AWESOME or AWFUL? Is This SUPER CLEAN Jeep Wagoneer A Great Find Or Is It A Horrible Investment?

There are certain vehicles that attain cult-like status. One of those would be the vintage Ford Bronco, the Porsche 911 (993) and, to me, one of the most baffling of them all: the Jeep Wagoneer.

And the people that love them, worship them.

Perhaps it's because I am not a truck guy, perhaps it's because the Wagoneer is a bit before my time. I just don't get it. Can anyone explain the lovefest over the Wagoneer? To me, it's a bit too similar to Clark Griswold's family truckster. OK, I digress.

Agent 001 stumbled across a helluva find for any Wagoneerphile. Based in SoCal — Santa Barbara, to be more specific — is a 1989 Jeep Wagoneer going for nearly $28,000. While that price may raise eyebrows at first, you have to see the condition of this 142,000 mile vehicle.

It is pretty much mint from what I can tell.

What say YOU, Spies? Is this super clean Wagoneer a GREAT find or a horrible investment for some goober?

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MDarringer - 10/20/2015 8:28:20 AM

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The appeal is obvious. It's a handsome, timeless design. It is beyond rugged. It is comfortable. It lasts forever. It is one of Jeep's iconic designs as was the Cherokee that debuted in the mid 80s.

PUGPROUD - 10/20/2015 8:52:09 AM

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I know its hard to imagine but one day a few SUV's will be highly sought after classics, appear at high end shows (think in the year 2555 as the song goes) and escalate in value. This and early Suburbans are the granddaddies of them all.

MDarringer - 10/20/2015 7:34:18 PM

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In the year 2525, if man is still alive
If woman can survive, they may find
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today
In the year 4545
You ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you
In the year 5555
Your arms hangin' limp at your sides
Your legs got nothin' to do
Some machine's doin' that for you
In the year 6565
You won't need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long glass tube

In the year 7510
If God's a coming, He oughta make it by then
Maybe He'll look around Himself and say
Guess it's time for the judgment day
In the year 8510
God is gonna shake His mighty head
He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been
Or tear it down, and start again

In the year 9595
I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing

Now it's been ten thousand years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what, he never knew, now man's reign is through
But through eternal night, the twinkling of starlight
So very far away, maybe it's only yesterday

In the year 2525, if man is still alive
If woman can survive, they may find

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TomM - 10/20/2015 9:01:24 PM

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Sorry - I had a friend who had one - they were certainly not good drivers vehicles - did not handle well - power was deficient - and they were rust buckets. At 142,000 miles - this car might be worth a few thousand - certainly not more than about $5,000. And that depends on the condition underneath - which we cannot see. THe idea that a 25 year old vehicle with that mileage can be mint - would require a major rebuild to have been done - it simply cannot be otherwise.

Agent001 - 10/20/2015 10:35:28 PM

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I would have picked the Cherokee Chief version or Golden Eagle Edition.

Not a fan of the woody look. But to each his own.

001

skytop - 10/20/2015 10:44:14 PM

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Try to get replacement parts for that thirsty gas hog.