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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 02:53 PM
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Now that's a pretty good deal if you want a wheeler that's ready to go.
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 02:57 PM
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about 2 weeks... only saw two before I bought my current one.
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 03:05 PM
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2-3 months of daily searching. Just have to be patient. I went and test drove one for $4500 early on when I was looking for an XJ. I offered the guy $3,200 and he accepted. When I went to grab the money out of my car, I sat and thought about it and something was just telling me not to do it. I turned around and told the guy I'd have to pass. About a month or so later I stumbled upon mine, drove down to KY, picked it up, and I couldn't be happier that I held out through all of the other XJ's I looked at for this one.

Trust your intuition, not your anxiety.

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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by CrawlinPepper
2-3 months of daily searching. Just have to be patient. I went and test drove one for $4500 early on when I was looking for an XJ. I offered the guy $3,200 and he accepted. When I went to grab the money out of my car, I sat and thought about it and something was just telling me not to do it. I turned around and told the guy I'd have to pass. About a month or so later I stumbled upon mine, drove down to KY, picked it up, and I couldn't be happier that I held out through all of the other XJ's I looked at for this one.

Trust your intuition, not your anxiety.

This is the first winter I will actually be in CO, so anxiety is kind of a big factor lol. My mustang is less than useless in the snow and ice.
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 03:19 PM
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I just want the wheels and tires off of that one. That's not a bad deal tho.
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by XJDreaming
This is the first winter I will actually be in CO, so anxiety is kind of a big factor lol. My mustang is less than useless in the snow and ice.
Trust me, in the long run it will be much more worth it.

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I just want the wheels and tires off of that one. That's not a bad deal tho.
Not that bad of a deal at all but I'd definitely check everything out. Seems kind of pieced together, basically like he just slapped a lift and rear on it with huge tires. Just depends if you want to do the work and spend more money getting everything correctly complimented or buy something that has a more solid base. Plus if that thing has a dirty 30 with those 37's
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by CrawlinPepper
Trust me, in the long run it will be much more worth it.



Not that bad of a deal at all but I'd definitely check everything out. Seems kind of pieced together, basically like he just slapped a lift and rear on it with huge tires. Just depends if you want to do the work and spend more money getting everything correctly complimented or buy something that has a more solid base. Plus if that thing has a dirty 30 with those 37's

I def would prefer to do the work myself so I know what has been done and how it has been treated.
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 09:40 PM
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I looked for about month and found what I wanted.
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 10:06 PM
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I found mine after about 4 months. Love at first sight.
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 01:03 PM
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http://cosprings.craigslist.org/cto/3327236752.html

Gonna go look at this today. Guy selling it is in the Air Force as well so hopefully it goes well. Any advice before I go and look?
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 01:05 PM
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Now, that's more like it. That one looks good and seems like a fair price. Talk him down a bit and drive it home assuming something isn't obviously wrong with it.
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 01:08 PM
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Winch bumper but no winch?

I'd get him down at least to $4500. Interior is nice.
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 01:31 PM
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Definitely more appealing than the other one.
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 03:09 PM
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go ebay there are many there now, but the price hight because of winter
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 04:39 PM
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14 months it took a while but it was well worth when i found a jem on craigslist for 400 bucks, 96 2wd auto, 4 door, 4 brand new tires, full tune up with 0 miles, NO RUST!!!! and about half hour later and a new cps, drove away
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