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02-06-2015, 09:11 PM | #6501 | |
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02-08-2015, 10:03 PM | #6502 | |
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02-08-2015, 10:07 PM | #6503 |
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Join Date: May 2007
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SWIC
Location: PHX, AZ
Vehicle:2006 SV650, 05 CTSV 1972 Travelall |
Went camping over the weekend. The old truck is definitely lacking in the ground clearance and traction department.
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02-08-2015, 11:41 PM | #6504 |
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Buy it. If you have an extra few thousand to keep fixing it.
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02-09-2015, 01:08 AM | #6505 |
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Member#: 22035
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Location: San Diego, CA
Vehicle:2014 Brocoma DCab 71 FJ40, 13 DRZ400SM |
walk away, just walk away
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02-09-2015, 07:46 AM | #6506 |
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Location: If you think this is slow
Vehicle:wait until I go up a hill... |
Offer him $1000 and then part it out.
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02-09-2015, 09:43 AM | #6507 | |
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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Location: The Mountains
Vehicle:2012 bright green box |
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The 4.0 was around for like 20 years. It was a proven motor with plenty of cheap replacement parts, but you will never go fast. Can you deal with a torquey slow vehicle with no room for cargo? Jeeps are cool, but they're not for everyone. |
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02-09-2015, 01:54 PM | #6508 |
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Location: Portland, OR
Vehicle:2016 Focus RS (blue) 2005 WRX Wagon (white) |
have a chance to potentially pick up a Cadillac Escalade EXT for $3-4k from a family friend, going to check it out tomorrow, but 90% highway miles, 290k on the clock, well maintained.
Welcome any thoughts/cautions. Would sell the Grand Cherokee if I bought the Escalade. |
02-09-2015, 01:57 PM | #6509 |
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Vehicle:. im in joor bAs3 drinkin joor beerz |
The only caution would be the high miles, but if you're ok with that and what owning a high mileage vehicle could bring in terms of repairs, then go for it.
That particular GM drivetrain setup is pretty much bullet proof AFAIK. |
02-09-2015, 02:06 PM | #6510 |
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My GVR4 has 205k, my legacy has 255k, and my ZJ has 200k. Edit: Its an 02. And lived the last few Winters in Wisconsin, so need to check on the rust situation as well.
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02-09-2015, 02:08 PM | #6511 |
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02-10-2015, 01:25 PM | #6512 |
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Location: San Diego, CA
Vehicle:2014 Brocoma DCab 71 FJ40, 13 DRZ400SM |
question for you guys. I in the need to start towing my fj40 to places. but i really dont want to buy another truck and a trailer (really have no place to store or want to pay for the upkeep) has anybody just rented a uhaul pickup and trailer and used that for towing on the weekends. as i figured it would only be getting towed around 4-5times a year.
what do you all recommend? |
02-10-2015, 01:58 PM | #6513 |
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Drive it? Don't trust it?
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02-10-2015, 02:26 PM | #6514 |
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currently dont trust it. also need to some good shake down runs and dont like the idea of flat towing it behind my taco or trying to drive it out there. but when going to some of these places its just so much nicer to tow then drive it and always thinking you might brake.
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02-14-2015, 08:06 PM | #6515 |
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Jeep is up for sale and already have a number of people interested. I basically over the last year went through and replaced pretty much everything. It was a long list as I was writing the ad. A little sad as I wasnt really planning on selling it but the Escalade deal was too good to pass up.
It has the 6.0L high output LQ9, which was a nice surprise. There is a lil bit of rust but nothing that was out of control. The last owners washed the undercarraige on a weekly basis in the wintertime. It has been WELL maintained. They upgraded to a newer used escalade, but that one had big chrome 22" rims on it... which ended up on mine for the sale. So first order of business is to get rid of those. Should be able to make a little money back on them. I am actually thinking of just doing black steelies with a good set of factory sized tires. I couldn't find any pictures of Escalades with steelies. This is still a camping vehicle to me. It was used as one before, and the paint is nowhere near perfect, but still, looks good. I may pick something like this up, until I get a trailer. http://www.autoanything.com/truck-te...che-truck-tent Last edited by djpast; 02-14-2015 at 08:18 PM. |
02-16-2015, 11:27 PM | #6516 |
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Took my mall crawler out to the mountains.
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02-17-2015, 01:49 AM | #6517 |
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Been looking at a few things for the EXT.
I really want to build this for my dog, and the plans are available online these days. Super simple too, basically just a board and some notches, and the factory spots makes everything all level, and the rubber stops are like guide pegs for it all. Also nice that a good number of things like sub boxes and such that were designed for the Avalanche will work on this as well. All that stuff is cheapppp these days too. |
02-24-2015, 02:19 PM | #6518 |
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02-24-2015, 02:55 PM | #6519 | |
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Why people say that is beyond me. Highway or backroads, your parts are still turning. |
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02-24-2015, 03:31 PM | #6520 | |
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Idling wears out your motor faster, start and stops to/from dead stop wears out your motor/transmission/bushings/tires/brakes faster. This is compounded the heavier the vehicle, and I imagine the larger the motor. Highway speeds lubricate your motor better, and cause less wear on your transmission due to less shifting. Your brakes/suspision wear down slower. Your engine is designed to be MOST efficient while going at highway speeds. I mean, I thought this was common sense. I have known about highway miles on cars since before I was able to drive and that was 20 years ago. Yeah, all the parts are still turning, but to say it doesn't make a difference is a bit insane to me. Operating hours alone is huge. Lets say that a 290,000 mile car is 90% driven on the freeway its entire life (we will use 60mph/30mph as the average highway city speeds). That would put it at a roughly 5200 operating hours on the vehicle. Now lets adjust those numbers. Lets say it was 50/50, which is probably about average for most people. That puts the operating hours at roughly 7250 hours. Now lets go full mall crawler/soccer mom, and do 90/10 city/highway. Now we are at 9200 operating hours, which is nearly double the operating hours of the first example. Compound that the switch would have you operating mostly out of the engines efficiency, with all the problems I listed above. So yes, it makes a difference. 2500-5000 additional hours on your car WILL make a difference. To say otherwise it is a bit.... well.... |
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02-24-2015, 04:01 PM | #6521 |
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Your point was well taken. Argument removed.
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02-24-2015, 04:47 PM | #6522 |
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On an unrelated topic, Jeep sold over the weekend. I was a bit sad to see it go. I only had it a year, did a good bit of work on it, and it rewarded me by running perfectly for the 2 hour drive south for the sale, and did it while averaging 21mpg. Not bad for a 22 year old slightly lifted vehicle with a roofrack/spare on the roof. At least its staying in the family, sort of. My sister's fiance bought it for his oldest son, who isn't a speed head or anything (not like you can be in that). Good first car.
Also, just picked up some factory 17" steelies off a silverado for the Escalade, with Toyo Open Country ATs on them. Goodbye ugly 22" wheels. |
02-24-2015, 06:22 PM | #6523 | |
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Edit: I guess the TJ does have a rear LSD. Learn something new every day. Last edited by Notch 8; 02-24-2015 at 06:35 PM. |
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03-01-2015, 03:50 PM | #6524 |
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Right up there... I was looking at a Jeep dealer yesterday. They had a '14 Willy's Wheeler 2door... Base everything with the tow package. It was on the used lot, not NOS. They wanted $33k!!!! Really? It gained $3k in a year? It was cheaper to special order a new 2015! So I did. If they had it for $24k OTD, I would have jumped. So, 6-10 weeks from now, I'll be driving a Tank Clear Coat, 2 door Willy's Wheeler edition! Base everything with a tow-package...
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03-01-2015, 06:39 PM | #6525 |
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Man, you guys should be looking up in the PNW for wranglers and just drive them home. They are all over, not generally overpriced from what I have seen, dealers usually are selling them lower usually from what I noticed due to lack of interest.
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