My newest purchase.

[John]

1995 Jeep Cherokee Sport.
210,000 KM's
4.0 Liter Inline 6

2000$

Great condition.


I had a problem with the engine at first, she would stall here and there when you go to shift into reverse or drive. After i bought it i discovered the air filter cover was left ajar so that the engine was sucking in dirt. I just cleaned it out with some carb cleaner and she worked perfectly.

She now has 212,000 Km's on her after 1 week HAHA

 

[Vic C.]

You purchased snow?


:biglaugh

 

[John]

When they said fully loaded they meant it.

 

[VaultZero4Me]

Grats. I love the bodies of Jeep models. They seem to look better with age even.

I had to get rid of my car I could no longer afford recently due to being jobless way too long. Now that I have a job soon, I will be giving back my parents old car and getting something cheap.

The move from my barely broken in sport packaged turbo Audi, to a basic older reliable beater has taught me a good lesson.

Buying new over priced cars to display a "I made it." sign while behind the wheel, just isn't worth the debt and payments.

From now on I plan on being one of the dudes I used to imagine thinking "Wow I wish I had that.", but in reality were thinking "haha another sucker caught up in the consumerism drug dealt by the marketing industry, and making You Need This Inc. rich by dedicating a large portion of his wallet to them."

From now on, I will not go into debt for something that main purpose is to get me from point A to B and I am constantly freaking out over at every bump in the road or tailgater.

With my next car I'll be able to go "lolwhatpothole?" and keep my money.

 

[John]

True enough

I always wanted a Viper but my Jeep will do the job just fine, lol

 

[Vic C.]

A Viper on ice and snow? You may as well be on a motorcycle. :yes

 

[Free]

Good purchase for $2,000, John.

The move from my barely broken in sport packaged turbo Audi, to a basic older reliable beater has taught me a good lesson.

Buying new over priced cars to display a "I made it." sign while behind the wheel, just isn't worth the debt and payments.

I would still like an A6 at some point but one that's a few years old--3.2 or 4.2. The main reason I hesitate, apart from not owing anything on my current ride, is that I don't want people to think I got it as a status symbol. Well, that and I don't have the money anyway, lol. All I want is a quiet, comfortable car with AWD. There is currently a used '05 4.2 in my city for $22,000 CDN, which is cheaper than a same year G35x and an '06 Accord. Used Audi's seem to be a good bang-for-the-buck.

Having said all that, I'm not going to cry if I never own one. It's just a car. They get stolen, get in accidents, get rusted (maybe not Audi's so much), get old and die, etc.

From now on, I will not go into debt for something that main purpose is to get me from point A to B and I am constantly freaking out over at every bump in the road or tailgater.

I had a Porsche tailgating me the other day. That was one time I didn't mind and actually thought how nice it would be if a dog ran out into the road.

With my next car I'll be able to go "lolwhatpothole?" and keep my money.

lol! I know what you mean. I'm a bit of a car guy and have slightly modded my '03 Altima SE. I'm at the point where I'm wondering if it's really worth it. I haven't put a whole lot into it but I'm only half-way in what I was planning on doing. I'm hoping to get out today and put some sound deadening in. It won't be A6 quiet but I need to tone down the in-cabin exhaust volume.

Glad to see that you have a job coming up. It's been so rough the last while and it's good to see that people can still find work.

 

[VaultZero4Me]

Audi was a nice ride. Mine was an A4. They are a good bang for the buck used, as they dont seem to fair as well as mercedes and bmw value wise for the first couple of years.

If you do get a 2005ish, be weary of the multitronic. Read consumer reports on the year you get. The ride is super nice to never feel a gear change, as well as the acceleration, but they had a few problems with them. Mine never gave me problems, but if they do, I don't think they are repairable, and you have to change out the whole unit at a whopping $8-9k. Also engine sludge was a problem on some units, so just take it to a mechanic and have it checked for sludge before buying.

Fun car to own but so much techy stuff on them that they can be pretty costly to maintain out of the warranty. I had a problem with the spark plug/wire system, and if it had been out of warranty, dealer would have charged me like $700.

edit* Oh I forgot another 2005 problem. The window regulators were prone to go out. I had 1 go under warranty, and 1 go out of warranty. $400 to fix, and there are reports of people having every single window go bad eventually because of a design flaw (some plastic clip they used). But, this is something people have figured out how to fix themself by taking off their door panel and using a zip tie in place of the broken clip, versus replacing the whole reg unit.

 

[Free]

Thanks for the info. I hadn't heard about the transmission issue. In the bit of research that I've done, I've found that they do have some reliability issues and aren't that cheap to fix. I think if I ever do get one, I will have to be in a position where I know I can afford any repairs to the car. However, there is much to be said about having a car that you don't have to keep worrying about. In some ways I miss having a beater.

In the end, there are plenty of other reliable cars that would be cheaper to own and could be made quieter. A quiet ride would be much more soothing and make traffic easier to deal with, imo.

Edit to reply to your edit:

I have heard about the window regulators. I find it odd that a car that costs so much can have some simple design flaws that cost so much to repair.