For what itās worth, I sold mine to the dealer for actual cash value and picked up a 2023 Rubicon for a good discount. Once the HPFP issue is resolved I may pick up another but for now itās one less headache.
State Farm chose not to renew us as the number of accidents weāve been involved in (not at fault) exceeded their threshold.
We switched to Liberty Mutual and saved about $1k per 6 month term.
Iāve purchased 5 Jeeps from the same dealer and their service and warranty work has been excellent. The dealer paid me actual cash value for the jeep and heavily discounted the new one.
Iād say my experience was atypical but so is my relationship with the dealer and ownership.
My sawsall has a date with the rear resonator on the stock exhaust. It hangs down a bit far and I've already caught it on a few obstacles.
I plan to cut if off just above the last bend where it can't try to catch itself on anything.
I drove to the local high school parking lot and hooked up to the concrete base of a light post to tension the winch line.
What a difference. The new winch pulls substantially stronger and smoother than the one it replaced. Whatever was wrong with that one, I am happy to now have it replaced.
There's three groups.
The two you noted and the third being previous ED owners that had the HPFP take a dump on them and cut their losses while Bosch and Stellantis / FCA sort the circus out. I fall into the third group.
Having sold my Overland diesel last week and picked up a JTR I can honestly say I have zero buyers remorse. Initially, the difference was night and day but the more I drove the JTR the more I got used to what it did vs didn't and have come to appreciate the simplicity.
I checked with the...
When Gliders were popular (legal) guys would have two or three engines on standby should the existing engine give it up.
The strangest call I got was a guy in the middle of nowhere that lost his engine. The call was to pick up the block at his shop, bring it to where he was (800 miles away)...