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Old 05-04-2007, 05:26 AM
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Ordering an '08 in July and I have a few dealers in my area that will sell for invoice. So I am trying to stay under $27k. Right now I am set on a 2-door Rubicon in Detonator Yellow with the only option being an Auto. (Should be in the mid $25k)

Anyways are there any option you consider well worth the $$? I am 110% set on a soft top only and no power locks, etc.

Also, this is the first vehicle I've ever ordered, how does this process generally go? How much of a deposite do you usually pay?

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Both tops. That way you have one if you need it/want it.
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I live without every option they make except one (auto tranny) and I wish I'd decided to live without that.
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naw-- I don't think you need both tops...I only have the soft top and not regretted it one bit!! And I took delivery in Oct...so I have had it all winter...
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Originally Posted by rupedog
Both tops. That way you have one if you need it/want it.
Read my post, not going with a hard top period. Don't need it, don't want and no place to keep it.
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naw-- I don't think you need both tops...I only have the soft top and not regretted it one bit!! And I took delivery in Oct...so I have had it all winter...
5 jeeps 2 hard tops 3 soft tops, had to replace 4 tops due to slice and dice. Went to hardtops, no more slice and dice. Plus you can pack more junk I mean camping gear into a hardtop. Just my op.
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I live without every option they make except one (auto tranny) and I wish I'd decided to live without that.

Sounds like me, I just didn't know if someone might suggest something I haven't thought about.

Honestly the only other options (besides an auto) that I have considered in the past are tint and locking gas cap, lol.
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Originally Posted by rupedog
5 jeeps 2 hard tops 3 soft tops, had to replace 4 tops due to slice and dice. Went to hardtops, no more slice and dice. Plus you can pack more junk I mean camping gear into a hardtop. Just my op.
Its not up for debate, offtrack here we go....

I live in a gated community and work in a nice area no break in issues ever.

I am also lazy and wheel often, so taking the hardtop on and off would get old and a hardtop has no place on the trails I run.

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Originally Posted by ZachMan
Its not up for debate, offtrack here we go....

I live in a gated community and work in a nice area no break in issues ever.

I am also lazy and wheel often, so taking the hardtop on and off would get old and a hardtop has no place on the trails I run.
OK OK I give up. You win! Does jeep still sell winches as an option? That's one I would get.
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Originally Posted by ZachMan
Sounds like me, I just didn't know if someone might suggest something I haven't thought about.

Honestly the only other options (besides an auto) that I have considered in the past are tint and locking gas cap, lol.
I bought my stripped, unlimited X because its what I could afford at the time. The auto is terrible, but only because of the preprogrammed shiftpoints from DCX. As soon as the aftermarket comes up with a programmer for this vehicle, life will be good again. Now that I have lived with the Jeep awhile, the only thing that is an immediate "must have" for me, is larger wheels/tires. The stock 225s belong on a station wagon.


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