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Let's Help Ray Wert Find A New Car
Let's Help Ray Wert Find A New Car-May 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:13:44

As editor of Jalopnik, Ray Wert brought us years of great stories, wagon hoonage, leaked Corvette Stingray drawings, and other magical things. Now he needs a new car, so I think we should help him out.

These days Ray is out in Los Angeles running his creative studio . He doesn't have a car at the moment, and has been renting and Uber-ing from place to place. That's no way to live. He needs his own car, but he has a very peculiar set of requirements:

Here's what I'm looking for:

- Something uniquely me/Jalopnik

- Under $10K (preferably lower — but that price point is more for the challenge of it)

- 4x4 (I've owned a YJ Wrangler, an XJ Cherokee, and even a KJ Liberty — and I miss being able to do light-medium off-roading and take snowy roads with impunity)

- I need a back seat / room for the girl and the dog

- Cargo space / utility space

- Working A/C and heat

- Nice interior (have to take clients out and wear a suit every once in a while) — a good radio/bluetooth would be nice but not necessary, I can install after purchase

It's tough to check all those boxes. I suggested an older Mercedes S-Class, but that's not four-wheel drive; neither is a Mercury Grand Marquis or Lincoln Town Car, though they're nice, very Jalop, and can tow stuff.

I suggested some kind of older Toyota Land Cruiser, and Ray has been contemplating a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. Clearly, we could use some suggestions.

If you have ideas — and the inevitable Jeep Liberty and dragoning jokes — drop them in the comments. Let's see what we can come up with.

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