Bye for now, I8MUD (1 Viewer)

[SmoothLC]

@KlausVanWinkle Good news / bad news. Good news for you, you got a JKUR that sounds like you're going to enjoy. Bad news for us you're leaving. Thanks for all your write ups and best of luck.

 

[yeti in ga]

Well , sorry to see another go to the dark side

 

[RobRed]

@KlausVanWinkle - Rumor is you were too scared to show up at my place with a jeep!

Nice ride.

 

[GaFJC]

@KlausVanWinkle, hate to see you go! Thanks for your contributions to the community.

Yes, many thanks for your many contributions!


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[Sandroad]

Thanks for all the good you've done for MUD. Nice choice on the new ride. I like Jeeps because my first vehicle was a beat up '46 CJ2A I got in high school. Learned my wrenching skills on that with pretty much complete re-builds of every part. Civilian Jeeps have come a long way in 68 years!

 

[jhanley]

I've done the math a million times, considered most variable (including s****y gas mileage) and I still come out ahead vs new.

Then, Klaus, you said something poignant - "it's my first new car". This should be a right of passage, owning something nobody's farted in, but you. Enjoy!

 

[KlausVanWinkle]

I've done the math a million times, considered most variable (including s****y gas mileage) and I still come out ahead vs new.

Then, Klaus, you said something poignant - "it's my first new car". This should be a right of passage, owning something nobody's farted in, but you. Enjoy!

Haha. Thanks. I swore I'd never own a new car. But JKs seem to be a unique situation. THey hold their value crazy well for being american. They're right behind Tacomas in the top 10 ranking for residual value. And the CA registration taxes are so crazy that used models sell for more than new ones around here.

The math is a little skewed if you're a crazy person. I was spending way more money on PM, mods and maintenance for the 100 than a normal person who just does oil changes etc. And at a certain point, I had to start valuing my time at something. 1/3 of the time I end up having to work on the weekend. So spending the other 1/3 of my weekends wrenching was getting annoying for me, my wife, neighbors and friends. Not to mention missing work to drop the truck off at the mechanic or whatever. If I worked a 9-5 and was single, I'd keep the Cruiser.

 

[VidereStudios]

Then, Klaus, you said something poignant - "it's my first new car". This should be a right of passage, owning something nobody's farted in, but you. Enjoy!

I hear you on that...everyone should maybe have that new car experience. I did that with my 2004 Tundra. Got rid of it after a few years and bought a 1996 T100. It was nice not having the payments and watching the value fall.

However, I think what I have found that trumps the "new car" experience is the unexpected joy of finding a vehicle that will accompany you on life experiences and become part of the memories one looks back on. To look in the garage and see a vehicle that I know inside and out and that has taken me from Alaska to Mexico and beyond and would take me around the world in a heartbeat is an awesome feeling. Knowing that I will never part with my two LandCruisers, even though previously owned, trumps any new vehicle I can think of.

The math is a little skewed if you're a crazy person. I was spending way more money on PM, mods and maintenance for the 100 than a normal person who just does oil changes etc. And at a certain point, I had to start valuing my time at something. 1/3 of the time I end up having to work on the weekend. So spending the other 1/3 of my weekends wrenching was getting annoying for me, my wife, neighbors and friends. Not to mention missing work to drop the truck off at the mechanic or whatever. If I worked a 9-5 and was single, I'd keep the Cruiser.

I hear you on the time involved with mods and maintenance, but I think that the maintenance costs are negligible compared to modding (both time spent researching and time spent installing). Both of my LX470's have cost me very little on maintenance (except for the one 90K service I have done to this point). Just for other readers out there, I think the maintenance costs for a well maintained, carefully driven, and not daily driven 100 are not excessive. However, it does tend to become and obsession and there are costs to that. I work two full-time jobs and it is certainly a juggle balancing family, owning my own home, a daily driver, and the two LX's.

Klaus, thanks for all the great posts you have contributed. Enjoy the JK!

 

[Rigger]

Best to you.

That Jeep is sweet! I like it! New rigs are nice. Enjoy it.

 

[DomSmith]

Now you'll just blend in around SaMo... won't even know it's you.

 

[BTUMAN]

You are dead to me.... . You will be back....and I do recommend the 200 series when you do.


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[KlausVanWinkle]

Now you'll just blend in around SaMo... won't even know it's you.

I know it's sad. I went from one of two built 100s around town. To 1 of thousands of shiny, unwheeled Rubicons. I'll still wave at the fire truck. There aren't a lot of my color Jeep around since it was only made for a couple months in one model year.