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pick a jeep, any jeep

Oh I don't know about the wife working thing, my wife was making about $2000 net per month but when she quit working we have more money left.:eek1:
As for the cost of another vehicle. it depends how many miles you comute.
For me the 3 times better mileage more than covers the reg and insurance, and as I said give me an extra vehicle when one vehicle is down.

NorCal_Chris said:
And the funny thing is didnt you do the first part of the rubi in a caddy? or was that a lincoln :haha:

Its part not being able to trailer it, and part it not being a dd. We are at a spot right now with money that we cant really afford to have another vehicle especially one that just sits there. If i got a crap car i would be paying insurance and reg that would take from my play money for gas for wheelin.

Maybe in a few years when wife goes back to work when kid is older then we will have spare cash agian. It was nice when she was working while taking care of him but it was just too much stress.
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Just my thoughts but I have told lots of guys to keep their stuff and just get a commuter car, the cheaper the better, reliability is first then mileage. If it doesn't get 30 mpg or better you don't even look at it.

Some have, some haven't. The ones that have still have their wheeling rig, and are slowly working on it. The ones that didn't and just bought another 4wd are usually on their 3rd or 4th "next" 4wd.

If you wheel it, its going to need fixed. Jeeps just like Chevys have weak points, shoot just like anything.

If you really like your blazer and want to keep it go the commuter car route, take the Blazer off the road, I realize you have to register it in Cali but just minimize the insurance. When Horton is going to be down for more than a month and call and have them put garage insurance on it, costs me 3 bucks a month. Can't drive it like that but its still insured. Which helps when I put it back on the insurance
 
Well here it depends where you want to wheel it.
There are places you can go with a green sticker which costs less and isn't every year, and insurance could be dropped too to a lower cost. But some places are public road like the Rubicon, you need regular registration to go there.
I have learned my lesson after having my K5 the only vehicle I had, had to walk to work a few days while I was fixing my driveline.
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Now I always have at least one extra vehicle available as back up, and I don't go wheeling. You can always get a problem with a car any car.
blazinzuk said:
Just my thoughts but I have told lots of guys to keep their stuff and just get a commuter car, the cheaper the better, reliability is first then mileage. If it doesn't get 30 mpg or better you don't even look at it.

Some have, some haven't. The ones that have still have their wheeling rig, and are slowly working on it. The ones that didn't and just bought another 4wd are usually on their 3rd or 4th "next" 4wd.

If you wheel it, its going to need fixed. Jeeps just like Chevys have weak points, shoot just like anything.

If you really like your blazer and want to keep it go the commuter car route, take the Blazer off the road, I realize you have to register it in Cali but just minimize the insurance. When Horton is going to be down for more than a month and call and have them put garage insurance on it, costs me 3 bucks a month. Can't drive it like that but its still insured. Which helps when I put it back on the insurance
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Problrm is i dont have cash for a commuter car. We have savings for house and emergency funds, but i dont want to use either of those on a vehicle.

And if i do get a commuter i still cant drive my truck to the trails. At least not the sierras so it would just sit there. Belive me if I had the spare funds I would.

My blazer can be replaced fairly easy down the road. The only thing that sets it apart is maybe 1700 in axles and some junkyard parts.
 
I know this wasn't in the running, but would you consider a trailblazer or similar body style? We have an 04 envoy, 4.2 DOHC 4x4. Drives really nice, handles nice, engines last forever.

Drove it on our honeymoon, 3000 miles round trip from Indiana to Maine, averaged 23.5 the whole way. Usually around 20 MPG in our area.

There are plenty of them out there that can be had for a decent price, plus there are some out there that are wheeled (rare though).
 
So are you trading your blazer?

NorCal_Chris said:
Problrm is i dont have cash for a commuter car. We have savings for house and emergency funds, but i dont want to use either of those on a vehicle.

And if i do get a commuter i still cant drive my truck to the trails. At least not the sierras so it would just sit there. Belive me if I had the spare funds I would.

My blazer can be replaced fairly easy down the road. The only thing that sets it apart is maybe 1700 in axles and some junkyard parts.
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New jeep? 285hp, 21mpg, AC, cruise, good stereo, removable top, child safety seat latches, etc., etc. You could still wheel it... Within reason. Let's not forget........ A warranty!!!!!!!
 
i still vote to keep the blazer and make it more comfortable. my girl drove a 98 cherokee sport for like 6 yrs. good and reliable, but no lie, the god damn seats were terrible, my back would cramp up in those seats within 30 minutes of driving.
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my K5 was on 33s for the longest time, probably most of those same 6 yrs. looked silly with all the extra room in the wheel wells but it was a comfortable ride. drove it 6 hours straight from here to philly, didn't stop once. (plus i fit my entire life in the back, toolbox, clothes, bicycle, sleepingbag and airmatress, because i didn't know if i was going to have a place to stay when i got there hahaha)
whats wrong with the AC? some leaks, maybe a compressor? should be able to get it running?
as for safety: that blazer will take a hit like george foreman. kids are plenty safe in it.
i know im a K5 freak and always find a way to convince myself that my truck is the better than anything else on the roads, but most of the time its simply true hahaha
 
Deuling said:
WTF!!!!!:eek1::eek1::eek1::eek1::eek1:

my day just went down the toilet lol.
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lol,


Well the YJ was a pile of ass. Apparently it leaked at least a quart of oil every wheelin day and in addition to broken axleshafts it had broken lockouts and needed balljoints. So i passed on that
 
I'm confused.

Your wife likes the idea of the YJ , even though that option is out of the running now, but not the K5? I dont see much difference when you get down to it, other than the YJ is newer.

A TBI swap isnt all that complicated or expensive anymore either btw.
 
imiceman44 said:
But some places are public road like the Rubicon, you need regular registration to go there.
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Not to side track this thread to much. Are you sure about this? I'm green stickered and run the Rubicon. They no longer "look the other way" from driving your green stickered rig from the heli pad parking into the trail ( you know over the bridge) but you can still park your tow rig at the spill way and drive your green stickered rig into the trail......This is from my experience and not from the rule/law book.

Ohh, and another comment about the 4.2L engines running forever...........tell that to all my customers with those engines that needed a new cylinder head due to valve leakage causing low compression and engine misfires. GM issued a TSB stating that these cylinder heads are non-machineable/serviceable...............that being said, I do like the Envoy. Very nice quiet smooth SUV.
 
If you want something as a daily driver and better fuel mileage than neither of those rigs are in the right category. You would be lucky to get 18 mpg in a stock version of those vehicles and absolutely no way with fullsize axles, low gears, and big tires.

Also always somewhat leery of rigs like that with lots of custom parts. It could be very well fabricated, but the owner could also be selling it becasue it's a pile and they are tired of working on it. The other side is the potential they have been wheeled hard and beat up.

I know you said the YJ was now out, but also can't imagine it would be a whole lot more comfortable driving down the road. It did sound like the parts were better.

As mentioned several times, the unibody construction of the XJ really scares me on a rig with full width axles, 38's, and the potential of being used hard. A guy in our club bought a street driven XJ, slapped on a lift and 35's, and wheeled it almost every weekend. The thing was pretty much trashed after a year in regards to the unibody structure. Doors wouldn't open even sitting on flat ground and you could see the rub marks on the paint from the doors flexing. Think the back window even shattered on the trail simply because of body flex.

Generally the XJ is a much more civilized on the road but this one has a lot of modifications that likely detract from this. The first obvious one are the 38" Gumbo Mudders. The other is the 9.5" of lift on short arms, and then you have the spool. This also assuming the steering, alignment, and driveshaft angles are decent for road travel.

If you really want something that is a nice DD and also have some fun with off-road, look for a more moderate vehicle. There are quite a few TJ's in our club that fit this bill. A mild lift (several have had really good luck with a cheap coil spacer lift and small body lift), slap a locker or two in it, and some tires and you are done. A bunch that DD the rig also run a smaller all-terrain radial on the street and then a slightly larger (33-35") Swamper when running the trails.
 
A SAS would get you exactly what you want I think. It could be done on a budget to. Hmmmm
 
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