How do you handle.....

[Martinjmpr]

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...

Given how much abuse they can take, they're pretty rugged. Wife has a 1995 YJ. 1995 was the last year of the YJ and hers is as stripped-down as you can get: 2.5l I-4, 5 speed transmission and manual steering!

I call it "the time machine" because driving it is like stepping back in time to a day when all cars had flat windshields, heavy steering wheels and grocery-cart handling.

At almost 200k and 22+ years, it's still going strong. The one time we had to be towed home it was because the bad alternator left us with a dead battery and no way to power the ignition. Every now and then she talks about selling it but then she'll turn around and say she wants to give it to her granddaughter on the granddaughter's 16th birthday (she turns 5 in August.)

They are fun toys, but toys are what they are. My wife got it in 2012 after her nerve injury forced her to sell her motorcycle.

At this point, it's not really costing us a lot in upkeep, though we did have to have a fuel tank vent repaired in order to pass emissions in 2016. I think that ran $600 or so. But considering that it's paid for, that insurance and registration together don't add up to more than $200/year it's a pretty cheap toy.

[Martinjmpr]

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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The only problem with Scouts is that they had serious rust issues, especially on the fenders. Try finding one without rust, most likely it's been rebuilt or had fenders replaced.

My first two trucks were corn binders. I had a 1957 Travelall (basically the same thing as a Suburban) and a 1968 Travelall. Both were tough as hell and uglier than original sin.

[Gman]

BTW as I learned a few months ago there's no better way to force you to evaluate all the crap you hang on to than to move to a new house. Carrying big heavy boxes of crap that you haven't touched for years makes you say "why am I doing this again?"

That's my focus. Downsizing and getting rid of stuff that I haven't used in years. If I do need it later, I'll buy another. So far, that hasn't happened. I want my next move to be as painless as possible.

[Gman]

There is nobody making a 4x4 these days, that is so customizable, along with the removable top option.

Jeeps are like AR-15s....Legos for men.

[DireWolf]

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...

They're usually very solid if properly maintained (have owned a number of them over the years), the problems you hear about are most often related to breaking them doing something stupid/fun that you would never even think about trying in another vehicle.....


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[Irving]

Or modifying them to dimensions that reduce reliability.

[Dave_L]

Or modifying them to dimensions that reduce reliability.

Cheap, fast, reliable. Pick 2.

[Delfuego]

That's the problem... It's my Jeep...

We knew Mike. Let us help you. We will go shopping for a Toyota with you. We are here for you brother. It's time to come to in from the cold.

[Grant H.]

What the OP is going through is why I quit wheeling.

I got so tired of breaking things, and I wasn't willing to go to the extent of building a buggy.

I still see my jeep, as I sold it (plus rust) driving around and I get a twinge of "that was fun, I need one again", but then I remember all the time spent fixing broken stuff, and the nostalgia goes away... Really fast...

I'm about there with my diesel. I love the truck, and I enjoy having a tuned diesel, but I'm tired of the little things and the hassles...

[Grant H.]

We knew Mike. Let us help you. We will go shopping for a Toyota with you. We are here for you brother. It's time to come to in from the cold.

Don't do it...

Taco's aren't worth it.

My opinion...