Other vehicles you've owned?

Chris, I live in the best bike riding country anywhere. Our tiny town sees thousands of riders from around the world. Unfortunately we also see many injured every summer. That said... if you want to ride the best roads in the world... come up to the Kootenays. Biking needs a special mind set, not much different that 4 wheeling along a cliff edge, or the discipline your previous vocation required. Wish everyone had that discipline.
 
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CARS

1951 Mercedes
1966 VW Beetle - 2
1968 Rambler Rebel
1970 Boss 302 Mustang
1973 Mustang Mach I
1976 Pontiac La mans
1966 Chevy Nova SS
1979 Pontiac Bonneville
1981 Ford F150 F250 4X4
1985 Ford 150 XLT
1990 Ford Mustang 5.0 LX
1990 Ford Mustang 5.0 GT
1990 Honda Civic CRX SI
1991 Ford Mustang 5.0 LX
1978 Ford F150
1965 Ford F100
1970 Ford 429 CJ Torino Cobra
2004 Ford 150 STX
2007 Ford F150 XLT
2010 Ford F150 XLT
2013 RAM 1500 Longhorn
2014 Ford F150 Limited
2012 Jeep Wrangler Sport

MOTORCYCLES

1967 650 Triumph Bonneville
1979 Yamaha 1100 Special
1979 Yamaha 1100 Standard
1977 Honda GL1000 Goldwing
1982 Honda GL1100 Goldwing
1984 Honda GL1200 Goldwing
1987 Honda GL1200 Goldwing
1988 Honda GL1800 Goldwing
2006 Honda GL1800 Goldwing
2007 Harley Davidson Road King Classic
2009 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic
2012 Honda GL1800 Goldwing
 
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Got my licence in 1970. For the first 15 years I owned dozens of British and German cars, Ford,VW, Opel and Leyland. Then 30 years ago I caught the off road / 4x4 bug. I have owned nothing but Land Rovers , Defenders, Series, Range Rovers and Discovery's ever since.
NOW I have my first Jeep and love it.
 
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Steve Wasteney said:
Got my licence in 1970. For the first 15 years I owned dozens of British and German cars, Ford,VW, Opel and Leyland. Then 30 years ago I caught the off road / 4x4 bug. I have owned nothing but Land Rovers , Defenders, Series, Range Rovers and Discovery's ever since.
NOW I have my first Jeep and love it.
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How do you like those Land Rovers and Range Rovers? I hear they are great off road but horribly unreliable and very costly to fix.
 
The older and less technical they were, the more reliable they were. The V8,s were poor in their original form as they stopped at the sight of water. Modern LR's are expensive to service and repair. Anything with more than 1 ECU is a liability off road. Their biggest problem is having strayed away from their root ethos, " A Land Rover should be repairable by any Bush mechanic in any part of the world". I am afraid they are a very long way from that now. I would think the very latest Grand Cherokees suffer from the same loss of direction.
 
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Steve Wasteney said:
The older and less technical they were, the more reliable they were. The V8,s were poor in their original form as they stopped at the sight of water. Modern LR's are expensive to service and repair. Anything with more than 1 ECU is a liability off road. Their biggest problem is having strayed away from their root ethos, " A Land Rover should be repairable by any Bush mechanic in any part of the world". I am afraid they are a very long way from that now. I would think the very latest Grand Cherokees suffer from the same loss of direction.
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I agree with you 100%. My thought is the same, anything with more than one ECU is a liability off road.

This is one of the reasons that the Jeep Wrangler TJ is in my opinion, the last real Jeep. It's a simple design, easy to work on, and isn't modern and complex like the newer Jeeps.

I've seen how complicated those newer Land Rovers and Range Rovers are. If anything goes bad on those things you need an entire computer system just to diagnose what's wrong. In addition parts are prohibitively expensive.
 
billiebob said:
I'd apply to that to all of todays Jeeps.
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I'd be happy to apply that to basically any modern day street legal vehicle. The more strict the EPA regulations become and the more advanced these vehicles get, the more difficult it becomes to service them.
 
I've got 3!
2004 Jeep TJ
1983 Chevrolet K20
1987 GMC Jimmy

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Chris said:
How do you like those Land Rovers and Range Rovers? I hear they are great off road but horribly unreliable and very costly to fix.
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My mom had a Land Rover(2008 I think) that thing ate cash like no tomorrow, we only have two certified mechanics to work on them that will do older ones.
She finally sold it and got a dodge nitro, which is way cheaper to get serviced out here, and most mechanics can fix the dodge.

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Basiasadie said:
My mom had a Land Rover(2008 I think) that thing ate cash like no tomorrow, we only have two certified mechanics to work on them that will do older ones.
She finally sold it and got a dodge nitro, which is way cheaper to get serviced out here, and most mechanics can fix the dodge.

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That goes along with what I've heard about Land Rover. Horribly over priced for parts, unreliable, and when something breaks you'll pay out the ass for it!
 
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That goes along with what I've heard about Land Rover. Horribly over priced for parts, unreliable, and when something breaks you'll pay out the ass for it!
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My mom put so much money into that thing. It was ridiculous, the second you thought it was fixed you had to take it back to the mechanic for a new issue.

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My mom put so much money into that thing. It was ridiculous, the second you thought it was fixed you had to take it back to the mechanic for a new issue.

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Yep, my sister almost bought one years ago and I told her to stay away from them since they are notorious for being unreliable and expensive.
 
Bikes:
1995 Harley Sportster
2005 custom built chopper
2003 Harley Electraglide Classic
2005 Roadking Custom
2003 Harley V Rod

Vehicles:
1989 Dodge Dakota
1998 Dodge Dakota
1992 Honda Civic
2007 Toyota Tundra
2004 GMC Sierra
2003 Chevy 2500
2006 Jeep Commander
2008 Jeep Commander
2000 Jeep Cherokee
Current:
2012 Dodge Durango (wife's)
1997 Jeep TJ




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I've owned over 80 vehicles so I'll just list the latest ones.
97 jeep tj
04 f150
04 dodge durango
04 jeep tj
07 ram 1500
08 dodge caliber srt4...fun car
13 dodge dart
14 dodge journey
93 jeep xj
07 chevy hhr
97 jeep tj
TJs make me feel like a kid again, and I'm almost 60!
 
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I love with the TJ you don't ever feel the need to drive fast. It's almost like I find excuses to take back roads and go the slower route because I enjoy driving it so much.
 
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73 Blazer full size (beast at 4x4)
81 cj7
83 cj7
?? 200sx
93 dodge dakota
98 TJ

kawa kx500
kawa kdx250
honda 125xl
I had an old indian dirtbike to, can't remember anything about it :(
kawasaki prairie 700
honda rubicon
 
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