What to buy?

[Opus]

Yeah, unless money is no object, or unless you're only spending a few grand for a real "beater", I don't see the rationale of buying a second vehicle. Enjoy putting the miles on your JT now that you've got it the way you want it. When you rack up too many miles, trade it in on a new one and start the process of customizing it all over again... That's part of the fun.

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[Zandcwhite]

The statistics on how long the average Jeep owner keeps their vehicle have nothing to do with how long they last. How many wranglers do you see in junk yards? We’ve put 100k plus on a half dozen Jeeps and over 200k on 3 of them. At 69 any vehicle could be your last if you want it to be. Those doing the gas savings math aren’t looking at the big picture either. Buying a throw away beater that not only gets 3 times the mileage but also costs far less to insure, register, maintain, etc than a Jeep and costs 1/3 to purchase in the 1st place just makes sense. If you run a built wrangler or gladiator as a 100+ mile a day commuter you’re burning far more money than just the difference in fuel would suggest. You can put a set of tires on the Hyundai for the cost of 1 Jeep tire and they will last longer. Your $60k Jeep is going to be worth ~$10k with 200k+ on the clock. Your $20k hyundai will be worth $3k ”as is” for some kids 1st car. Meanwhile you didn’t put the 200k on the Jeep and it’s still worth $45k. Big picture says keep the shit box commuter regardless of what you do with the Jeep situation.