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Originally Posted by KrazyJeeper
Just going by what you have told here, I would have to go with the 11,900 sport. This may tick some people off here, but I am talking from experience and if you think about doing any mods in the future, stay away from the 4 cylinder. I loved mine, but you loose your 5th gear unless you regear. The Sahara and sport aren't much different from each other and your paying 2,000 more for half the miles. Just my opinion, but if I had to make the choice, take the sport. You can always drive it down to a mechanic and have them check it out also if you choose to before you buy. Welcome to Jeepz and where are you stationed?
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Maybe I should throw in one more dimension.. The '00 Sport is like.. over 50 miles away, and would take like over an hour to get there (up to two hours with San Francisco traffic), and that would be just to go over and test drive, then later come up with the check and buy it, then maybe come back yet again to finish whatever paperwork and such.. It's really hasslish, and definitely worth it for me, but I'd have to get a friend to drive me.. The '01 Sahara (that I'm somewhat sure was taken pretty decent care of, especially considering it has a perfectly clean carfax, although she may have gotten someone to fix it when it had problems), is right within this city, so it's a really easy and quick test drive and paperwork and such... And the close Sahara is a private seller, while the other two are dealerships that are both kinda far away.. It's hard to physically choose the seemingly worse deal when they are all pretty close, but the hassle may make it impossible to pick any but the really close one..
To be clear with the numbers, though.. 87000mi '01 Sahara for 11k. Cruise control, supposedly taken really good care of (at least the better chance that it was treated better than the Sport, as much as I can tell without seeing them), and both a hard and a soft top. (although I don't really have anywhere to put the hard top if I was to take it off..
58500mi '00 Sport for 11.9k. Red, so easier to sell.. Carfax isn't perfect, but it doesn't show any crazy amounts of repairs or anything.. Has a nice grill guard, ABS, wheels are really nice. Dealer warranty. (chances are it'll be sold in just a few days, though)