seems like a lot of us have jeeps as a primary driver

[petrolblue83911]

Interesting note-

I've nearly always driven a jeep as my primary daily driver, and noticed recently that it looks like many of others on this board do the same!

Just picked up a new 2013 wrangler sahara, 4 door-and love it. Of course totally different from the 911, but in some ways, also quirky like the Porsche.

[Josh D]

I've driven Jeeps for years as daily drivers. Now I'm just down to two and they are mostly for recreation or part time use. I did daily drive the '95 Wrangler daily this list winter for a couple months while I repaired the transmission in the 911. Here's some pics of past and current Jeeps:

My '95. I've owned it since new and have performed all modifications to it. It just past 100K miles!



My '71 J2000 Gladiator. I've owned it since '02. It was a neglected beater I bought for $600. It now sports a well built AMC 360 that I built, Dodge disc braked front D44 axle, lift using ScoutII springs, and a bunch of other goodies!



This was my '88 Grand Wagoneer. It was a bone stock 100K mile truck when I bought it. I did the lift, wheels and tires, early grill and some bolt on engine mods. It was my daily driver for about three years. Sold it when I moved back to AZ and had to deal with emissions



I've also had a '56 Willys Wagon, a '47 & '48 Willys pickup, and a '95 Jeep Grand Cherrokee that my wife used to DD.

[onewhippedpuppy]

I love Jeeps. I'd happily daily drive a Rubicon Unlimited but the things hold their value incredibly well.

[R K T]

Always wanted a Jeep and bought my first one three months ago.
I thought the "slippery slope" was bad with the Porsche.....there is a million aftermarket goodies to spend money on for the Jeep!!!

[Hard-Deck]

My wife's daily is a 2008 Wrangler Sahara. It is our fourth jeep and she will drive nothing else.

[pavulon]

This speaks to me...I gotta stop clicking on this stuff as anything nearby has been consumed by salt.

Originally Posted by Josh D

[exc911ence]

I've been daily driving Jeeps since my 1988 Comanche! Had 3 Cherokees, 1 YJ and 5 TJ's... still enjoying my '05 Unlimited daily.

[eimkeith]

I'm transitioning to this as my DD from my 993 (which I'll be selling):



I've been driving it/restoring it/ mildly modding it since January.

[VINMAN]

Josh, that Grand Wagoneer is gorgeous! Those are going for big $$ nowadays.

[kach22i]

I've come close to buying a Jeep a handful of times, closest was three years ago.

I still have a hankering, currently want one of those Jeep Brute pick-ups.

[Dantilla]

There is a Rubicon sitting in my garage. 4th Jeep I've had. A Cherokee and three Wranglers.

[stogie25]

I bought my Jeep new in 1997. It has been a work in progress since.

[Nostril Cheese]

Jeep Gladiators are awesome.

[porwolf]

My daily driver, almost a jeep and it runs and runs. First engine, never touched, first transmission. 1982, almost a million miles!

[onewhippedpuppy]

I really need to just avoid these threads, it gives me way too many ideas.

[fastfredracing]

I've had a few, and have been using Grand Cherokees as daily drivers for about 5 years now. I've been tempted to lift them , but I always talk myself out of it, and put my effort into the p cars instead.
They are super handy for a guy like me. They go anywhere in the snow, I can put the family in one, and drive to the beach if I want, I can fill them with tools for rental house work, and I have hauled engines, rear axles, and all sorts of auto parts/supplies in them
Here is my last shop beater. Sold it for $900.00 with 285,000 miles on the clock. 3 transmissions, but the original 318 ran like a swiss watch, and never even had a valve cover removed.
It was starting to get really rusty, and the interior was gross, and all torn up, so , I replaced it with this one, another shop beater, but this one is a little nicer. It has 175 k on the clock. It was my ex employees , and it was his pride and joy when he bought it. I had to put new bearings in the front diff, a few front end parts, and a rad, but this one runs real nice as well.
I also briefly had a real nice 99 Grand Cherokee that we used as a family car, but I sold it off, it was too nice, I prefer beaters.
On my bucket list, would be to build a cj, wrangler, or rubicon. someday.....

[Rick V]

I had one about twenty years ago and DD'd it, I loved that thing.
Here is a pic of when I first got it. 79 5, it ended up sitting on 35's, lived in the low grounds of the James River and always had fishing poles in it.

[Chocaholic]

Interesting reading. My neighbor is a Ford and Chrysler dealer. Says people that are loyal to Jeep will rarely consider a Chrysler, yet the same company and parts bin.

[KNS]

I've heard that Chrysler is trying to move the brand up-market to become more Range Rover like and get away from the utilitarian aspect. I hope that's not true.
I quess there's more money in plush leather and Nav systems.

[vash]

They are going to have a few diesel jeeps soon right?

I've had three. Two CJ 7's and a Cherokee. Fun rigs for sure. My sis snatched the family 85 jeep Scrambler from my parents. I worked on that thing and kept it up. Whatever. I'm not telling her where I hid the box of smog parts.