These asshats and their JKUs!

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Seriously, 70k!?

People are so fucking stupid. Anyone who would pay 70k for a JKU is a complete and total moron. You know what they say, "a fool and his money are soon parted".

Nothing against JKUs, I think they're very nice. However, some of the jacked up prices I'm seeing for them lately is just absurd.

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Lol. I see stuff like this all the time, it's crazy. Gotta love the "nose" on the grill, right? Bet that adds 5 grand all by itself.

This isn't JK related but I saw a TJ for sale the other day for $18,000. The specs?

1997 4.0, stock 3.07 gears, Rough Country lift, stock brakes, 35s on stock wheels, stock Dana 35, stock steering, with a light bar on the windshield and it had like 210,000 miles. The miles don't really bother me too much but the rest of that jeep sure did.

I understand people don't want to be low balled, but that's just ridiculous pricing, and then the JK is on a whole nother level of ridiculousness when it comes to what some of them ask such as you what you showed in your picture.
 
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Yes, I've seen ridiculously priced TJs like you mentioned, but the JK guys are taking it to an entirely new level.

I'm sorry, but even as much as I love the Wrangler, there is no way on earth that one of these things is worth 70k. Hell, even if you've swapped a Hellcat engine into it, it's still not worth 70k if you ask me... It's a friggin' Jeep!

The crazy thing is that there's probably morons out there who have more money than they know what to do with, and they are stupid enough to pay 70k. Sheesh!
 
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New ones are stupid priced. Even used here in CA are expensive. They are either rusted out, "Rubiconed" out, have a butt ton of miles, or a combo of those. Used ones with 150k & pretty trashed are asking 8k or more.
 
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I think that even 44k for a brand new JKU Rubicon from the dealer is a bit absurd as well. Soon they're going to be 50k for a brand new one, which is stupid, because that's 1/4 of a house purchase in most cases.
 
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Chris said:
I think that even 44k for a brand new JKU Rubicon from the dealer is a bit absurd as well. Soon they're going to be 50k for a brand new one, which is stupid, because that's 1/4 of a house purchase in most cases.
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For $50k you can get a nice house with some property here in the U.P.
 
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Chris said:
Serious?

Wow... And all I have to put up with is sweltering hot summers and insanely cold winters?
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Housing is fairly cheap here. Lake property not so cheap.
Vehicles aren't cheap either. I know a guy that bought a $75k truck and lives in a house worth about $20k.
 
UPJOHN said:
Housing is fairly cheap here. Lake property not so cheap.
Vehicles aren't cheap either. I know a guy that bought a $75k truck and lives in a house worth about $20k.
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Wow! That's crazy good house prices though. Oh the things I could do with the leftover money!!!
 
If people are willing to pay these ridiculous prices, I'll sell my LJ for $40,000 after I finish its Jurassic Park build. Then I'll buy a LJ Rubicon and slap the Jurassic Park gear on it. Lol
 
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My wife got a 2016 Rubicon jku this spring,I've got to tell you it's a really nice driving vehicle, that being said there's an awful lot of electronics to deal with compared to my tj.
 
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Dozerdude said:
My wife got a 2016 Rubicon jku this spring,I've got to tell you it's a really nice driving vehicle, that being said there's an awful lot of electronics to deal with compared to my tj.
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I love the way the JKUs drive. However, like you said, it's a ton of electronics when compared to my TJ. That's all good and fun until it breaks!
 
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