Oppo, I have a problem...

"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi)
11/03/2014 at 14:17 • Filed to: I-havent-bought-a-car-in-over-a-year-and-I'm-getting-antsy-to-buy-something-else-itis

I have a disease. Actually, it's more like a bug. I don't know the technical name for this bug...

...but I call it "I-havent-bought-a-car-in-over-a-year-and-I'm-getting-antsy-to-buy-something-else-itis"

I love my Jeep, but for some reason, I'm strongly eyeing LR4's. Like STRONGLY...

Help me Oppo. I can't / shouldn't get a new vehicle and up my monthly or whatever... but I want it (mostly becasue I miss heated seats).

DISCUSSION (44)

ly2v8-Brian > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 14:18

I'm afraid it's ebola.

Well, bye then.

HammerheadFistpunch > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 14:19

Kinja'd!!!

Sorry man, I know your pain. Its a funny pain.

CAR_IS_MI > ly2v8-Brian
11/03/2014 at 14:21

Isn't this supposed to be the part where you ask me for my stereo?

ACESandEIGHTS > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 14:21

Yeah, this sounds like my brother in law, who traded the Commander for the Rubicon 4-door. How long before he needs to trade back? It's proportionately related to the number of times the temperature drops below 32F.

JGrabowMSt > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 14:22

I do believe the technical name for Bug is Beetle .

Kinja'd!!!

ly2v8-Brian > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 14:22

no it's probably full of Ebola.

CAR_IS_MI > ly2v8-Brian
11/03/2014 at 14:23

Well... I mean... it's a good stereo...

ly2v8-Brian > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 14:28

I'll soak it in Lysol. That should work.

Topic on hand LR4s are a perfect size SUV. Upside: it's a Land Rover. Downside: it's a Land Rover.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 14:31

I can't talk you out of this, sorry.

*Secretly wants every Land Rover that isn't an LR2*

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 14:33

Kinja'd!!!

Dat lift life!!!!

CAR_IS_MI > ly2v8-Brian
11/03/2014 at 14:33

Yea, but Landies have gone up in reliability over the past few years... I mean, still not great, but better than before. It's kind of like surviving Ebola. It still sucks but it's better than not surviving Ebola.

My citroen won't start > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 14:33

I say go for it, I looked at some too when I got the Tribeca but there were no low mileage ones to be found.

CAR_IS_MI > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
11/03/2014 at 14:35

An LR4 with Johnsons 2.5's and a 32"-33" tire with a roof rack / tent / awning and a tire carrier / Jerry mounts and winch bumper would be, well, awesome.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 14:35

You need an LR4, and I need that specific LR4. Those Fuels look PERFECT on it.

TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 14:36

Kinja'd!!!

To quote a fella that I met on the trail. "Those sure are some pretty wheels, it's a shame you're gonna have to fuck em up."

ly2v8-Brian > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 14:36

Land Rover: We're better than having and surviving Ebola.

CAR_IS_MI > My citroen won't start
11/03/2014 at 14:36

Yea I haven't found any in my area either. (I think thats a good thing...)

CAR_IS_MI > TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma
11/03/2014 at 14:39

Yea, not a huge fan of the wheels, but the image fits.

My citroen won't start > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 14:43

No RR Sports?

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 14:44

Kinja'd!!!

HammerheadFistpunch > JGrabowMSt
11/03/2014 at 14:45

I've met that bug er beetle. its in utah

CAR_IS_MI > My citroen won't start
11/03/2014 at 14:47

The RR is too played out out here. Every "I think I'm important so I am" (a.k.a every third person out here) has either an RR sport or an S class Benz.

My citroen won't start > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 14:52

Same here but with Cayennes and RR Sport, shame, the Sports are very capable off road.

CAR_IS_MI > My citroen won't start
11/03/2014 at 15:04

The most off-road they get is when the soccer mom behind the wheel guides the truck onto the sidewalk at the mall whilst innocently conversing on the phone and simultaneously disciplining the children in the back...

Sally O'Broder > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 15:05

It's called "consumerism". AKA, that thing the entire zombie movie genre was originally based on.

Sally O'Broder > ly2v8-Brian
11/03/2014 at 15:06

Lysol is corrosive to the copper. Better go with straight alcohol and hope for the best.

My citroen won't start > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 15:07

Wasted potential makes me sad.

Kinja'd!!!

I don't like orange cars, I normally stick to black/silver, but this is the exception.

CAR_IS_MI > Sally O'Broder
11/03/2014 at 15:08

Luckily, I am only drown into this sickness by vehicles... I could give a shit less about your ZOMG NEW IPHONE 17!!!!! now with 22" screen.

Sally O'Broder > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 15:12

This is why you're more fearsome: As a zombie you can just hop into your car. Come the apocalypse this is going to be really, really bad.

CAR_IS_MI > Sally O'Broder
11/03/2014 at 15:17

Are you suggesting I could be a zombie king?

ihm96 > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 15:20

Just go for it and break the stereotype

Tripper > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 15:38

I had that same problem, never owned a car for more than 15 months, then I bought my first M3 and had it for 7 years.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 15:48

Couple things to consider (mainly because I'm not a LR fan and would rather you keep the Jeep!)

1. You can add heated seats to anything

2. You can just keep adding on to the jeep to feed your buying need

3. bigger bonus adding on to the jeep isn't a long term higher price commitment like increasing your monthly would be.

ly2v8-Brian > Sally O'Broder
11/03/2014 at 15:56

Good catch.

CAR_IS_MI > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
11/03/2014 at 16:05

I know, but I get this bug annually. One year I didn't buy any "medicine" for the bug, and the next year it was so bad I ended up buying "medicine" 5 different times.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 16:06

budget for a project car?

CAR_IS_MI > Tripper
11/03/2014 at 16:07

Longest I have owned a vehicle was 5 years 4 months. But, I also owned 3 other vehicles at the same time and they were all on a cycle where 1 would get replaced every year...

CAR_IS_MI > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
11/03/2014 at 16:07

I already have 1 project car and 2 project motorcycles...

Tripper > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 16:20

Yea I forgot about the simultaneous vehicles, I had a few of them along side the M3 but never more than 2 at a time.

CAR_IS_MI > Tripper
11/03/2014 at 16:42

My high score was 6... I also had 2 roommates who each had 1 car and 1 motorcycle, so 10 vehicles total at my house... You'd think I ran a used car lot or something.

Sally O'Broder > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 19:45

I believe the correct category would be a "big daddy", but otherwise, yes.

CAR_IS_MI > Sally O'Broder
11/03/2014 at 19:47

Sounds vaguely pimpish. So I am a Zombie pimp king?!? This gets better and better by the minute.

Sally O'Broder > CAR_IS_MI
11/03/2014 at 19:52

Pretty much.

Kinja'd!!!

CAR_IS_MI > Sally O'Broder
11/03/2014 at 19:54

Sweet. I'm looking forward to the Apocalypse and my Zombie pimp king status.