The old jeeps(wranglers, etc.) are pretty solid. Not a lot to them. Pretty basic vehicles. I had a 1999 Grand Cherokee and the transmission was shit. Went out at 118,000 and they told me I was lucky to get that out of it. Had a Liberty and same issue. Transmission went out. Have a 2001 Wrangler. Ratty old jeep and runs like a tank. It gets the shit beat out of it. Going to look at another one. Hell, I don't know why. I never was a Chrysler fan. Just something about Jeeps.
For Jap cars, I like Nissans. They make a hell of a good product, IMO. The Koreans make some good looking cars. I give them that.
I give up on the American car industry. Cock suckers are sell outs anyway. Sending stuff to Mexico. **** them and Harley Davidson. Best bike I ever had was a 84 KX125.
And while I am it, the japs Asics running shoes are the best. Most comfortable and quality running shoes, IMO. I don't run, but I have had two pair and the best shoes I own. Jap rice burner nip shoes. We can't even build a shoe anymore. Nike kills my feet and can never get them to fit. Under Amour shoes are terrible. Skechers are a damn good value and shoe company. Ok, there is one. But, the running shoes and sneakers make me feel old.
I have to buy ****ing rice burner Jap shoes.
This country went to shit.
Wranglers have always been pretty stout, as long as the frame doesn't rot. The new ones are pretty stout.
Chrysler had an issue with auto transmissions for about 20 years lol. Now they outsource them, as does most carmakers. People bitch about the nine-speed auto but they just are not used to how these new transmissions act for efficiency. My gf is very happy with her Renegade, we'll see how it does in five years I guess.
I have been thinking about getting and building an older Wrangler. Remember when everyone was mad when the YJ came out because it had square headlights? Yeah, I want one of those. It's a sweet spot between too goddamn basic with the CJ and all the plastic shit inside the TJ.
Nissan has lost their way. It's not that they make bad cars, they just make meh cars. Once upon a time they were the carmaker that made fun to drive cars you could afford...they have totally abandoned that for meh cars for people with sorta crappy credit.
Koreans figured out reliability very, very quickly.
No one can make a small car cheaply in the USA. Of course, the market is no longer demanding cars at all, it's all SUVs and CUVs and trucks. People are going to cry when gas hits $5, and it will. I'll be smug as fvck in my Hyundai getting 40 mpg on the highway.
Speaking of Hyundai, I bought this Elantra as an experiment, to see how far they have come before buying something pricier from them. It's a damn competent little car. But their depreciation is horrible as a brand. So instead of new, I'll probably look at a used V8 Genesis. Goddamn you can get a deal on one of those.
Which brings it back around to resell value...nothing holds value like a Wrangler. And it is the only vehicle you can modify and get back what you put in it when you sell it....because every damn person that wants one wants to modify it. Every other vehicle is valued the same or less if you modify it.
