So, the wife and I have agreed that its time for a new vehicle, and also that we own way too many (5) cars for 2 adults with no kids. Between company vehicles and our live in brother in law, there are presently 8 registered and insured cars on our property. Its a little stupid.
She drives a challenger, which is less than ideal many months of the year here. Its 8 years old. I've got her pretty well sold on a 4Runner or JL, because it meets our needs, and its also something she would like or at least wouldn't mind, daily driving. We need a 4 door 4x4 that can be mildly built for our camping and off road trips, but nothing crazy, as well as needing it for friends/comapny being over. Presently any time we have anybody in town the "easiest" vehicle to take is the wag, but its also the worst (loud, smelly, bumpy, inefficient).
I just sold a 2004 Dakota, so we got down 1 vehicle. We'll sell/trade her car in, to get her something new. This leaves us with a 1974 F250 which has taken over as my daily driver (keep in mind I have a company truck for to/from work driving, so my daily really only gets driven evenings/weekends and i dont rely on it to get me to work), the 1973 wagoneer, her 1969 Nova that rarely gets driven but is her baby, and whatever modern 4x4 we buy.
If we buy a 4runner or whatever, she'll daily it, and it will become our camping/exploring vehicle. At that point, the Wagoneer becomes obsolete and redundant. There would be no need to have 2 lifted 4 door 4x4's, especially when one is old, uncomfortable, unreliable, and cranky. If i have a capable modern 4x4, there would be ZERO reason to drive thew wagoneer anywhere, aside from pure nostalgia, since I wont need it as a daily.
Okay, so sell the 1974 Ford and Daily the Wag, right? Well, again, the wagoneer is redundant. It's much more useful and practical for me to have a giant ass truck that I can (and do) use around the property for dump runs, hauling yards of gravel and dirt, home depot runs, etc. Cant do that in the Wagoneer without a trailer, and it can never haul super heavy crap like the ford can. Not to mention the ford is a lot nicer to ride in on the roads even though its a 3/4 ton.
So, I think the plan is she'll daily the new car, I'll "daily" my 74 ford. If I need to go on a long trip, I can take the new 4x4 and she can daily her Nova or the Ford for a few days while I'm away. See whats missing here? There's no "need" for the Wagoneer. I'm not planing to get rid of it all instantly or anything, but I'm pretty sure once we get something new, it'll just sit, and I don't like things that just sit.
It's all just a strange thought process, I've owned and built this jeep over the past 9 years, and its hard to maybe accept that it just doesn't have a place in my life anymore. I'm not sure sure what to do or how to approach it, but I really don'[t think we need to have 4 vehicle's between us, especially with one being basically an older crappier version of the new car.