Hi guys!
I like getting yelled at when I need to be, which is what I think will be happening here, so I come for some good old fashioned advice.
I have a 1982 Jeep CJ7 lifted on 32x11.5" tires.
I used to have a truck but that got wrecked this past winter and so now I have the Jeep as my DD.
I commute to work with my roommate and my share of gas a month is $100 bucks, that's not changing regardless since we don't drive my jeep but either of his vehicles.
I drive my jeep only to the gym 6 days a week, which is the only good gym for powerlifting and is about 15 minutes away via vehicle with one trip being doubled for grocery runs.
I spend maybe another $120 bucks in gas for this a month.
Here's where the dilemma comes in.
I don't owe anything on the jeep and I absolutely love the damn thing.
I could sell it and lose my ass on it, I have about $8-9k in it, or try to trade it in and lose even more of my ass on it.
I would replace it with a fuel efficient hatch like a VW Golf, GTI, TDI, Mazda, or whatever.
I can also just buy one of those anyways and keep the Jeep and just take a little longer to pay off the loans.
In the next few months I'll be moving somewhere else for work, don't know where yet, but I will make it a priority to be within biking/walking distance of work/gym/groceries so driving will be held to a minimum.
The other thing is if I keep it I could bring it back down to stock height, put normal tires on it, and put a little more money to for tune ups. It also doesn't have AC which does suck.
Also considering a motorcycle and keeping jeep.
Here's my log for some more in depth info.
http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/journals/working-on-dat-mustache/Ok let me have it.