What Classic 4x4 Have You Always Wanted?

They're plentiful. They're out there. There's a lot of third party companies and parts manufacturers and suppliers that have them out there. And especially when you're talking about AMC era Jeeps, a lot of those parts cross reference to GM parts. So let me ask you this. What is a classic vehicle? Is it and I don't know if this is universal across the entire United States, but is it 25 years that it's 25 years since it was produced? Or what determines that? So every, every state has a little bit different of a definition, but on a federal basis, right? What they allow to be imported into the country as a quote unquote classic vehicles, 25 years or older. So anytime you have a vehicle, so that's what kind of what I fall into is anytime you have a vehicle is 25 years or older. I consider it. What is the other than just having the classic? What is the benefit or is there any benefit of tax wise or anything like that? And I know this is state by state. But so in general, is there a benefit to having a classic vehicle?

Other than a whole lot of fun, enjoying them and you know, looking at them every day when you open up your garage door, I don't believe so. But hey, you know what? That's what it's all about is being an enthusiast that collects them, enjoys them and builds them the way that they want. I don't know of any other crazy tax benefits. I think that like the registration is cheaper here in Texas if you have a classic vehicle, but I don't think you can daily drive it. And then this is specific to Texas.

So I like, for example, I've got a 1998 Jeep Cherokee that I drove daily for at least 22 years, maybe 23 before I got the 21 2021 Jeep talk show gladiator. And now I've been driving it every day, but I do plan on driving the 98. It was working fine whenever I put it in the garage. But so it is over 25 years. I need to do the math, but I'm sure it's over 25 years now.

And I'm glad to hear that. I mean, I don't think that's a problem getting parts, even though the last XJ was made in 2001. I don't think there's a problem getting parts, but at least I have a gladiator that I can drive that in case it is trouble getting parts.

What's it? It's funny you bring up something that state by state because I'm in New Jersey. I live in a coastal town in New Jersey, about an hour south of New York City. And here in New Jersey, our car insurance rates are absolutely astronomical because we're so densely populated. So one of the big benefits of having a classic vehicle is you get to use classic vehicle insurance and classic vehicle insurance is about roughly, I'd say 20% of daily driver, you know, modern, late modern. Yeah. You ready for this? I'll give you an example, right?

My entire collection, it costs me, and this is agreed upon value. It costs me about her vehicle, about 10 to 15% of what it costs me to insure my daily driver.

They got to do something of insurance is killing us, both health and vehicle and everything else. And then when it's a pain in the ass to get them to pay when you need it, it's just insulting. I hate insurance. I absolutely hate it. It's a necessary evil, but you know.

You put it best. It's a necessary evil. All right. So let me ask you this and your, and this is, I know this is going to upset the children, but what is your favorite classic vehicle in your collection?

So I'm going to preface this by a statement that makes me a little sad, right? So as of this past Saturday, this is the first time in, since I was 17 years old, so we're talking almost 25 years that I haven't had a Jeep in my collection.

I'm sorry. We have to go.

So I've had a numerous amounts of Jeeps come and go throughout my, through my collection throughout the years. I actually started collecting Jeeps. My first Jeep I ever bought, my first classic I ever bought was a 1981 CJ seven Omaha, Omaha orange. Um, love it. Said I would never sell it. Ended up selling it last summer to a friend of mine actually. Well, that's not, at least you can keep tabs on it. I see him in his family. Enjoy it. So, but I've had almost every CJ, um, several SJs, but the one I just saw, which sadly enough I just wasn't using a lot. Was it a clean immaculate 1982, uh, Jeep J10. Yeah. Long bed. Yeah. Have you, uh, and I always get this wrong. Uh, in Twister, they had a great Jeep that hurt me whenever they crashed it.