How do you handle.....

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Originally Posted by hurley842002

I guess I'm the opposite. I've put lots of time and money into rigs over the years, but as soon as they start breaking down or giving me problems, I tend to become eager to part ways with them. There again, I don't get too attached to guns or other items either (hence my Glock hooker designation).

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Ah, I thought you just let people take your Glock to a hotel in a bad area of town for an hour at a time

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Originally Posted by KevDen2005

Ah, I thought you just let people take your Glock to a hotel in a bad area of town for an hour at a time

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That's a premium service, that most can't afford.

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Half a thought. Disregard.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Well, try another angle. If all you're getting out of it now is trouble, then you've gotten all the joy out of that Jeep that you're going to get. You've reached 100% of the possible joy you can get, and keeping it longer will just soil the good memories that you have now. Every month you waste holding on to it is stealing a month of joy from whatever the next thing that is out there waiting for you. Good luck!

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That's a novel approach/mindset... i kind of like it.

I think our brains are wired to be susceptible to the "sunk costs" fallacy, i.e. "I've spent X dollars and Y hours on it, and if I give it up, then all that time/money has been wasted." But a better way to think about it is what it will cost you in the FUTURE in terms of both time and money.

Put another way, what's past is past, but you still have control over what's to come in the future. Let it be someone else's headache/dream and move on to a new one of your own. ;)

This is also why I generally like buying cars that are complete or about 90% complete now. It prevents me from being emotionally invested in the car and I get to the enjoyment phase of the car a lot quicker, if not instantly.

I had considered buying a Jeep at one point, but then hearing about people who own them, sounds too much like they have a shoddy reliability record. Over 1/2 of the people I know with Jeeps have reported many issues with them breaking down a lot. I would love to hear more about them actually being quite reliable. At least with Ford they circled the problem... [Coffee]

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Originally Posted by Ronin13

I had considered buying a Jeep at one point, but then hearing about people who own them, sounds too much like they have a shoddy reliability record. Over 1/2 of the people I know with Jeeps have reported many issues with them breaking down a lot. I would love to hear more about them actually being quite reliable. At least with Ford they circled the problem... [Coffee]

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The Wrangler is one of those vehicles with such demand, that it can sustain mediocre reliability, and folks will still buy them. There is nobody making a 4x4 these days, that is so customizable, along with the removable top option. If Jeep still had to compete against Ford, Chevy, International, Suzuki, Toyota etc, they may have to try harder.

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Originally Posted by hurley842002

The Wrangler is one of those vehicles with such demand, that it can sustain mediocre reliability, and folks will still buy them. There is nobody making a 4x4 these days, that is so customizable, along with the removable top option. If Jeep still had to compete against Ford, Chevy, International, Suzuki, Toyota etc, they may have to try harder.

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The Scout, now that was an awesome beast! I always wanted one. My Frontier is pretty customizable for a new(er) pickup, but not to the extent of a jeep, but then again I need it to be a daily driver as well as a get out off the beaten path for camping rig.

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Originally Posted by Ronin13

The Scout, now that was an awesome beast! I always wanted one.

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I had a 74 Scout II, loved that thing, and the top rarely stayed on it. Mild lift with 33's, that thing was a beast!

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