Husband wants a new Jeep "pickup", is this ugly or is it just me?

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Anonymous wrote:OMG, these things are all over SoCal now all the sudden. It seems like I’m seeing one literally every few minutes.

It took a while to catch on, but they are quickly becoming popular. I know a couple that swore up and down that these were the fugliest things to ever be created. Wife thought it looked like a weird mullet of a car. Just a few weeks ago the husband asked my DH a good price to negotiate at at the dealership and wanted to know how much we paid. We bought it at the earlier stages of the pandemic when car dealerships were actually negotiating. Now, not so much so they ended up paying slightly above MSRP 😬😬

What I can’t understand is $15k difference in sticker prices for the same models.

I looked a two different Gladiator Rubicons. One was $43k. The other was $59k. What?!? How’s that happen? How is it possible to option-up the SAME model $15,000+?

The $43K Rubicon had 6 speed manual. The $59k Rubicon had an automatic. That was the only discernible difference to me. Both were hard tops, both were Rubicon versions with the same running-gear. How do you add fifteen grand worth of stuff to it beyond what it’s already got?

Dh wanted a specific color and paid a lot for it. I’m sure there’s other are other options too.

The nice things about Jeeps are you can easily custom order it. I custom ordered mine.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG, these things are all over SoCal now all the sudden. It seems like I’m seeing one literally every few minutes.

It took a while to catch on, but they are quickly becoming popular. I know a couple that swore up and down that these were the fugliest things to ever be created. Wife thought it looked like a weird mullet of a car. Just a few weeks ago the husband asked my DH a good price to negotiate at at the dealership and wanted to know how much we paid. We bought it at the earlier stages of the pandemic when car dealerships were actually negotiating. Now, not so much so they ended up paying slightly above MSRP 😬😬

What I can’t understand is $15k difference in sticker prices for the same models.

I looked a two different Gladiator Rubicons. One was $43k. The other was $59k. What?!? How’s that happen? How is it possible to option-up the SAME model $15,000+?

The $43K Rubicon had 6 speed manual. The $59k Rubicon had an automatic. That was the only discernible difference to me. Both were hard tops, both were Rubicon versions with the same running-gear. How do you add fifteen grand worth of stuff to it beyond what it’s already got?

Are you sure there weren’t extras added? Also, maybe it was a specific paint color that cost more? Sorry I’m not much help. I bought April 2020 and dealers were much more interested in negotiating. Car prices, especially truck prices, have exploded over the past few months.

They have multiple different packages now and it really depends on the add in. You have to pay extra for each safety feature, better radio, steel bumpers, LED lights, and it easily adds up to the 50's. Mine was in the mid 50's, maybe higher with the MSRP mostly loaded 2020. They extra safety features, steel bumpers and led lights are worth it if you can afford it.

I’d go the other way- plastic base-model bumpers, because they’d be coming off anyway for an aftermarket replacement that would be even better than the factory upgrade steel bumpers.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG, these things are all over SoCal now all the sudden. It seems like I’m seeing one literally every few minutes.

It took a while to catch on, but they are quickly becoming popular. I know a couple that swore up and down that these were the fugliest things to ever be created. Wife thought it looked like a weird mullet of a car. Just a few weeks ago the husband asked my DH a good price to negotiate at at the dealership and wanted to know how much we paid. We bought it at the earlier stages of the pandemic when car dealerships were actually negotiating. Now, not so much so they ended up paying slightly above MSRP 😬😬

What I can’t understand is $15k difference in sticker prices for the same models.

I looked a two different Gladiator Rubicons. One was $43k. The other was $59k. What?!? How’s that happen? How is it possible to option-up the SAME model $15,000+?

The $43K Rubicon had 6 speed manual. The $59k Rubicon had an automatic. That was the only discernible difference to me. Both were hard tops, both were Rubicon versions with the same running-gear. How do you add fifteen grand worth of stuff to it beyond what it’s already got?

Dh wanted a specific color and paid a lot for it. I’m sure there’s other are other options too.

The nice things about Jeeps are you can easily custom order it. I custom ordered mine.

The color he wanted was only in the prior year. It was seriously such a hassle. But I agree that we should have custom ordered.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG, these things are all over SoCal now all the sudden. It seems like I’m seeing one literally every few minutes.

It took a while to catch on, but they are quickly becoming popular. I know a couple that swore up and down that these were the fugliest things to ever be created. Wife thought it looked like a weird mullet of a car. Just a few weeks ago the husband asked my DH a good price to negotiate at at the dealership and wanted to know how much we paid. We bought it at the earlier stages of the pandemic when car dealerships were actually negotiating. Now, not so much so they ended up paying slightly above MSRP 😬😬

What I can’t understand is $15k difference in sticker prices for the same models.

I looked a two different Gladiator Rubicons. One was $43k. The other was $59k. What?!? How’s that happen? How is it possible to option-up the SAME model $15,000+?

The $43K Rubicon had 6 speed manual. The $59k Rubicon had an automatic. That was the only discernible difference to me. Both were hard tops, both were Rubicon versions with the same running-gear. How do you add fifteen grand worth of stuff to it beyond what it’s already got?

Are you sure there weren’t extras added? Also, maybe it was a specific paint color that cost more? Sorry I’m not much help. I bought April 2020 and dealers were much more interested in negotiating. Car prices, especially truck prices, have exploded over the past few months.

They have multiple different packages now and it really depends on the add in. You have to pay extra for each safety feature, better radio, steel bumpers, LED lights, and it easily adds up to the 50's. Mine was in the mid 50's, maybe higher with the MSRP mostly loaded 2020. They extra safety features, steel bumpers and led lights are worth it if you can afford it.

I’d go the other way- plastic base-model bumpers, because they’d be coming off anyway for an aftermarket replacement that would be even better than the factory upgrade steel bumpers.

It depends on if you choose to modify it. I prefer the factory installed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG, these things are all over SoCal now all the sudden. It seems like I’m seeing one literally every few minutes.

It took a while to catch on, but they are quickly becoming popular. I know a couple that swore up and down that these were the fugliest things to ever be created. Wife thought it looked like a weird mullet of a car. Just a few weeks ago the husband asked my DH a good price to negotiate at at the dealership and wanted to know how much we paid. We bought it at the earlier stages of the pandemic when car dealerships were actually negotiating. Now, not so much so they ended up paying slightly above MSRP 😬😬

You got ripped off. Multiple dealers in the area regularly offer 8% off invoice. You have to shop around. I got 8% off invoice on my Wrangler.

Wait, How did I get ripped off?

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I looked at Gladiators this afternoon. Holy crap are they expensive! Average price seemed to be about $55,000.