I have this idea

[bigalpha]

Of selling my XJ and buying a used subaru for my DD; keeping the MJ for trash hauler, etc.

 

[Swamprat]

subaru's are fun! sadly i cant have both, i envy you

 

[eflores]

subaru's are fun! sadly i cant have both, i envy you

you are in every chapter forum aren't you TOI

 

[Swamprat]

just the three, once your out of Colorado i really dont have a reason to snoop around there.

 

[bigalpha]

Yeah, I miss my old Subaru.

 

[ladywolf]

the day after u get rid of the XJ, you'll want it back.

 

[bigalpha]

Maybe, maybe not. It's not like I really get to use it right now anyways.

 

[Mr.Shrek]

Take that effort you'd put into selling the XJ and finding a subaru and put it into your XJ so you could enjoy it.

 

[bigalpha]

It's not really about effort, it's about what I can afford. It's hard to afford driving 4hrs to go offroading all the time.

 

[MELKORsXJ]

It's not really about effort, it's about what I can afford. It's hard to afford driving 4hrs to go offroading all the time.

imagine towing 4 hours with an old deisel truck...!

define "all the time" ?

...and offroad trips can be obtained at a regular pace, all it takes is some budgeting/planning

 

[thechief86]

if you aren't attached to the idea of a jeep, and the ease of repair on a jeep, get a subie. for the type of wheeling i've seen you do, you can do that in a subie, and save gas, and have a comfy DD. i took my subaru to short mountain a couple times, and i couldn't do all the same stuff i could do in the xj, but for a compact car, i must say i was impressed! i do say you should get a 5spd, for the durability, and the fun factor. i regret selling my subaru, and given the opportunity, i'd buy another in a heartbeat. they do make lift kits for them, and some of the foresters and outbacks came with a lockout center diff and low range. it isn't common, but it was an option. in costa rica, i saw a sick forester with lowrange and enough lift to clear 31's without trimming.

 

[Swamprat]

dirtyimpreza.com might help you see what subarus are capable of. even my fwd impreza i owned a few months back was pretty beast

 

[bigalpha]

I used to have a Subie and took it offroading some. At this point, it seems like I need to get my financials in order (getting rid of debt, mostly).

 

[ladywolf]

I guess it really depends on what you want. I want another toy, but cant really justify it at the moment.

I liked my Subie, but I missed my jeep when i traded it for the subie.

 

[YJ-GENRAL]

how would you come out finacially better? gas mileage? or selling the XJ and buying a subie would end up making money? not sure what you mean by getting your finacials in order (and personally its none of my business, but that is what you claim to be your reasoning)

its all about what you want. you want to own an XJ thats pretty capable and still DDable keep it. if you dont want to mess with the XJ and get a better DD then get a subie

either way you still have the option of making the comanche more trail worthy and still "take out the trash" duty ... just a thought, but you could take all the good stuff off the XJ and put it on the MJ and then sell the XJ as stockish and keep the MJ for trail duty if you like...

i dont know how much wheeling you do but you dont have to drive 4 hours to get to a spot to wheel...

 

[bigalpha]

What I mean is that we are getting married in September, so we're focusing on saving for that. After the wedding, we're going to bust balls getting our debt to $0.00. Then everything we save after will add up.

Having a money-pit that always requires $ probably isn't the best way to accomplish this goal, lol. The closes place to offroad is about an hour away from me, so that's a two hour round trip. Driving to places outside of nashville would take about 2 hours in the Jeep. Not to mention paying the access fee for most places. Then fixing anything that wears out/breaks on the Jeep.

I still owe about $1500 on the loan I paid for the Jeep with. We're in the process of trying to get rid of our Mazda3 as well. Biggest problem is that my fiance took a new job with half the salary she used to make so it's put a damper on some of the things I had planned to do.

 

[thechief86]

if you get a fairly new subie, and don't beat on it too bad, it'll last a long time. same is true with the xj, though. if you just go nuts and fix every little thing that might be wrong on the xj over a period of 2 weeks, it'll be dependable again. then, just stay off the trails that tear stuff up. i DD'd my old blue chief for a little over 5 years, and only had to work on it after wheelin trips. these really are good trucks. fix all the little stuff, get someone on here to help you regear to 4.10's or lower for your tires, and run non-ethanol gas. you'll be able to get subaru gas mileage, have better capability, and look a little more heterosexual. i think that would take less $ than paying off the xj, then buying a subie(more debt), and possibly having to fix stuff on it, too.

 

[bigalpha]

So what's the point of staying off the trails that I could break something on? I can do those in a Subie. Plus, I have terrible impulse control!

I doubt that by fixing up the Jeep I can make it as economical as having a Subaru DD. Especially since the price of them has gone down since I owned mine.

Maybe I need to get a stock XJ that's in perfect condition.

 

[ladywolf]

are you wanting a newer Subie, or an older one that you just want to pay cash for?

 

[bigalpha]

It would be an older one - 97-2000ish.

We're working through options to get rid of our mazda and get a used car for it.