Jeeponomics 101: Eternal tirekicking for the gutless Jeep

[Desertbreh]

Man... I really am torn on this... the bug bit hard.
The good
1. Finally a heep
2. Finally with everything fixed
3. Love the styling

The bad
1. FCA first year
2. games with the worst in the industry
3. Possible shortages, and production issues see point 1.2
4. I kind of want a nice one... which means 40-50k for a heep ...

I am kind of going against my personal philosophy on this one

Buying a first year FCA product that the entire world is circle jerking to is not a great idea. Did you have a lobotomy? Maximillian Zhukov pays a PREMIUM? On a first year Dodge? No.

Go do your usual thing and take another dude's premium car at a discount because "Bro this Hellcat lease is getting a little expensive."

[max225]

Man... I really am torn on this... the bug bit hard.
The good
1. Finally a heep
2. Finally with everything fixed
3. Love the styling

The bad
1. FCA first year
2. games with the worst in the industry
3. Possible shortages, and production issues see point 1.2
4. I kind of want a nice one... which means 40-50k for a heep ...

I am kind of going against my personal philosophy on this one

Buying a first year FCA product that the entire world is circle jerking to is not a great idea. Did you have a lobotomy? Maximillian Zhukov pays a PREMIUM? On a first year Dodge? No.

Go do your usual thing and take another dude's premium car at a discount because "Bro this Hellcat lease is getting a little expensive."

I get all that... hence the whole point of me saying that I am going and going against my personal philosophy... I suppose I could always buy a 97-02 4 Runner that Guadalupe drove to the moon and back. But that sounds pretty damn depressing.

[Desertbreh]

Buying a first year FCA product that the entire world is circle jerking to is not a great idea. Did you have a lobotomy? Maximillian Zhukov pays a PREMIUM? On a first year Dodge? No.

Go do your usual thing and take another dude's premium car at a discount because "Bro this Hellcat lease is getting a little expensive."

I get all that... hence the whole point of me saying that I am going and going against my personal philosophy... I suppose I could always buy a 97-02 4 Runner that Guadalupe drove to the moon and back. But that sounds pretty damn depressing.

I think you could overcome the first year FCA psychologically. The premium thing though.....I just don't see you making that happen.

[max225]

I get all that... hence the whole point of me saying that I am going and going against my personal philosophy... I suppose I could always buy a 97-02 4 Runner that Guadalupe drove to the moon and back. But that sounds pretty damn depressing.

I think you could overcome the first year FCA psychologically. The premium thing though.....I just don't see you making that happen.

On principle, I am not paying over sticker.

I can take a leap of faith and assume that I am buying one of the least depreciating cars currently on the market. Which is how I am justifying going new.

I also have an issue with the actual final price, I'll have to wait and see until it gets released, but 50k after TTL is a shit ton of money for something with roots dating back to a tractor.

[max225]

Turd-Pro 4 runner is 42k... MSRP... if a rubicunt is over 50k it would be pretty damn insane.

[Johnny_P]

Turd-Pro 4 runner is 42k... MSRP... if a rubicunt is over 50k it would be pretty damn insane.

Would be an interesting match up. But the 4Runner has a 9 year old chassis and 15 year old transmission and V6 engine.
4Runner is probably easier to live with and DD. JL has more character, more power, better transmission, far better interior, current styling.

[dubshow]

Sent the wife to work in the Jeep today. Its snowed. gasp

[Johnny_P]

Man... I really am torn on this... the bug bit hard.
The good
1. Finally a heep
2. Finally with everything fixed
3. Love the styling

The bad
1. FCA first year
2. games with the worst in the industry
3. Possible shortages, and production issues see point 1.2
4. I kind of want a nice one... which means 40-50k for a heep ...

I am kind of going against my personal philosophy on this one

To counter the bad....
1. Valid concern and real. But warranty and you won't have it more than 3 years anyway.
2. Factory order it from your magic
3. Thug Life the Vic for a few months while your mall chariot is being hand built by Ohio's finest stoners
4. 40-50k doesn't matter so much since you won't have that much tied up in it at once, and resale will be stupid high for a while because of production issues. Look at the actual ownership cost of the vehicle, it'll be pretty low. Like my car. $35k for a Corolla is but it depreciated call it $5 grand, that's less than a CPO Mazda CX5 would have depreciated, which would have cost me $23 grand. The $23k car cost more to own than the $35k car.

[dubshow]

Its like super legit snowing. The entire south is now closed.

[Johnny_P]

Its like super legit snowing. The entire south is now closed.

pics

Dang it's like the airboaters forgot how to forum. Brad is lacking with the pics too

[max225]

Back on topic. I found today from the jl forum (which I am now a member of ) that you get 1% off invoice by joining www.treadlightly.com
This will be around 3-5k off for me.

[Apex]

Back on topic. I found today from the jl forum (which I am now a member of ) that you get 1% off invoice by joining www.treadlightly.com
This will be around 3-5k off for me.

You have to have at least the $100 membership for minimum of 30 days to get the FCA discount.

[max225]

Back on topic. I found today from the jl forum (which I am now a member of ) that you get 1% off invoice by joining www.treadlightly.com
This will be around 3-5k off for me.

You have to have at least the $100 membership for minimum of 30 days to get the FCA discount.

Once pricing is announced... and the Heeps show up at the stillershits... I will take a few out for a spin... then go from there.
I need to finalize Rubicon vs Sahara and quite a few other things.

[max225]

Told someone about the JLU and that it'll run around 50k. I got the
"that's more than a wedding" comment... :



Its true doe.

[Apex]

Told someone about the JLU and that it'll run around 50k. I got the
"that's more than a wedding" comment... :



Its true doe.

Sooooo, a car is supposed to be cheaper than a wedding?

[Apex]

You have to have at least the $100 membership for minimum of 30 days to get the FCA discount.

Once pricing is announced... and the Heeps show up at the stillershits... I will take a few out for a spin... then go from there.
I need to finalize Rubicon vs Sahara and quite a few other things.

A hundo and 30 days is nothing when it can save you 3-5g's.

[max225]

Once pricing is announced... and the Heeps show up at the stillershits... I will take a few out for a spin... then go from there.
I need to finalize Rubicon vs Sahara and quite a few other things.

A hundo and 30 days is nothing when it can save you 3-5g's.

May have over-stated a bit... Looks like the invoice is around 2k below on the JKU with a 38k MSRP maybe around 2,500 on a more expensive model... still better than nothing... or markup.

[max225]

Told someone about the JLU and that it'll run around 50k. I got the
"that's more than a wedding" comment... :



Its true doe.

Sooooo, a car is supposed to be cheaper than a wedding?

In that person's mind yes...

[SAWCE]

Back on topic. I found today from the jl forum (which I am now a member of ) that you get 1% off invoice by joining www.treadlightly.com
This will be around 3-5k off for me.

Wouldn't 1% of invoice only be 300-500? Or what else are you stacking to get up to $5,000 off?

[max225]

Back on topic. I found today from the jl forum (which I am now a member of ) that you get 1% off invoice by joining www.treadlightly.com
This will be around 3-5k off for me.

Wouldn't 1% of invoice only be 300-500? Or what else are you stacking to get up to $5,000 off?

Invoice is 2k below MSRP brah.

[Apex]

Sooooo, a car is supposed to be cheaper than a wedding?

In that person's mind yes...

[Desertbreh]

Sooooo, a car is supposed to be cheaper than a wedding?

In that person's mind yes...

Should have argued that the percentages are that the actual cost of a wedding will be like 30 Rubicons amortized over years of misery.

[Apex]

Back on topic. I found today from the jl forum (which I am now a member of ) that you get 1% off invoice by joining www.treadlightly.com
This will be around 3-5k off for me.

Wouldn't 1% of invoice only be 300-500? Or what else are you stacking to get up to $5,000 off?

Still, spend $100, get a t-shirt, and save up to $500? Seems worth it.

[max225]

Wouldn't 1% of invoice only be 300-500? Or what else are you stacking to get up to $5,000 off?

Still, spend $100, get a t-shirt, and save up to $500? Seems worth it.

You 's
MSRP
50,000
Invoice
~47,000
~1% of 47k ~ $470
final price
~46,530
~$3,500 off MSRP for buying a $100 membershit to some scam site run by a bunch of mormons in Jewtah.

[SAWCE]

Still, spend $100, get a t-shirt, and save up to $500? Seems worth it.

You 's
MSRP
50,000
Invoice
~47,000
~1% of 47k ~ $470
final price
~46,530
~$3,500 off MSRP for buying a $100 membershit to some scam site run by a bunch of mormons in Jewtah.

I was thinking you just get the the 1% of the invoice price and subtract that from MSRP. Sounds like a solid deal.