Finally traded her in

gren71 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:47 am

I did it this weekend :SOMBRERO:

I traded my '10 Liberty for a '13 JKU sport with the hard top. :BANANA:

Its been awesome enjoying the knowledge from you all and learning more than ever before about my Jeep, you guys are amazing! Thanks for the tips and fun.

Cheers,
Matt

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:15 am

Quick trade. You sound like me. I thought I was the only one who traded anything that soon.

Enjoy your new Jeep. How do you like it? Any quick comparisons?

lostboy · **Posted:** Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:19 pm

Congrats on the new ride!!!

gren71 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:00 pm

The liberty was a more SUV style ride..comparable to an extera or 4runner. The jku has a feel like a good old jeep, only comparable to a wrangler.

The jku also has fewer blind spots than liberty and accelerates/shifts smoother

The breaking take a little more distance than did with the liberty and the rear view is much smaller.

The interior feels larger since the center consol is lower

There is a bit more wind noise (with full doors/hard top) with wrangler than liberty, but not enough to really be bad.

Just some fast observations

gren71 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:02 pm

Oooooooo

The drivers foot well is way larger!
( that was a huge plus for me, hates the cramped foot well in Liberty)

Don't get me wrong though, I LOVED the '10 Liberty.

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:14 pm

Pics?

gren71 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:22 pm

Just now realized my wife took them all!

I'll take an post a couple in a bit

gren71 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:39 am

The picture my wife took

Megalos · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:20 am

gren71 wrote:

Oooooooo

The drivers foot well is way larger!
( that was a huge plus for me, hates the cramped foot well in Liberty)

Don't get me wrong though, I LOVED the '10 Liberty.

That sinches it for me...I need more room in my next ride for my size 16s!

I just won't be able to afford one until my two year old is grown and out of the house.

gren71 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:55 pm

I was in the same boat, accept with size 12s haha

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:11 pm

Glad I'm not the only one with large feet.

Size 13 or 14, depends on the shoe!

isomswim · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:52 pm

gren71 wrote:

The picture my wife took

Ahhh the dreaded first fill-up. gotta love how Jeep charges you for the gas in the vehicle now and doesnt even fill it up. LOL
I feel ya on the feet I got 13s here and I'm always wearing combat boots, but I'm used to it and made it work with my toyota Mr2 spyder.

lostboy · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:20 pm

^ Buy used and make the dealership fill it up! lol

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:42 pm

Nice JK!!

I don't get why the dealer doesn't fill the tank. I got mine and it was just about 1/4 I think. The other car I had they filled up for me. I guess it's more of a courtesy thing like "Hey, thanks for buying our vehicle 1st tank is on us." But I guess Chrysler/Jeep doesn't do that.

gren71 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:11 pm

I made the dealer do it.
Me- I want a full tank before I go
Sales- sorry all we can do is a half tank
Me- okay, give me a couple minutes then. The liberty has a full tank so ill just go siphon that.
Sales- really?
Me- well you didn't pay me for the gas in the trade and won't pay for gas in the new jeep..so I'll take my gas back and well part ways
Sales-are you serious?
Me-honey, get the hose out of the emergency kit.( wife walks to new jeep)
Sales-one minute
~sales guy goes to his manager and points at me holding the hose~
Sales-here ya go, this should get you a full tank
(Hands me a voucher for $60)
Me- thanks for meeting me in the middle guy.

Hahaha

lfhoward · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:56 pm

That was hilarious! Bravo for you.

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:18 am

This is why I trade with the gas light on.

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:07 pm

Nice negotiating lol. What are the gas prices like by you? I know $60 won't fill the KK by me. I think it took a little over $65 to fill the other night from just above 1/8 of a tank(gas light wasn't on yet).

gren71 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:55 am

$3.65 for regular last night in Delaware.
I paid $64 to fill the jku tank lol it has a 22.5 gal tank

RenegadeKC · **Posted:** Sun Sep 30, 2012 6:45 pm

gren71 wrote:

$3.65 for regular last night in Delaware.
I paid $64 to fill the jku tank lol it has a 22.5 gal tank

On average, I pay only $3.40/gallon. It usually never goes above $3.55/gallon here.

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