My Plans Have Been Wrecked

coolmom42 wrote:

ScottG wrote:

Trackrig wrote:
I've never understood leasing a vehicle. You never pay it off - you're always making a payment just like this going from one lease to the next lease and you never have anything you can sell or trade in, in the end????????

I don't think you should be leasing a new truck in retirement.

Bill

You mean the idea of paying for a vehicle and then just giving it back?
Not for me either.

I agree. Go down in vehicle, but pay for it and take care of it and drive it for 10 years.

Wranglers have terrible reliability records and are terrible for a daily driver. Very uncomfortable.

I, too, take issue with the description of a Jeep Wrangler. I used to have a 2006 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited. I had no reliability problems with it, even though it was moderately modified (chassis lift, body lift, engine lift, "tummy tuck", custom bumpers, custom roll bars, winch, 30 gallon gas tank, oversize tires, etc.). I frequently drove it from Montana to the Central Valley of California and back. It was really quite comfortable at freeway speeds. Driving the slick-rock Jeep trails around Moab, Utah in it was great fun.
Sometimes I wish I still had it...
As for the C or A question, we had a 29 foot C, rear bedroom, before I bought our current A. While the A has more room with the "superslide", the C was somewhat easier to drive, especially in a cross wind. The C had the 460 Ford, the A has the Ford V10. I should have bought the C I looked at, that had the big slide out and the V10. That would have been a great coach, I think.
Ah, well, hindsight is always better than foresight, isn't it...