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Old 08-27-2008, 04:42 AM   #16 (permalink)
crexcrex
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Brick in the wind!

It wasn't too long ago when the price of gas hit an all time high of 1.00 per liter and that is when the jeep that i modded parted company, may it rest in peace as a Honda!

Unfortunately i am a sculptor of rock and in this instance a brick on four wheels inspite of the efforts to get better gas mileage pushing it over a cliff was a temptation that haunted me. That one 86 Cj 7 258 six banger with a five speed tranny. Fastback hard or soft tops, going doorless dumping excess steel and throwing on puny 235's was nothing more than a excersise in futility, from 16 miles per gallon to a paltry 26 highway city? 19...........

The days of the jeep are numbered after all it is not only a fuel sucking pig, they also ruin what nature remains. I readily admit that i was foolhardy and drove a brick no if's and buts.

A fuel efficient jeep? not in your lifetime even if you were a green 16 year old.

My thoughts are simply to sell and become a fuel sipping lunatic and buy whatever you decide, perhaps a dodge power wagon?

By the way the Jeep wave applied to those who had cj's, not tj's, yj's or cherokee's and as far as it is a jeep thing! it simply means that tearing up the contryside was a macho thing to do. How many did i own before i saw the eco lite? 18 genuine cj's fives and sevens two mb's and more.

keep your jeep if you can afford the gas, ecomodding a jeep? zero
wish you luck
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