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I don’t understand how the Jeep in Michigan still occupies your thoughts. That car is gone. It has ceased to be. It’s ax ex-Jeep. It’s rusted through, covered in goat dents and poop, the engine is probably seized, the tires need to be replaced, there’s probably nasty mold in the cabin, rodents have probably nested in the engine bay and/or eaten the wiring, etc ad infinitum.
It’s going to cost $10k+ to get it back to a running condition you won’t he scared to drive your family around in, including tires, towing, shipping from MI to CA, and wrenching time *you already don’t have to devote to your other cars*.
And then it’ll still be a clapped out Jeep.
Forget this Jeep, or give it away to someone who’s at least local to it and has the time.
You’re a business owner and family man. Time is your single most previous resource. Don’t squander it on hopeless rescue projects.
IMO of course.
The worst part of the latter-day capitalist nightmare we live in is that we’re all still deluded into thinking we can have that five car garage in the “Justification for Higher Education” poster.
My first vehicle was an 87 XJ 2 door 5 speed like that one. I was just cleaning out a bin in the garage a few weeks ago and found some old pictures of it. Really brought back some memories.
I say buy it David.
If you can afford it and the wife is on board then buy it.
It’s too late now, but they could have put Mercedes’ Honda Beat under that green car-cover-looking edit… then the Kei car saga could have continued…
David I don’t see what you see in XJ’s, but that is beside the point.
You have to move on this and sort it out/justify it later.
Don’t let the one that got away have the chance to get away.
Seems simple enough to me.
Just because a subaru gtb with a blown motor needs a jeep 4.2l swap doesn’t mean David should do it.
Don’t do it, David. How many times have you realized that you need to downsize your fleet? In fact, I seem to remember an article a few months ago where you tormented yourself about how to whittle it down and what you should have.
Having a happy wife and happy home is more satisfying than a cheap Jeep.
Better off regret buying it than regretting not buying it at all, served me well, can’t lie.
Buy the Jeep. Do not buy the Jeep. There is no try.
Sleep on the couch. Do not sleep on the couch. There will be no choice (for you).
The next Jeep David buys should be this one.
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Delmar would never get a turn!
Dropping some Old Testament on ya, David. “As a dog returneth to its vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly”.
Sell the Michigan Jeep. Make the decision on the Virginia based on condition vs clickworthiness
(Jason: If you go to check it out, send David pics of a complete junk heap!)
If David has to make a road trip along I80 I am all for it. Especially if I know about it beforehand and there are reader-meets, like with the 375k Taxi. If that means he “buys” another rusty grail, so be it!
Also, Adrian, he prefers to be called Grimey
I feel like we need to get a can of brake cleaner and spray it at David every time he wants a new dead Jeep, kinda like spraying a squirt bottle at a cat every time they jump on the countertop.
That might not work, he might enjoy it /s
Can of brake cleaner and a lighter? FIRE BAAAD!
I prefer Start Ya Bastard! as my corrective spray.
But yeah, brake fluid as message to STOP! has a certain logic to it.
Oh come on, the man used to practically bathe in the stuff. Drink it. He’s totally immune.