All the cars you’re listing are simply garbage. You’re not doing your friends any favors recommending old domestic junk, as your friend with the Fuckus found out.

Contrary to what many jalop commenters will claim, there is still a bit of luck in buying a cheap used car. Sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you get unlucky.  

Haha, depends on what you get. My college car—and one I bought out of desperation—was a 1997 Jetta GLX VR6. At 17 years old, it was neither easy to fix nor remotely reliable. Shortly after I bought it, it ended up running on 3 out of the 6 cylinders. But a 1997 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight or something like that? Dirt…

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/11/you-gotta-be-rich-to-own-a-cheap-car/

mid 90's is the way to go... stop at 1998.

Shouldn’t this article include a trigger warning for undocumented immigrants who were locked for hours inside a semi trailer?

Used trailers don’t get scrapped for fun. They are usually used alllllll the way up. Till they break in half. Literally. Had a load trailer once break in half. That’s when they go to the scrap yard.

Plus you can buy a new single wide that is a lot nicer for a lot less than this

They turned down a 6% raise?  Because of how profitable the company was over the last year?  Hmmmm.  More power to ‘em, I ain’t gonna hate.  But I’d love to get a 6% raise for 2022; mine will probably be 3% like it always is.

If you’re not familiar with the labor movement, crossing a picket line is generally considered in poor taste.

Yes, but the Explorer is really aimed at the Grand Cherokee L and I don’t think it would do much better off road than the Ford.

At the end of the day, though, none of this really matters. No matter the brand, most customers will likely never venture off-road in these vehicles — which is why so many brands can keep creating “off-roading” SUVs that are all bark and no bite.

There is so much Pro-Jeep hyperbole in the language of both the Jeep rep and the author you would think they are one and the same person. “Head of the class, Legendary capability, capability that’s bred in(WTF?)“.  Has anyone seen Lawrence Hodge and Jim Morrison in the same room?

“We design all of those Trail Rated elements from the ground up… it’s not just a marketing term.”

This is the best take. People with no mechanical skills should not buy RV’s or boats. They will have a miserable ownership experience. Anything that sits on water or wheels with complex one off mechanical and electrical systems is going to need constant maintenance and repairs. Cars have significant investments in R&D…

I’d steer clear, for two reasons, as I work on shit like this all the time.

1. The 5R55 transmission sucks. They blow up at the drop of a hat.

2. These, and their Explorer brethren eat rear wheel bearings like Skittles, and they are a bitch (read expensive) to replace.

The engine is brilliant, and the rest of the car…

It’s hard to say there is no demand for 2 door sporty coupes when there is literally no one making them. Cars like Mustang or Miata don’t count, they are actual sports cars.

To the comment section: If you want this to live, buy it new MFs. Don’t do it dirty like every other car that you claim to want, only buy used, and are shocked gets cancelled.

Preludes ftw as well!

It doesn’t need to be nearly this nice to be good enough for the camera.