Only the sorta-4x4 Forester sold for under the $10k bar—$7300, a price that nopes me out pretty hard considering its mileage and quite possibly teenaged usage. Somebody shelled out $18,000 for that admittedly nice Toyota pickup with color-keyed cap, and the Trooper drew $12k.

The Landie didn't make reserve at eighteen-five, nor did the '76 CJ-5 at 6.3.

@Just-Jeepin g'night

@Just-Jeeping'nite mate

@Ad-absurdum-per-aspera I've always liked the glasstops, I recall a 55-56 Skyliner in town when I was a kid in the 80s.

The extra wide hood scoop on the photographed car caught my eye.

@Just-Jeepin Just like yours, it'd look better with the 4xe blue accents.

@ClassicDatsunDebate said in Asking the AI Chat Robot Car Questions:

@ClassicDatsunDebate This is fun since openai is broken right now.

✋ That was my bad, I asked it which motor oil is best...

@Just-Jeepin IH all day every day. Owning an IH truck is a bucket list item for me, the one above is one of my less favorite years, but they're all cool.

@TheHondaBro Man, the way I keep hearing about these CKP sensor failures sure makes it sound like a "when, not if" thing. Maybe I'll buy a spare one to keep in my TJ...

@ranwhenparked the influence of labor unions and govt fear of less jobs is a very good point that I hadn't considered about Japan's outwardly illogical stubbornness on pushing hybrids and Hydrogen.
I mean it's dumb but has plenty of precedent; how many farriers, stableboys and feedlots were made redundant by the automobile?
This graphic is in the director of automotive's office at my company and apparently every visitor takes a photo of it.
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EVs will massively simplify the auto supply chain and service industry but there's no stopping it, the economics are just too good.
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The IC engine is wonder of mechanical engineering: all those precise tolerances, elegant machining, incredibly violent forces, high speeds and thermal considerations for such a cheap price! And operable by the even the dumbest of cretins.
But 🦆 me, assembling all that whirling madness to be max 33% thermally efficient against the 50% that a virtually solid state fuel cell can achieve? Talk about a losing proposition within a lost cause.

@Just-Jeepin Yeah, the rust is what killed mine. But I still miss it.

@Urambo-Tauro They painted the dash, too.

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@Just-Jeepin I actually learned from you that not all CJ-8s are Scramblers, but even though I have acquired that knowledge, I still call them all Scramblers. I don't travel in pedantic Jeep nerd circles, and if one happens to be iny presence, I don't mind annoying the piss out of them 🙂

@BigRigButterz said in A Long-term Owner’s Thoughts on the Jeep Liberty:

one deficiency that always bugged me during moving time was that the Liberty’s rear seats don’t fold flat.

Huge product planning facepalm in the cute-ute segment. I just brought home a sizable chest of drawers in my 2001 Forester, and it swallows a typical washing machine or dryer with inches to spare everywhere for padding.

getting stuck and then unstuck is part of the off-road experience.

Now that is a clear-eyed outlook. Or, in a classic construction. "Four wheel drive lets you get stuck a lot further from help."

@john-norris You can definitely be too thin. Thick thighs save lives!

@pip-bip Make way, coming through!

@Just-Jeepin light bar didn't hold on too well

@TheModernLeper I've been looking at non special versions of the same car and I really like them. Seems like high teens is the going rate here.

@Ad-absurdum-per-aspera A set of stock or near stock size A/Ts can take you surprisingly far off the beaten path...

What people who install angry eyes grilles think they drive

@Highlander

Jeeps are so plain. The hood stripe with the red hooks and "TrailHawk" badges make the car look cringy.

@Ad-absurdum-per-aspera
Lowrider wheels and tires have been small, even by economy car standards.
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155/80R13.

The 6.50-13 tires that were stock on my '62 Corvair come to 175/80R13

@Just-Jeepin Merc please! I must admit, outside of aesthetics I don’t understand the Wagoneer hype, it’s just a slow and cushy SUV like many others. The Dodge would be my second pick, but that Mercury is beautiful.

@Just-Jeepin

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@Just-Jeepin Man, I sooo wanted a Punk'n JLUR, and a Hella Yella. I'd love for Ford to come out with some more fun colors for the Bronco. I guess it has been only 2 years. Cyber Orange, Yellowstone, Eruption Green, Code Orange, Velocity Blue...I guess they aren't too bad, after all.

@FractalFootwork said in Surge:

unfortunately it doesn’t really taste like surge.

I can't really say I'm surprised, but it makes me happy that it exists.

@JeepOfTheseus The best Jeep is one that carries the mother of the man who will defeat the machines!
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@Highlander said in I'd swear I've seen this front end before:

but this one is pretty sketch.

Might be why it didn't hit it's reserve. For 15k it's probably still not a bad buy given the rareness. At a certain price point it's worth it to buy and fix the issues.

@Just-Jeepin Nice!

@Just-Jeepin This is definitely one of my favorite colors, just because of how it burns your retinas. I saw a Bolt EV in that color on an overcast day, and it was the brighter than the sun.

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@EssExTee false, the L322 Range Rover is the Corolla in this instance when compared to a D2. Electronics and mechanicals were leaps and bounds more reliable on the L322. I'll pull the air suspension out of a Disco as soon as I could, I'd fix the air in a L322 because it's worth fixing and not a nightmare like the Disco.

Granted I'm speaking of the ones with the AJ8 and not the BMW motor but still, so much better than the D2 in terms of reliability.

@Just-Jeepin no, AAV and AIL both still build older TJ-based models alongside the J8

@tophercrowder said in Ducking?! Jeep does not support it and wants you to stop doing it!:

Jeep will instead sell Jeeps using well designed features and quality workmanship.

Bwahahahahaha!

Oh wait, they're serious. 😕

@Cé-hé-sin Argh! Now I want to watch the rest of whatever that was. It's great!

@pip-bip They'll probably drive it out of there.

@Shop-Teacher thanks!

@ForSweden RHD too. (unless its been reversed)

@pip-bip I 'm sure after you've hauled your Airstream up that trail, you won't have nothing but warm foam either, will you?

@Just-Jeepin They can keep the gloss black wheels (on a Jeep? Really?) but as a Minnesotan I both salute the color and the name. So cool.

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@Ad-absurdum-per-aspera thank you for those links.

@Hamster-V10 Fantastic!

@Longtime-Lurker indeed. Not great for off-road or towing or making A/C. Great for the winter though.

@HammerheadFistpunch the no speed limits in the 1990's were much more fun. I would frequently do trips on I-90 and hit average speeds including stops around 80 mph.

@phenotyp Yea, there's something funny going on with those creases below the tail light especially. I do like the front grille treatment - rather gracefully reducing the size for EV while keeping the signature. 7ecfba8c-c407-429b-b8e2-5c33580ead48-image.png

@WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTInowA4 said in Hmm...:

is Jeep finally getting rid of its Cherokee names?

Rumor has it that they are going with the 'Grand Cherokee Casino' in 2024

@WBizarre Watching the beltline drop between the current gen and the one just before it is like watching someone flop their belly.

@Just-Jeepin
I want an army medic wagon, they are rare, you could make a clone I guess.
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Wood Jeep just needs this:

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@Just-Jeepin Nice, but no where near rusty enough to be considered a holy grail example.

@pip-bip Chrysler: OMG I NEED THAT!

@Just-Jeepin That's scooper duper!

Jeep all day

@Just-Jeepin
@David-Tracy's Project Redwood cleans up good!

@john-norris will be interesting to watch but I don’t think it warrants it’s own Oppo game.

@pip-bip I think that is one of the most handsome American cars ever produced. Probably crappy in myriad ways, but bloody handsome.

@CarsOfFortLangley We do still have quite a few Tauri too!

@Just-Jeepin my life is…uh, not conducive to adventure. You just have to make it happen

@Zaphod-s-Heart-of-Gold said in Jeep thoughts along with Arkansas and Oklahoma thoughts.:

@Mazda616 my truck leaks no water

That’s great. This rental did.