Just Wanted To Say Farewell

[Jason in DLH]

Sweet, what engine are you shooting for?

They have the 392 which would make me grin ear to ear, but I doubt my wife would approve of that. I’ll try though. If not it’ll be the 3.6L “eTorque” with 285hp (just found out they did away with the traditional alternator on that and it uses some kind of 48V battery or some business like that). My last Wrangler only had 180hp, so either way it’s a win!

 

[Bill 1960]

A friend just bought a wrangler Rubicon. Based on his experience you may find the choice of engine is effectively restricted to the turbo 4 with the present market and production constraints.

I have driven both and SOTP dyno says the 4 and 6 are comparable.

Just don’t buy the Italian diesel if you’ll keep it past the warranty period.

 

[wsteele]

They have the 392 which would make me grin ear to ear, but I doubt my wife would approve of that. I’ll try though. If not it’ll be the 3.6L “eTorque” with 285hp (just found out they did away with the traditional alternator on that and it uses some kind of 48V battery or some business like that). My last Wrangler only had 180hp, so either way it’s a win!

I feel kind of gypped having never had a mid-life crisis. But had I ever had one, I would have brought the V8 home and when my wife complained, I would calmly explain we were getting off easy as mid-life crisis goes...

 

[Bill 1960]

I am just realizing I’ve been in a midlife crisis for 40 years.

 

[George B]

I feel kind of gypped having never had a mid-life crisis. But had I ever had one, I would have brought the V8 home and when my wife complained, I would calmly explain we were getting off easy as mid-life crisis goes...

I am just realizing I’ve been in a midlife crisis for 40 years.

I am looking forward to my crisis... Need some fun in my life.

 

[wsteele]

I am just realizing I’ve been in a midlife crisis for 40 years.

I have a very good friend who is just like that, happiest guy I ever knew.

 

[gooffeyguy]

But it costs a fortune to replace it with another used vehicle because all the prices are inflated right now so what’s the point? Same with people selling their house only to find out they can’t even buy another unless they have cash for it and outbid the other buyers. And if you take very long the prices go up even more. You can’t win.

I think he's replacing it with a new vehicle.

 

[drakon543]

Here’s what I hope it will look like (the dealership is going to look for a similar model tomorrow)…

its a jeep so im assuming you have to pay extra for the doors?

 

[OR VietVet]

At Jeep, you start with a frame and everything from there is piece meal and ala carte after that. Get your calculator out.

 

[1BADI5]

Sorry to see you go. Just curious, but why did you decide to go to a Wrangler from a Yukon Denali?

We sold/traded out LTZ in when we got our Rubicon, didn't need room for car seats anymore..........plus I still have my PPV.

We've had the Rubicon for 2 years now (bought new) we could sell it right now for what we bought it for......the market is wild right now.

 

[OR VietVet]

I just heard yesterday, on the radio, that vehicle prices have topped out and will be heading down. I cannot remember the source of the info though. Do I believe it? Hell, I got no idea.

 

[DTOM]

They've topped out for now.

 

[wsteele]

I just heard yesterday, on the radio, that vehicle prices have topped out and will be heading down. I cannot remember the source of the info though. Do I believe it? Hell, I got no idea.

I think if Ben Bernanke, one of the smartest people in the world when it comes to economics, can testify to congress in 2007 that the sub-prime mortgage problem was "well contained", am I listening to some schmuck with a minor in economics forecast where auto prices are going? Ah... no.

 

[Geotrash]

Just one more datapoint: My next-door neighbor is a buyer for Carmax corporate and has been correctly forecasting the rise in used car prices to me for the past year. He tried to convince me to hang on to our 2018 4Runner for another 6 months before selling it toward the end of 2020, and if I'd followed his advice, we'd have another $10K in our pockets. He's now convinced we're crossing the peak as well, and that prices will start heading back down, but not bottom out for at least another year.

 

[wsteele]

Just one more datapoint: My next-door neighbor is a buyer for Carmax corporate and has been correctly forecasting the rise in used car prices to me for the past year. He tried to convince me to hang on to our 2018 4Runner for another 6 months before selling it toward the end of 2020, and if I'd followed his advice, we'd have another $10K in our pockets. He's now convinced we're crossing the peak as well, and that prices will start heading back down, but not bottom out for at least another year.

A guy who does it for a living will always have cred with me.

A guy who earned his PhD in economics from an Ivy League school and believes centrally planned economies are OK as long as PhD's are calling the shots... ah, maybe I will wait till the guy who buys cars for a living calls me back.

 

[CaptainAmerica1]

Fair winds and flowing seas Buddy!

 

[Rocket Man]

Fair winds and flowing seas Buddy!

I thought that was following seas?

 

[CaptainAmerica1]

I knew it was something like that. Thanks for ruining the sentiment. Lol

 

[Rocket Man]

I knew it was something like that. Thanks for ruining the sentiment. Lol

Anytime.

 

[George B]

This thread is like a Midwest Goodbye...