I don’t think it’s going to be very collectible until about 20 years...then it will be, first year gladiator, and the LE. Which can be proven by window sticker. I’ll be saving mine, as I save all the window stickers from new cars purchased. I do also believe that dealers will charge more for them in the used market than regular rubicons, regardless of options.
I also got ripped off and misled, totally agree. You get better at it. My deal on the LE is not financial, so that might be a parting of the ways. My thing is this, I fixed up a Jeep, got ripped off on the first gladiaGla because I'm an idiot, scored 1000 plywood points on this one I have now. It's an off year, weird engine, three in a tree, odd as hell and perfect! I can spend another ten grand on it and still be below entry level Gladiator 2020 totaling 2 running Jeep's and the loss, still tenK left out of my25K fuck around budget. So my math is cheap hobby. In a couple years somebody will dump an LE and I get my 4190, mostly just for the fun of it. So, I don't expecte better price. Don't want loaded Rubi. Call me crazy but I just want an old LE in a couple years, one that has been across a continent and shows it, rougher the better.
Which, the LE is a loaded rubicon.
In Canada, we learned to be patient... not because we really want to be patient but because we have to be patient... How they say it? Patience is a virtue?!?
It was about whether you get more value with an LE or a Rubi. legit used LE has more value to me...
Your right and it never will. If it gets totaled it will not bring you any more from insurance ethier. It is the same way with any limited edition made by anyone. You have to do private sales to get that extra money back. Companys pull numbers for sales data in the state and zip code you are in. Ltd editions or any vehicle that doesn't change hands often doesn't have enough data. So than they use closes data they can get. A person buying a LTD edition vehicle knows what it is and how hard it is to find. I was offered $5000 trade in on my 04 STI with 140,000 miles. I sold it my self in a week for $12,000. It is up to you to know what you have and get the best money for it. The dealer isn't going to.
This is the first result, https://www.instagram.com/plywoodprn/?hl=en Tasteful!
The rest were...............
Second try tooanswer your question better... I don't give a shit about the loaded part. Whatever tech still works I'll disable. What I want is the limited edition. Let's say they really made 10,000 of them. Let's say most are identical. My thing is some asshole at the company got a one off. He had some add nobody else got. Or if it's true to jeep, they ran out of parts so swapped something out which makes it a little different. Then let's say that same asshole or better some relativerwent on a safari in the contraption, added stuff, took stuff off, beats it into good shape. That's the one I want. Interesting jeep, good life, and working, with a badge 4190 that it earned the hard way, the jeep way. I can't value that in dollars, but I'll buy it when I find it. I do know that I do not value somebody's fully loaded Rubi as highly, and won't spend a penny on that variety. My thoughts
so what you're saying is,
Exactly! It’s the basis of any collection... the limited edition, the one with a particular "theme", adorning the designer’ signature, or worn by the star... it’s not realistic, it’s collectable!
Okay! Too much philosophy... The Canadian winter was too long... I need to open the top!!!The owner is proud of it... not necessarily satisfied!!! It’s a paradox...
