It’s also a respect thing, because us Americans taught the Japanese a lot about engineering and automotive things, which boosted the Japanese auto industry post-war, it’s sort of an homage to us, that their cars are badged in English. 

My friends mom had that exact van, minus the supercharger and plus a manual transmission :-P But same color. 

Lost it in a divorce maybe? 

Buddy of mine used to have one just like this one, I thnk his was a 99 though, but same color albeit with tan interior. He didn’t have too many issues with it, other than the craptastical fuel economy. But one day his beloved Disco decided it was being stolen, it rolled up all the windows, closed the sunroof, and…

Question is if by this they mean the entry model is $55k, or if it’ll be $59,995 in one specific configuration that nobody will stock :-P 

Just imagine if they’d used Project Swiss Cheese - it would have been a drive train and a fine orange powder :-P 

If only Dieselgate had happened a year later so we would have gotten at least one model year of the Golf Alltrack TDI... 

That and the sound of a pump action shotgun cycling is probably more of a deterrent than a car alarm.... 

....assuming he didn’t get said car in the same manner you just described :-P 

I’d find a good detail shop and send the perps the bill. I’ve seen minivans get traded in that make the average hoarder’s car look clean, and they come out a day later looking and smelling like a brand new car. 

I always thought the 2nd gens were more white trash than the 3rd gen, although around my ‘hood the white trash all have minivans, Trailblazers, and beat up automatic Chrysler 300s. 

Only thing I remember about the APC stuff is it was (mostly) junk. And I swear that I saw more of the APC taillights in wrecks that needed lights that were cheaper than the factory ones, than I did in someones bestickered “race car” :-P (That said, there was a kid who had a CRX withe V6 swap done to it that was stupid…

*their

Seen on a Toyota “I got the Jeep thing, now it burns when I pee” I’ve also seen “I had the Jeep thing, but that shit broke, so I bought a $MakeOtherThanJeep” 

Hoosier needs to make a model of tire called “Daddy”

Tires are something I almost always buy new, unless they’re snow tires or something and even then I’m careful. I’ve seen far too many tires with questionable patches come from junkyards and used tire shops. Hell, when I worked at Hot Rocks, my manager came in one morning to find the owner of the used tire store down…

I have full coverage on everything, it’s ~$40 or so more per month for all three cars, and it gives me piece of mind as it covers things like hit an run, uninsured/under-insured drivers, etc.. 7-8 years ago I got sideswiped on the freeway, guy who hit me had Farmers and they refused to accept liability, and thusly…

Coming soon to an automotive class near you :-P 

I have aspirations of putting a 460 in one... 

David, compared to your other Jeeps, this one is basically rust free! Good job :-)