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Wheeling your Brand new Jeep.

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Old 02-06-2011, 11:10 AM
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Within a week of buying it, my brand new $36k sticker 2011 Rubicon was covered in mud. Within a month, it was lifted. A month later it was 35's and new wheels. With less than 3000 miles it's seen a lot of mud, rocks, and sand. That's what Jeeps are for. I don't know why so many people buy Wranglers and never wheel them. There are so many cars and trucks that make better daily drivers, a Wrangler seems like a terrible choice if you plan to stick to the pavement. It's a lot like when I had my Elise and people would talk about buying a Lotus to commute in and never track it. Sure you can do it, but why wouldn't you buy something else?
Old 02-06-2011, 11:44 AM
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I paid off our JKU this past fall, but I still wheeled it while we had payments. It's also my family's daily driver. I enjoy every off-road trip I have taken and would still wheel it even if we still had payments!




Old 02-06-2011, 11:54 AM
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DD and weekend warrior. All stock thus far and it has surprised me - both on road comfort and off road ability.

AEV 4.5 premium, 35" Nitto's and ARB on board air next week!

Then to OBX next weekend (again)...

Yup, has to be this way, mall crawling is no way for a Jeep to spend its days...
Old 02-06-2011, 12:16 PM
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I was wheelin' the day after buying mine.... only reason it took me that long was because paperwork took until after dark



Of course a BIG part of the reason why I purchased a used jeep was so I wouldn't feel nearly as bad about draggin' past rocks and trees.... I might have a hard time doing that if she were new from the manufacturer... So I certainly don't hold it against the guys that wait for that 1st shopping cart ding before wheelin'
Old 02-06-2011, 12:25 PM
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If you have a JK and do not take it off road.......it is not a wrangler it is just a grocery getter.
Old 02-06-2011, 12:27 PM
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I wouldnt have bought it and make payments on it if my intentions werent to offroad the s#$t out of it! It is my toy and daily driver, I couldnt afford to have both so I compromised.
Old 02-06-2011, 12:56 PM
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I pay on mine and wheel it hard when I can, I also have plenty of mods done and more to come in the near future........................
Old 02-06-2011, 04:17 PM
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I wheeled mine when I still had the intransits on it and I also did the 0% financing so it was a no brainer.
Old 02-06-2011, 04:40 PM
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With the paper tag still on it.

Old 02-06-2011, 04:51 PM
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Brother in law (mpkelley20 on here) we took his out with 200 miles on odometer

I've got 1 yr left on loan and wheel mine lifter tires. I love it


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