Would you like to know what David wants to buy? All you have to do is become a member, support this place, and find out. Also, it’s David, so you can probably figure it out without becoming a member.
Would you like to know what David wants to buy? All you have to do is become a member, support this place, and find out. Also, it’s David, so you can probably figure it out without becoming a member.
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I agree, this is as dumb as SWG’s “should I eat this bug” Genesis.
You should see that Genesis today! It should be gracing this site again in the near future.
The one where the aluminum was corroding? I’m so excited even if it’s a terrible idea.
That’s the one. I’m actually, surprisingly, pretty happy with the purchase! The wrenching tale should publish in the next 2 weeks.
Thanks, my dude!
Babies don’t mess up cars that badly! Toddlers do if you get convinced that they constantly need a messy snack in their hands but…they don’t!
Yeah, if there’s one thing he needs, it’s more cars! (facepalm emoji)
Damnit it’s been a few years and I thought I was ready to let this one go, but now I’m back to wanting a two-door manual XJ…
Show of hands, who immediately thinks of Jeeps when someone talks about XJs and who thinks of Jaguars?
I myself always think of Jaguars, not a lot of interest in the Jeeps. My wife and I inherited her father’s Jeep XJ and we gave it to his neighbor without even driving it. Of course it smelled like her chain smoking stepmother which probably figured into the decision.
Anyone know David’s T shirt size? Asking for a friend.
I’d suggest not to buy the vehicle and just start working on your next child.
Name the next kid Xavier James and call them XJ.
Go ahead and get it! Why the F not? Most any irrational car purchase decision can now be rationalized as potential ‘content.’ Surely David’s not going to forego that vital perk of taking all the trouble to co-create and run an automotive website? That’d be lunacy IMO. 😉
It’s a tax deduction if you’re creative enough
I had a two-door Cherokee (automatic) up until my daughter was born.
Getting a child seat in and out of that Jeep was the reason we bought a CR-V.
Walk away.
Yeah, a 2 door XJ is an XJ missing the segment-defining must-have feature that changed the car market forever.
I’m in Southern VA, I’ll store it for you for a while
I’m gonna encourage this one to suggest it as a reward for successfully bringing a human into this world.
Drive on.
In fairness, it wasn’t DT doing the heavy lifting there..
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.
David: “I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder, er, brake fluid”
So it pairs well with shower spaghetti?
How the fuck would I know. I eat my spaghetti in a hotel restaurant on the edge of Lake Como like a normal person.
And to be fair, David’s upgraded to eating his in a car dealership restaurant on the edge of the 405 Freeway.
As a real man may I suggest spraying him with deer urine. It might not stop him but how funny is it saying deer urine?
Well, cats drink water but still hate being sprayed with it. It’s perfectly sensible to assume that while David may enjoy the refreshing taste (I bet he likes the extra bite of chlorinated best) he doesn’t like taking it to the face.