"Rock Bottom" (rockbottom81)
08/07/2016 at 18:35 • Filed to: None
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"Rock Bottom" (rockbottom81)
08/07/2016 at 18:35 • Filed to: None | 7
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Welp, I sold my C5 Corvette and bought a new Jeep Wrangler Willys Edition. It’s a 6-speed (because I ain’t no punk), has 3.73s, limited slip in the rear, and a terrible stereo. I like it quite a lot and think I’ll get some good use out of it.
Muh new Jeep
So what am I thinking? Well, I almost never drove the Corvette because the surface roads here in South East Michigan are like driving in Kabul in the 90s. The craters are getting worse every year, too. Each morning I would open my garage and ask myself if I wanted to risk my beloved C5 to dodge potholes like a maniac while darting between gravel haulers and loose concrete chunks coming up from the roads. I would typically just say “screw it” and drive my beater Jeep Grand Minivan instead because beater. Even being as careful as possible, I lost one windshield to a gravel truck and was even hit by a hub cap that flew off another car that (shockingly) hit a giant pothole and almost crashed into a road barrier. Fuck. That. I mean, if there was at least a plan in place to repair our Third World roads here, then I might be willing to wait it out. There isn’t, so I have to become a different type of car guy.
I will miss the Corvette dearly. It was pretty and sounded great, especially when you blipped the throttle on the 4 to 3 downshift while rounding a cloverleaf on-ram. Hhhhnnngggggg... It got great fuel economy, worked well on road trips, and was reliable as the sunrise. I just felt bad having a nice car hanging out under a cover in the garage while I bombed all over in a $1,500 WJ.
C5 and Rommel when I first bought my house
Taking up residence next to the trusty (and formerly under water) Jeep Grand Minivan
Bye, buddy! Thanks for all the power slides!
I regret nothing. Ask me anything.
JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
> Rock Bottom
08/07/2016 at 19:04 |
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That’s the perfect color combo!
We were so close to buying one of these a couple times. It’s perfectly optioned and equipped.
And like I say to everyone with a Wrangler, when you get bored you will barely lose any money on it.
Enjoy!
quite98
> Rock Bottom
08/07/2016 at 19:04 |
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Nice Jeep. Before the winter you might want to take a look at the underside of the body/frame. I almost took delivery of a 2016 Willys that had exposed bare metal on the body and scratches through the e-coat on the frame.
Matt Le Chat
> Rock Bottom
08/07/2016 at 19:11 |
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I remember my one summer in Michigan I flew down to miami to see my uncle for fourth of July and I wouldn’t shut up about how great the roads in Miami were... and I lived in Michigan for 3 months. It really is that drastic haha.
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> JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
08/08/2016 at 09:29 |
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Thanks! It’s funny, I really wanted a Rubicon at first but those are around $40,00 and that’s just stupid. This is like 90% Rubicon for 75% of the price! As for the color... I’ll live with it. It’s better than black. I really wanted desert tan, but this was the last 2 door Willys around here!
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> quite98
08/08/2016 at 09:29 |
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No kidding! Thanks for the tip!
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> Matt Le Chat
08/08/2016 at 09:31 |
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Yeah, it’s best described as a hell-swept moonscape.