$100,000 Jeep Wrangler Build Quality

[CarGuy]

The $90k+ Keep 392 I test drove prior to the Bronco last March is still at the dealer. Fun vehicle with the hemi, but way overpriced.

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[TNcoupe]

If Im spending $100k on a vehicle the engine is gonna be all the way in the back and capable of near 200mph

 

[JT58Bronc]

Gosh, 100K for a vehicle, any vehicle- way out of my price range. Even if I had the money, geez, just way over priced. Even what some you are paying 50, 60K for your Broncos are out of my affordable price range. I shelled everything I had to get my 22 Sas 2 door Basequatch. It was 42K and the most I ever spent for a vehicle and the most I ever will spend.

 

[Compta38]

If Im spending $100k on a vehicle the engine is gonna be all the way in the back and capable of near 200mph

and it better have only 2 damn doors!

 

[siggy]

and it better have only 2 damn doors!

The irony is that the V8 Wrangler will likely retain its value better. Those 200mph cars lose their appeal after a while. And a Bronco owner posting about Jeep build quality is probably more ironic.

 

[RHeinz]

Aside from supply and demand, perhaps it’s not so much the cost of the vehicle that’s going up, but the VALUE of our currency that is going down.

 

[Taltyman]

Jeep #1 we had was a 2000 and never had any issues of any kind. Drove it to a little over 100k miles. FJ Cruiser we had the engine disintegrated at 60k miles in the middle of BFE New Mexico. Replace engine and it failed about 60K later with water getting into the engine. Enter our 2016 Rubicon. Oil cooler goes bad at 60K miles. Replace cam shafts and valves a few thousand miles later. Oil cooler fails again and replaced engine, radiator, all hoses as they were all filled with oily sludge. This engine failed again due to gasket failure after another few thousand and put in a 3rd long block. We go back to Ouray this summer and the transmission starts leaking badly on the way up there. It's towed back to Texas and there it sits. The dealer has had it for over a month. The good news is that we purchased a Mopar lifetime warranty and each repair has only cost a $100 deductible. So in essence we are on our 3rd engine (or 4th if you count the changing of the camshafts and valves) with almost everything under the hood being replaced. It was to be our trade-in 3 years ago when we ordered the Bronco and we still have it 3 years later. On all my vehicles I change oil and do service on or before the recommended mileage. I also have a 2000 F350 with a gas V10 and 340K miles that still runs great. Give me a big block motor anytime.

 

[TNcoupe]

and it better have only 2 damn doors!

Real Porsches have 2 doors.

 

[CarGuy]

Real Porsches have 2 doors.

I agree, but rarely get to drive it.

 

[TNcoupe]

I agree, but rarely get to drive it.

I live 45min from Tail of the Dragon so when I get a chance to buy one it will be driven frequently.

 

[CarGuy]

I live 45min from Tail of the Dragon so when I get a chance to buy one it will be driven frequently.

I’m selling this one soon. Too many toys.

 

[PrepVet]

Who is dumb enough to pay $100k for a Jeep?

Same idiots paying a dealer markup on Broncos.

 

[7sKnuckledragger]

Who is dumb enough to pay $100k for a Jeep?

who's dumb enough to spend 100k on a bronco?

 

[7sKnuckledragger]

Yep it is good money for the companies, but it isn’t good.

20 years ago, a Wrangler was like $12K for a Sport, so what happened? 2 extra doors and a push for those same people you mention to “look” like something they’re not.

Net effect is these what were meant to be primitive off-roaders have now gone softer and gotten much more expensive for those who will actually use them.

Look, times change and maybe all of this is good because if it weren’t for these consumers, there would be no Bronco and maybe Wrangler would be dead too. Most wheelers historically didn’t have lots of money and enthusiasts tend to like stripper models and mod the hell out of them into something that’s unique to them. So I see both sides, just don’t totally like it.

If you wanna be rugged, then be rugged and I don’t feel there is a certain rugged look as I see wheelers and outdoors people of all kinds and it’s great.

you know what happened to the Jeep, same thing will happen to the bronco.
people buy it and want more comfort.....heated and cooled this and that... bigger screens, quieter interior.... then it will be the HYBRID crowd. Tech, comfort and unrealistic mpg will ruin the bronco just as sure as it ruined the jeep.
My 2002 TJ has maybe 2 computers the bronco has 21, thats why it was 12k

 

[userdude]

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