Er....here's the one I'm actually looking at, it's a bit harder to check out because it's in Vancouver.
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/bnc/cto/1758207199.html2003 TJ Rubicon
154k kms
hard top only
He's the second owner, purchased it used from a dealership in Oct 2009 with a 3 year powertrain warranty (good for 60k kms, has 52k kms left on it).
Recent work include brake pads, rotors, calipers (not sure what work is done to the calipers...usually just the pads and rotors), front u-joints, and rear transfer case seal (not sure if he meant rear diff?).
He also emailed me a bunch of pictures, which I'll post up here. Seems to be a little bit of surface rust on the suspension components, but doesn't look like it's been off roaded much (or it's been cleaned up a lot since).
Regarding the hood, he says "I believe the previous owner replaced the hood and repainted it, I didn't really ask the salesperson."
Get the VIN and run a CarProof on it, CarFax in Canada is fairly useless. Also get pics of the locker switches and the VIN plate, you can never be too sure.
That sounds like the best bet. I'll do a quick google search and see if the Rubicon's had some significant difference in their VIN codes over the TJ sports.
Edit: My thoughts on it:
- It's priced better than most of the ads I've seen so far, but I haven't really seen any with more than 110k kms, so that's reflected in the price.
- Transfer permits in BC can be funny apparently, i.e. they're only good until midnight, but you can drive back in ~12 hours so not a huge deal.
- I'd have the additional cost of the Out of Province Inspection, plus I'd want to get one done in BC before I purchased it (my uncle lives out there andcan probably get that done for me), so paying for two inspections
- He's financed it, so when purchasing we'd have to go to the finance office and work out the details such that there wouldn't be a lein on the car after I've purchased it (i.e. some of my purchase amount would go to the financing company, and he would get the rest)
- Warranty might be at the one dealership he bought it from only (since it was a 3-year/60k-kms powertrain warranty, starting Oct 2009
when he purchased it), so it may not transfer to Calgary. My friend mentioned that the warranty may allow for cancellation and some refund of the cost of it)
- Even though the Rubicon decals are missing, there are visual cues that it's a Rubicon (the axle locking switch on the dashboard, and the rims are the Rubicon ones). Rims would be easy to purchase and put on there, but the axle locking switch would take a bit more effort. (As mentioned by WhiteOut).
Topic: Rubicon I'm looking at buying...thoughts? (previously: hood lettering removal) (Read 4006 times)