Have you ever been asked,why are you spending so much money on such an old Jeep,why just not get a new one?

not money but time. people ask why i out so much time into a pos like that. when im done it wont be a pos is normally my answer

Come on now. Idiots spend 500 a month to have a ba$$$$ 4X4. THEY are scared to use them. A grand or so gets you into an XJ that you can DESTROY, and lose 0 sleep. Throw an extra 2000 at the XJ and end up pulling THEM out.

Reviving a dead thread/group here, but oh well. For me, I've owned plenty of rigs, blown up most of them, usually because of a heavy right food (Leadfootitis runs in the family). I've never grown attached to any of them except my VW, which I fixed up and traded straight across for my XJ. Now, having owned one, I'd never sell/trade it for anything, save MAYBE an 01 XJ 4.0 5 speed that hasn't been molested with lifting/abuse, that way I can get it set up how I want and know what it's gone through.