Howdy,
I am getting a loan from my father to buy a new car. I want an older manual so we are looking at getting a 2-door jeep wrangler. We are looking for something that is relatively cheap yet will not have many issues down the road, especially expensive issues. Of course any old vehicles will have issues and need repairs but hopefully something as common and cheap as a jeep should be relatively cheap to repair.
I am hoping to convince my father to loan me the money to buy a 1981 CJ-8(manual) w/103,500 miles for $19,980 over a 2006 2-door wrangler w/67,000 miles for $16,999 (also manual). The fact that it is so old (39 years) and has 100,000 miles he is reluctant to spend the extra $2,000. Both vehicles look to be in great condition and barring any mechanical problems in either I cannot get him to budge off the wrangler. The wrangler is a great jeep and admittedly the 5th gear does give it a little bit of an advantage on freeways yet he wanted me to get a truck but I want a jeep, hence the shopping for a jeep. I thought that a jeep with a truck bed would be a perfect compromise but apparently not. The hurdles I am trying to get over are the availability of replacement parts, and the question of how well will an vehicle with 100,000 miles hold up. Any advice or ammunition y'all can give me to help sway him would be great.
I am getting a loan from my father to buy a new car. I want an older manual so we are looking at getting a 2-door jeep wrangler. We are looking for something that is relatively cheap yet will not have many issues down the road, especially expensive issues. Of course any old vehicles will have issues and need repairs but hopefully something as common and cheap as a jeep should be relatively cheap to repair.
I am hoping to convince my father to loan me the money to buy a 1981 CJ-8(manual) w/103,500 miles for $19,980 over a 2006 2-door wrangler w/67,000 miles for $16,999 (also manual). The fact that it is so old (39 years) and has 100,000 miles he is reluctant to spend the extra $2,000. Both vehicles look to be in great condition and barring any mechanical problems in either I cannot get him to budge off the wrangler. The wrangler is a great jeep and admittedly the 5th gear does give it a little bit of an advantage on freeways yet he wanted me to get a truck but I want a jeep, hence the shopping for a jeep. I thought that a jeep with a truck bed would be a perfect compromise but apparently not. The hurdles I am trying to get over are the availability of replacement parts, and the question of how well will an vehicle with 100,000 miles hold up. Any advice or ammunition y'all can give me to help sway him would be great.