 International Scout
3 inch body lift 31x10.50x 15 Apache All terrains
Western 7.5' snow plow
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Old Toyota 4cyl truck.
97 4Runner, 33 inch IROKS, 3 inch Toytec, 1 inch body lift, lots of skid plates.
1998 GMC K2500 454 5 Speed
Tow pig
1986 Reliant K
Daily driver/Panty Dropper
1978 International Scout
7 inches of lift 35x12.50x15 Maxxis Big Horns
Aussie Locker front and rear
1974 International Scout
3 inch rough country lift
1973 International Scout
3 inch body lift 31x10.50x 15 Apache All terrains
Western 7.5' snow plow
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I actually owned an oldsmobile in HS. It was a "Ninety Eight" version, which was like a Cadillac and had the computerized data panel that was f-in cooling for it's time. I loved that car and drove it 90 miles a day for two years. I wouldn't mind another one.
But a truck would work better as long as it's reliable.
"You can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter"
V8 WJ Limited. Inside is so plush.
Are those the ones with the electrical gremlins?
"You can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter"
Possibly. They have electric everything ELSE.
'07 Commander - 2" Daystar lift, 32x17x10 Cooper ATPs, Flowtech exhaust, aFe CAI
'92 Dodge Ramcharger - 4 1/2" lift, 35's, 318 Magnum... a work in progress...
Mine doesn't have any electrical issues (knock on wood).
i don't know about that. but the heater cores go, the blend doors break, the 4.7 is hit or miss on reliability, the seat heaters burn up, the sunroofs leak and get slow, the window regulators have issues, the rear wiper usually doesn't work...
but other than that they're good lol
taking unsafe rigs to a whole other level
I have most of those issues with my XJ.
I like the idea of another jeep and a more comfortable one. I see alot of them on CL and shouldn't be too hard to find a good one. They always look good with some black crager d-windows and 31's. Oh no........i gotta get that idea out of my head before "IT" starts...........
"You can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter"
4 liter Laredo WJ Less stuff to go wrong. We had 0 issues other than recall twice for seat heaters.
Any particular years of the WJ to aim for or avoid?
"You can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter"
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/5263621057.html
Toyota Rav4, my girl has one and they're animals. My driveway is 1/2 mile and rougher than some Jeep trails. I don't plow in the winter and it just plows through. Even on road I.think it was more stable than my XJ and Silverado. And Toyota is a very quality built auto.
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Get a Tahoe or burban. They are worlds nicer than a WJ. I have repaired the following items on a WJ and they are all considered normal. Radiator, control arms, oil pan, transfer case, head gasket "4.0", window regulators, blend doors (quick fix), tail pipe, muffler, fuel pump, cam sensor, crank sensor, and that doesn't include normal wear items like brakes, wheel bearings, universals, etc.
1998 GMC K2500 454 5 Speed
Tow pig
1986 Reliant K
Daily driver/Panty Dropper
1978 International Scout
7 inches of lift 35x12.50x15 Maxxis Big Horns
Aussie Locker front and rear
1974 International Scout
3 inch rough country lift
1973 International Scout
3 inch body lift 31x10.50x 15 Apache All terrains
Western 7.5' snow plow
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^ Steve is definately an expert on WJ repair LOL
97 XJ Clayton Longarms 35s locked etc.
94 YJ MTO
98 5.9 ZJ Limited alllll original
02 Cummins 6spd HO Studs, Sticks, Box, Pump...
I bought mine with 128k miles back in May. So far I've just replaced speakers. I don't think I did anything else but put almost 10k miles on it and keep changing the oil. I'm sure something will break soon, but its a high mileage SUV, I'm not going to be surprised. I read the WJ 4.0L sucks for some special reasons. Get the 4.7L Limited for all the cushy goodness inside. I'm getting 17.4 mpg right now. Look for an Overland edition if you really want to get fancy.
17.4 would be a dream. I can't even hit 200 miles on a tank in the XJ and get maybe 190-210 miles out of the TJ.
"You can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter"
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