$82k- edit; for a 4 door Jeep Rubicon

I just parked next to a Rubicon. Can a Jeep guy here tell me why on earth you’d pay $80-100,000+ for one? It looked tiny next to my truck and pretty much just a little Jeep to me i sure didn’t see $80,000 in it but maybe someone could enlighten me.
 
Szwampdonkey said:
I just parked next to a Rubicon. Can a Jeep guy here tell me why on earth you’d pay $80-100,000+ for one? It looked tiny next to my truck and pretty much just a little Jeep to me i sure didn’t see $80,000 in it but maybe someone could enlighten me.
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The 80k version has a fancy motor in it.


Much like parking your truck next to a Raptor and wondering the difference.



I'd rather have something that goes fast that isn't as likely to roll over, but I also know that I still don't have enough sense for something that goes fast.
 
NRA4LIFE said:
Are these numbers true? This does not seem possible. I took our Ford Escape (POS) in for some recall work a couple weeks ago and was just roaming around and looked at a new F250 Diesel of some sort with an MSRP of $74K I think. How on earth could a jeep be more than that? Have a buddy who ran a shop (retired) who told me one time to NEVER buy a jeep. Said you will pay.
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That's not a particularly well equipped f250...
 
Szwampdonkey said:
I guess my point was more like buy one Stanley, or whatever quality item, not 10 of them and use it forever vs buying cheap Walmart stuff over and over.

I’m guilty as well of course, bought no name or Walmart branded items cause they were cheap when Walmart was the new thing in my small town 30 years ago. I don’t have a single thing i bought from them back then anymore. My Dad still had that well used Stanley Thermos to give to me though.

I’ll add, sorta funny to me you call a Stanley mug “flash and glamour” as all my Dads grubby welder friends and hunting buddies had those green thermoses. My wife isnt impressed with mine because it’s green so she calls it “hunting stuff” as in “get your dirty hunting stuff off the counter” I’m going to tell her it’s a flash and glamour thermos. 😂
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Have you seen the new pretty Stanley mugs.
Defiantly not what my grandpa and dad carried to work
Thats what I'm referring to as flash and glamor.
Not good old Stanley green
 
I saw a Jeep yesterday at the tire shop while getting my kids car done. What's the deal with the ducks? That's gotta be the stupidest thing ever.
 
I don’t really notice the local Jeeps having the rubber ducks, but once the tourists start showing up in the summer to get their Jeep badges for the various alpine passes, it’s ducks galore.

I get the practical application of keeps: it’s a capable off-road vehicle you can buy stock and go for some terrain that is aftermarket on most other vehicles. I don’t get the Jeep culture. Reckon that “I don’t get it” so much that I have 0 people in my immediate social circle that drive a Jeep. A guy at my gym who routinely asks for a spot on his very impressive bench press has a pimped out jeep. I asked him if he gets out after the alpine trails and he said, “he’ll no. I don’t drive anything I might die on.”
Ok.

-snotty high school girls seem to get Jeeps as graduation presents.

-Gen X Moms complete with giant scarfs, wine tumblers, designer purses, cracked I phone screen, non functional fingernails. (See former snotty high school girls)

What I don’t see are a lot of beat-to-shit jeeps. Ie this Jeep as been out in the trenches, hit a deer, got some battle scars in Moab. I’m talking the rough equivalent to seeing a 1st Gen Taco with Icon suspension on it. Beat to shit but with high end components because it gets used. That doesn’t seem like much of a thing in Jeep culture. They don’t last that long?
 
Admittedly, there is some ‘Pot calling Kettle’ here by me as I have been guilty of buying one of the higher trim models of these trucks.…and I don’t know a thing about Jeeps- thats obvious- grin. Heck, they could be the greatest.

After looking around, I am a bit shocked at how many $100,000 plus vehicles there are on the road and with 30-somethings driving them. You can still buy a small home in some areas with that kind of dough.

More power to those folks if they have that kind of disposable income.
 
GSPHUNTER said:
So with zero down on a 100k car loan you might be paying around $1600 a month for 72 months. Depending on interest % you can negotiate. Holy crapola.
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Unfortunately, I have seen many folks going down the leasing route first, in order to afford the payments of something they really can't "afford". Lease for 3 years and then "buy" that now used vehicle with financing over the next 5 to 6 years after the lease ends. There's your 8 to 9 years to fully "buy" a vehicle. Of course, most don't seem to make it and trade it in for a severe discount on another new vehicle and head down the same path. Have watched this play out multiple times. Basic economics doesn't even factor into these decisions. Have to maintain that "image" - Dealerships and banks are just smiling all day long.
 
My 2016 Rubicon has been good to me….156,000 miles with no major issues (just normal wear/maintenance). Of course, I need one where I’m at, as my place is out in the high-country boondocks. With lockers in the front and rear, I pull out quite a few folks here in the winter……most are trucks (Ford, Chevy, Toyota, dodge, etc.) that believe their outfit can tackle the snow or mud easily. Lockers in all four tires make a world of difference, IMO.

While I like mine, I won’t pay $80,000 for one in the future.
 
Poser said:
I don’t really notice the local Jeeps having the rubber ducks, but once the tourists start showing up in the summer to get their Jeep badges for the various alpine passes, it’s ducks galore.

I get the practical application of keeps: it’s a capable off-road vehicle you can buy stock and go for some terrain that is aftermarket on most other vehicles. I don’t get the Jeep culture. Reckon that “I don’t get it” so much that I have 0 people in my immediate social circle that drive a Jeep. A guy at my gym who routinely asks for a spot on his very impressive bench press has a pimped out jeep. I asked him if he gets out after the alpine trails and he said, “he’ll no. I don’t drive anything I might die on.”
Ok.

-snotty high school girls seem to get Jeeps as graduation presents.

-Gen X Moms complete with giant scarfs, wine tumblers, designer purses, cracked I phone screen, non functional fingernails. (See former snotty high school girls)

What I don’t see are a lot of beat-to-shit jeeps. Ie this Jeep as been out in the trenches, hit a deer, got some battle scars in Moab. I’m talking the rough equivalent to seeing a 1st Gen Taco with Icon suspension on it. Beat to shit but with high end components because it gets used. That doesn’t seem like much of a thing in Jeep culture. They don’t last that long?
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I always get a kick out of seeing the overbuilt Jeeps in a line on the Loop and then a stock Subaru or camper van drives by. You know 99% of those jeeps never see anything worse than a gravel road with a few exposed rocks.
 
Dang, so much judgement on here..
I have owned a grip of jeeps and have scratched them up and used them well. My current xj is getting fiberglass fenders and door trimming for 37s...
That said, I don't like my stuff looking "beat". I don't mind scratching them, but clean them up.
Same judgement that you think it's insane to own a king ranch.. maybe some people value having nice things. Even if he can't afford it, it's not your responsibility to make the payment. Let people want and buy what they want without getting crucified about it.
 
tony said:
Have you seen the new pretty Stanley mugs.
Defiantly not what my grandpa and dad carried to work
Thats what I'm referring to as flash and glamor.
Not good old Stanley green
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To be fair, no i haven’t seen anything new from Stanley as i have only my Dads 40 yo one and one i bought myself about 10 years ago or so. Both are good old fashioned Stanley green.

A fool and their money are soon parted. Can’t blame Stanley for going after fools buying multiple pretty mugs .

But your point is taken now on account of me being ignorant of the fact Stanley is making “trendy” stuff .
 
Scheels, Iowa City. $45 Stanley Mugs.
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