Calm down Jennifer I use to work there and I live in a suburb of Baltimore.

“Baltimore!”

FYI, there is not Oppositelock Facebook group. There’s Oppositelock (full of wholesome content and the iron grip of the Mods), and Oppositetalk (a Facebook-based offshoot started because people whined about Kinja).

Pffttt. That requires work. I’ll just keep whining about it.

I nuked my Dana 18 in my CJ and was thinking about a Dana 300 too, but then remembered I’ve got both offset axles to worry about, and the 300 may not even fit. I’m going to get a rebuilt unit from Herm the Overdrive guy and see how that does for me.

I was under the impression that the Holy Grail of Jeeps is a CJ-7 with a factory 304c.i. V8, manual trans, and Dana 300 transfer case (Golden Hawk or Golden Eagle).

“detect the early onset of neurological seizures early enough for those suffering to take medication to offset the worst effects.”

You’re right - I bought my ‘17.5 in 2018, so it must have been the 2018 Accord I was looking at. The 1.5T was tempting but for similar power it had fewer options.

I cross-shopped a 2017 2.0T Accord with my 2017.5 Mazda 6 Touring. The Accord was $30K and I don’t think it had nav or heated seats, and the Mazda was $5K cheaper (with nav and heated front seats), and I didn’t really want to spend that much on a new car.

*Reading Tom’s article*

That’s a lot of work for less than $40K a year, and they need to know what they’re doing since wheels could have a tendency to fall the fuck off. Plus I was thinking California wages. I’m sure $35K would be the sweet spot in some locations.

They probably lease the vans and all their equipment which is still a cost. A $35,000 box truck would cost a business something like $900 a month over 5 years if their credit is OK and they’ve only been in business for ~2 years. Imagine that but spread over a dozen vehicles and you’ve got $108,000 in lease payments,…

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This statement would be more accurate if it was just “there are mods”.

I’ve seen a garage complex that had about a dozen and a half 4-door Continentals, I think 2-3 were convertibles.

Is that...a BA10/5 transmission handle I see sticking out of there?

I think CupcakKe did a pretty good version.

Apropos of nothing, I appreciate your input. That being said, the 4.0L is more reliable than almost anything else Jeep put into a vehicle. I can’t imagine what those people did to fuck up an engine that I managed to get over a quarter million miles on with just routine maintenance.

And if my aunt had a dick she’d be my uncle - what’s your point?