I was looking at Jeeps a couple of months ago. I couldn't believe what they cost. I saw USED Jeeps for $30k. Still would like one, but would have to get a fixer-upper I think, because I'm just not willing to pay that much for a used car.
Grandson isn’t old enough to drive yet but picked up a nice 1998 Ford F250 fixer-upper for $1500. By the time he can drive it will be a gem. It even has the optional anti-theft stick shift.
No Yeti will ever stain that pickup bed.
The price of all cars is stratospheric to me. You could buy a house for the cost of a car today, and it wasn’t that long ago. A perfect new 3 bed 2 bath rambler on a good lot in 1965 was $16,000. I bought my first in 1985 and my payment was $600 with 12.5%. In 2003 I bought one for $147K. Cars and houses, both are great indicators of the cost of national debt. I think Range Rovers are $100K or more though.
When I was working as a traveling salesman in New England, I bought a 1988 Jeep to make life easier for getting around. I decided to buy it before Lee Iacocca took control over the brand as his Chrysler had just bought Jeep from AMC
It was a GEM!
485,000+ miles. Regular maintenance only.
Went back and bought a 1998 Jeep thinking what could go wrong?
What a piece of crap!
Radiator, air conditioning, brake lines, all replaced before 100,000 miles. Guy who replaced the radiator and "fixed" the air conditioner so that it at least worked without having to stop every 1000 miles to add refridge to system, we had moved to Florida by then, said my problem was a common occurence with Jeeps and Chrysler, Dodge cars.