Hello from Stoneham

Hi everyone,

My name is Chris and I am looking to become a first time Jeep owner and Geoff (known here as CrawlingForward) pushed me in this direction to get some help and guidance. I travel around 75% of the time for work so I am looking for something that will be fun to drive on the weekends and my weeks off.

My budget is between $5k to $10k and my preference was towards an automatic, but Geoff has me thinking this might be a good vehicle to learn standard. I’m also focusing my search on 2-door models.

Do you have any good advice of where to start?

Thanks,
Chris

If you don't drive stick already this would not be the best way to learn. Off-roading with a manual is not all that easy to be honest.

At this point, off-roading isn't the plan (not a lot of time or money to invest). But that could change in the future.

In that case go for a stick. Jeeps are some of the easiest to learn on the street. If it is going to be DD that you need to have space get a LJ or a Cherokee.

Automatics are great for rock crawling but I would rather have a manual trans,, plus I and many others have had bad luck with the automatic transmissions leaving them stranded.