Tranny swap into a better ZJ, and keep the cowl tag from the original as a souvenir/documentation.
Tranny swap into a better ZJ, and keep the cowl tag from the original as a souvenir/documentation.
A lot of crack pipe voters, but this was one hell of an SUV. Price is inline with the market and the warranty is a big plus.
Yes, and they get to run summer tires in the winter, so there is that.
annnnnd it already broke down, literally on the way home for the guy who bought it
If you haven’t owned one, I know you won’t understand, but these cars are in a category that really only belongs to... well, people who love cars.
Ultra Luxury editions are purchased by people looking for the Ultra Luxury editions. They want the romance of the car. The Cadillac DTS Lux III was one such car. The 300C Luxury Edition was another, for a little while. Just like the Jeep Unlimited.
CP for all the friggin trash in the photos.
See, and this is what happens when a bunch of techno nerds creates a car company. Security is top priorit.... ohhh wait... Vehicle firmware is probably written in visual basic running on Windows CE, and telnet used for FOB communications to meet deadline milestones.
Have you seen the prices of used Tesla parts??
It’s stolen at night and will take hours for the owners to know its gone, it’s not like they are going to hear it drive away (remember it’s an EV!). Also, organized crime chops up high end cars all the time that have tracking capabilities and are used to tracking attempts. They are usually processed within hours of…
The battery cells? Considering the real deal can cost 10's of thousands of dollars to replace, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a market. I’m not sure what Tesla does that would prevent that, but it seems like it could be lucrative if you could figured it out. Perhaps any of the drivetrain components, really.
Or they have a brain and want to wrench with a car thats worth the time
You could just have written about the confrontation but at the end you took things further and peppered in some practical advice on how to modify the vehicle to prevent this. The extra effort you put in is noticed and appreciated.