Ok. My kid is soon to be 16 years old. I have been using this as an excuse to maybe pick up an xj, with possible plans to turn it into a mild trail rig.
I have been looking and I am a bit concerned. I don't mind using repairs as an excuse to upgrade, but my mechanical abilities are limited to garage bolt ons. I don't want to be stuck with vehicle that has to keep going into the shop.
I have been hitting up the OEM tech board with some model year/value questions.
My wife is driving a '05 scion. Today a 2007 4 door wrangler passes us by and she gets all interested. So this thought crosses my mind, put the kid in the scion (he will have to just get over the gay factor) and put the wife in an '07 4 door rubicon. Theroy is two problems solved. Though I am still not sold on the look of the 2007
Question(s): Is it fair to say that an '07 rubicon is a better daily driver/mild-moderate trail rig than just about any XJ, considering my build abilities and mild-moderate trail desires.
What is the consensus of the '07's out on the road/trail. I kind of hate the whole hummer-esqe thing.
I have been looking and I am a bit concerned. I don't mind using repairs as an excuse to upgrade, but my mechanical abilities are limited to garage bolt ons. I don't want to be stuck with vehicle that has to keep going into the shop.
I have been hitting up the OEM tech board with some model year/value questions.
My wife is driving a '05 scion. Today a 2007 4 door wrangler passes us by and she gets all interested. So this thought crosses my mind, put the kid in the scion (he will have to just get over the gay factor) and put the wife in an '07 4 door rubicon. Theroy is two problems solved. Though I am still not sold on the look of the 2007
Question(s): Is it fair to say that an '07 rubicon is a better daily driver/mild-moderate trail rig than just about any XJ, considering my build abilities and mild-moderate trail desires.
What is the consensus of the '07's out on the road/trail. I kind of hate the whole hummer-esqe thing.