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[Kiwi Jeeper]

How tall/big are you? I'm 185 cms. I have not found my JK or previous TJ cramping my left leg for space. I drive my wife's KL (and previously WG) with no issues. Bringing in LHD would be ok kay, but you will pay a big price with lower resale.

[Kiwi Jeeper]

Have a read of this: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/vehicles/im...drive-vehicle/

I don't think new Wrangler being class MC would be allowed in for registration.

[Kiwi]

Originally Posted by Kiwi Jeeper

Have a read of this: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/vehicles/im...drive-vehicle/

I don't think new Wrangler being class MC would be allowed in for registration.

I have read this before thanks.

"The vehicle is, and was manufactured as, a two-door coupe or a convertible" are allowed.

I've read their's a small number of standard LHD's allowed in. I wouldn't bring it in for resale just as a toy for me which changes things legally. The JL would be a few years old and owned from new by me.

My wife likes the idea of owning a JL in the States. I can buy a runout 2019 with help from friends who work at FCA. I would buy the JL in Oregon as no sales tax state.
I would wheel the Rubicon Trail, Jeeps Easter Moab Safari as well other great trails.
Accommodation I have paid for all over America Canada for the rest of my life.
The more I write the more I like my idea and may never bring the JL home.
I do have some JK Moper parts I purchased in the States which are still new. I had to sell my RHD 2007 JK due to it's driving position in 2008.
This is sounding better the more I talk about it.

[ausdean]

My RHD JK does need a bit more left leg room for me but I do get used to it after a while...

[Kiwi Jeeper]

FCA redesigned the JK interior in 2011, maybe that's why I don't find my '12: cramped.

As for your definition of a convertible, that is still for class MA passenger cars. Not class MC.

[Kiwi]

I didn't realise how expensive a Wrangler is to buy now. All other Jeep models have almost stayed at the same price since arriving back in NZ in the nineties. I look at BMW pricing and their overall pricing has dropped or stayed the same since the nineties.

Jeep hasn't done any really expensive changes over the years to the Wrangler compared to other vehicles manufacturers.

The way I see it Wrangler will become a more of a niche model than what it has been. Jeep was a name for suppling 4x4 vehicles cheaply. Owners could play around building a better Jeep over time.

I had to make a decision back in 2008 do I stay with Jeep for the odd weekend play or do I move on for the same dollars into better performance vehicles which I did. I made a list of good and bad points of whats in my garage yesterday and the list that won out was what my garage is full of now. Newer higher performance vehicles at lower running cost has made replacement vehicles in my garage cheaper from the same manufacturer than Jeep Wranglers.