Well I'm going to tell you a true story-
We recently had a member purchase a Jeep for around $6,500.
I would say once he fixed all the issues and put tires on it it has taken about $5,000 to make it safely driveable.
I have seen guys do this with dirt bikes over and over... They get a bike that has a lot of wear and tear and it hundred dollars them to death with tires, brake, pads ,chains, sprockets , tubes , cables, handle bars, levers, graphics and so on....
The same thing happens with a Jeep but it's not $100.
I'm not saying you can't do okay spending less money but I'm going to tell you what happened to me:
I paid $20,000 for a TJ and didn't know what I was looking for... It came out of Knoxville and it was Rubicon with about 20,000 miles.
once I straightened everything out and got it to where I wanted it ... I'm nearly 30,000 in . Based on what I know today... I could have two that are just about as nice for that.
The reason I'm able to post that I got a second one at a good deal is I knew more of what I was looking for when I was considering purchasing another one.
....also I knew what I was going to spend after I purchased it because I could look at the vehicle and tell what it needed and what it didn't.
if you don't know any particular model of vehicle get somebody that's really familiar with them and check it out.
We love pics ..but getting feedback from us can be too slow if the TJ is a steal...they sell fast.
We recently had a member purchase a Jeep for around $6,500.
I would say once he fixed all the issues and put tires on it it has taken about $5,000 to make it safely driveable.
I have seen guys do this with dirt bikes over and over... They get a bike that has a lot of wear and tear and it hundred dollars them to death with tires, brake, pads ,chains, sprockets , tubes , cables, handle bars, levers, graphics and so on....
The same thing happens with a Jeep but it's not $100.
I'm not saying you can't do okay spending less money but I'm going to tell you what happened to me:
I paid $20,000 for a TJ and didn't know what I was looking for... It came out of Knoxville and it was Rubicon with about 20,000 miles.
once I straightened everything out and got it to where I wanted it ... I'm nearly 30,000 in . Based on what I know today... I could have two that are just about as nice for that.
The reason I'm able to post that I got a second one at a good deal is I knew more of what I was looking for when I was considering purchasing another one.
....also I knew what I was going to spend after I purchased it because I could look at the vehicle and tell what it needed and what it didn't.
if you don't know any particular model of vehicle get somebody that's really familiar with them and check it out.
We love pics ..but getting feedback from us can be too slow if the TJ is a steal...they sell fast.
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