CybrSlydr
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- First Name
- Jordan
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- Jan 16, 2018
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- Location
- Casper, WY
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- BMW M3, Wrangler Rubicon TJ
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- Oil and Gas Admin
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I currently have a 2-door TJ Rubicon, 2006.
Bought it in Texas about 3.5 years ago and drove it back to Ohio during Spring Break with my brother (I worked at a college library at the time, hence the Spring Break reference).
Back in June 2020, I got a job in Wyoming with the Forest Service. Chose to bring the Jeep instead of the M3 and I'm VERY glad I did.
I've wanted to do some trails and the like, especially with Colorado in a couple-hours drive from me, but this being my DD, I didn't want to risk breaking something expensive, though one of the reasons I bought it was because it would be cheaper to repair than my M3 and better to drive during the winter.
I LOVE this Jeep, but it is 15 years old and almost 140k on the clock. It doesn't get very good gas mileage, and I sometimes have to commute 100mi to work. That's about 1/4 of a tank for a round-trip. Gets expensive - thankfully we do a lot of telework at the moment. My M3 is an 05.
I'm torn on if I want to look at getting a JL in the next year or two and sell this or keep it. I'd have 3 vehicles, though the M3 is still back in Ohio (but hoping to rectify that come spring). I could then use the TJ as the trail crawler and the JL as my winter DD and the M3 as my summer DD.
I'd love to hear from you folks about what you like and dislike about the JLs, specifically 2-doors (single, no kids, and a cat) and Rubicons. Reliability, service, known issues, what it's like to DD, things you didn't expect to love/hate about it, etc.
Appreciate your input!
Bought it in Texas about 3.5 years ago and drove it back to Ohio during Spring Break with my brother (I worked at a college library at the time, hence the Spring Break reference).
Back in June 2020, I got a job in Wyoming with the Forest Service. Chose to bring the Jeep instead of the M3 and I'm VERY glad I did.
I've wanted to do some trails and the like, especially with Colorado in a couple-hours drive from me, but this being my DD, I didn't want to risk breaking something expensive, though one of the reasons I bought it was because it would be cheaper to repair than my M3 and better to drive during the winter.
I LOVE this Jeep, but it is 15 years old and almost 140k on the clock. It doesn't get very good gas mileage, and I sometimes have to commute 100mi to work. That's about 1/4 of a tank for a round-trip. Gets expensive - thankfully we do a lot of telework at the moment. My M3 is an 05.
I'm torn on if I want to look at getting a JL in the next year or two and sell this or keep it. I'd have 3 vehicles, though the M3 is still back in Ohio (but hoping to rectify that come spring). I could then use the TJ as the trail crawler and the JL as my winter DD and the M3 as my summer DD.
I'd love to hear from you folks about what you like and dislike about the JLs, specifically 2-doors (single, no kids, and a cat) and Rubicons. Reliability, service, known issues, what it's like to DD, things you didn't expect to love/hate about it, etc.
Appreciate your input!
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