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Hi, my husband and I own a 2011 Jeep wrangler unlimited. It's wonderful but both of us work and no longer in the same building so, I want a vehicle of my own to drive to and from work.
In a perfect world, I'd have 4WD in a truck, but I don't know of many that have reasonable mileage.
I'm pretty happy with Chrysler so far, and heck, I wouldn't mind getting an older, smaller jeep, or a pickup even to haul stuff around in.
Suggestions on older models of jeeps, pickups, or tell me I'm stupid and should just get a _____?
Get the vehicle that YOU want. If a 4WD truck appeals to you, don't worry about gas mileage. Just factor that into your cost of living. Chrysler fan? Get a Cummins
Get yourself a 2 door Wrangler. You seem to love the Wrangler, and IMO the 2 doors are a little more fun and sportier to drive. You already have a 4 door in the household for when hauling more people!
If you can actually afford to even think about paying $15K or more for a second car just to drive to work, what do you care if it uses an extra hundred dollars a year in gas? Instead of thinking about saving $500 over five years in fuel costs, just figure out a way to reduce by $500 the amount you pay up front. Or by $5,000.
You only want a car that will get you to the punch clock every morning. If it's reliable enough to do that, what else do you need? If its 99.5% reliable (like a $2,000 used Toyota), and one day a year it won't get to you to work, pop for fifty bucks and take a cab. Skip the thousand dollar deductible collision/comprehensive insurance on the clunker, and save even more than any possible fuel economy savings.
But you want to spend $15K on it, so get what you fall in love with and forget about trying to save nickels and dimes, and enjoy your drive to the office and home again, which might your only pleasures of the day. That's really the only decision you need to make -- how much are you willing to pay for that pleasure, above the base price of the transportation.
I'm not hugely savvy on what's going on in the automotive world, and I most certainly can't afford paying off 2 new vehicles.
I guess I'm really digging for personal experience with the older models... and input on pickups... digging around automotive sites and kelly bluebook was a little frustrating before I went and posted here haha
Edit: jtur you posted a bit before I got this one out. I guess you're right on that. Thank you for being straight with me!
As I own one, I can vouch, it's a great vehicle. We have some at ROC that crossed 400 000 miles on them. Several guys have over 300 000 going strong. 6 000 lbs towing and dual truck bed, idea, that Dodge actually borrowed from Honda later down the road.
... I want a vehicle of my own to drive to and from work.
In a perfect world, I'd have 4WD in a truck...
....I wouldn't mind getting an older, smaller jeep, or a pickup even to haul stuff around in.
Sorry, Mr "Function before Form" guy gonna step in for a second. Do you need to haul things (other than your behind and whatever might fit in the passenger seat) to/for work? You admitted that's the Primary function of said vehicle, a commuter vehicle to get you to work and home again and as a Secondary vehicle. Why would you WANT a 4x4 truck (or any truck, jeep, SUV) for commuting purposes?!? More expensive to buy, insure, operate, repair... for what benefit?
I've owned a 4x4 truck since 2002 and have NEEDED 4x4 3 times, twice were when I intentionally left any semblance of groomed path and the third was tugging someone else out of a ditch in icy conditions. I've never had issues getting the truck moving forward (even with all season, all terrain tires in Wyoming, Montana and Colorado). Looking back, it was a foolish purchase but at the time I believed my wife and I were moving to the bush of Alaska and wanted a good vehicle to fly in, since we would rely on it there. If the dumb thing had Any value today, I'd sell it and buy something else.
Why not buy something that best does the task you'll need it for the majority of the time. That being reliably getting you between home and work.
But then again, my wife and I would NEVER buy a new vehicle and are perfectly happy with our 2001 car (that has 250k miles) and as happy as can be with the 1997 Toyota T100 truck (180k miles), both bought used for less than $10k. Our money is better spent on something other than vehicles, and from what we can tell, we are not anywhere near the "norm" for this country.
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