Now, I know to some of you this may seem like a stupid question but please hear me out. I plan on making this my everyday car. It gets the same gas mileage as my current car so gas money isn't the issue. I take the freeway to work every day and plan on taking it camping, meaning I will drive up hills and such. Is this investment going to be something I regret? I look at jeeps as an investment and am looking into changing it into an Automatic with a more powerful engine in the future, just not the near future. Thank you in advance for your advice. *ETA I am pretty young and going to college so I am looking for a slightly practical car, but I do love off-roading and jeeps so please don't tell me I am looking into the wrong type of car; I have done plenty of research and know what Jeeps entail.
Is a 2.5 manual '97 Jeep Wrangler TJ worth buying?
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for the condition it's in, yes. It only has 100k miles, a perfect paint job, some newer features, and is only 8k. with the current market that seems like a steal to me. All other TJs i have found have been 10-15k if not more.
I have a 2.5L and like it. I don't rock climb, just roads. It's a fun vehicle.
My first thought is shop far away from LA.
8k for a 100k 2.5 is high. That’s a 4-6k truck on the east coast
Driving it on the freeway and hills? Big, big mistake if it’s a 2.5.
Don’t believe me? Buy it and find out for yourself
You’ll just love that 4 cylinder on hills and highways
Don’t believe me? Buy it and find out for yourself
You’ll just love that 4 cylinder on hills and highways
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Mostly down hillsDriving it on the freeway and hills? Big, big mistake if it’s a 2.5.
Don’t believe me? Buy it and find out for yourself
You’ll just love that 4 cylinder on hills and highways
They’ll love not getting ticketsDriving it on the freeway and hills? Big, big mistake if it’s a 2.5.
Don’t believe me? Buy it and find out for yourself
You’ll just love that 4 cylinder on hills and highways
I’ll never forget my 2.5. I’ve never been so scared driving on the highwayThey’ll love not getting tickets
Idk, here in AZ that would sell pretty quick. The sun damages paint very easily here so it’s always a plus when you find one without sun damage.
I had a YJ 2.5 that sucked in open interstate due to crosswinds but did fine on in-town freeways. It was on 31s and stock gearing but did fine on everything but interstate.
is it just that it will go a bit slower? I tend not to be a speed demon and the absolute fastest I ever go is 80, but even then I try to stay below 75. do they generally have a hard time going up hills?Driving it on the freeway and hills? Big, big mistake if it’s a 2.5.
Don’t believe me? Buy it and find out for yourself
You’ll just love that 4 cylinder on hills and highways
oh no! Are they that bad?I’ll never forget my 2.5. I’ve never been so scared driving on the highway
Only on the highway and going up hills. In town and off-road they are great, but if you plan on doing lots of highway or hill driving, you’ll hate life. They barely have enough power to get out of their own way.
If you leave it at stock height and tire size it’s just ok.
There’s a pretty steep inversely proportional performance curve to tire size.
There’s a pretty steep inversely proportional performance curve to tire size.