Today, Saturday I just bought a couple grand worth of Silver

[Mountain trapper]

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Ben

I thought they sounded familiar. They pay a good dividend, over 7% I think.

 

[old tex]

I haven't bought a used vehicle since before 1984. We have 2 Jeeps and a Ford F250 right now. We're budgeted to replace these vehicles in '26 or '27. We're kinda thinking about replacing the wife's Grand Cherokee with a V8 Range Rover. We have time to figure it out.

We're kinda thinking about replacing the wife's Grand Cherokee with a V8 Range Rover. We have time to figure it out.

OMG, you might want to read up the "thoughts" about owning a Range Rover before you buy. I believe that I saw a video with worst cars to buy & Range Rover came in first.

 

[Mountain trapper]

We're kinda thinking about replacing the wife's Grand Cherokee with a V8 Range Rover. We have time to figure it out.

OMG, you might want to read up the "thoughts" about owning a Range Rover before you buy. I believe that I saw a video with worst cars to buy & Range Rover came in first.

We just started thinking about looking. I'll definitely look in to the Range Rover some more now. The reason we're looking at something besides Jeep is they stopped offering the V8 in the Grand Cherokee or the Wrangler.

 

[Supervisor42]

I thought they sounded familiar. They pay a good dividend, over 7% I think.

Yep, I own that!
The fat dividend going into my pocket:

01/10/2025

Qualified Dividend

MO ALTRIA GROUP INC

$212.16

• Shares Outstanding 1.69B
• Public Float 1.69B
• Beta 0.54
• Rev. per Employee $3.194M
• P/E Ratio 8.16
• EPS $6.55
• Yield 7.63%
• Dividend $1.02

Edit, brag: I got my Altria shares in June-2019 for $47.80/share so, based on what I paid, it pays me 8.5% today .

 

[zoomzoom]

The reason we're looking at something besides Jeep is they stopped offering the V8 in the Grand Cherokee or the Wrangler.

Getting rid of the V8 or even the V6 in smaller vehicles is what's going on now. They're going with smaller engines with all kinds of gadgetry (which normally cause more problems).
E.g. These are the new engines:
Chevy 2.7 turbomax
Ford 2.7L ecoboost
Working to replace the tried-and-true V6 & V8 engines.

I don't think you're interested in Toyota but as of 2025, most of their fleet has gone hybrid, whether you like it or not.

Don't get me wrong, these new little engines with their turbos and such are peppy but their reliability compared to the venerable V6 or V8 they're trying to replace just isn't there in my book. An old V8 (E.g. 5.3L V8 in a Chevy truck) will last damn near forever when maintained. I don't know if any turbo engine lasts more than 200K.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Getting rid of the V8 or even the V6 in smaller vehicles is what's going on now. They're going with smaller engines with all kinds of gadgetry (which normally cause more problems).
E.g. These are the new engines:
Chevy 2.7 turbomax
Ford 2.7L ecoboost
Working to replace the tried-and-true V6 & V8 engines.

I don't think you're interested in Toyota but as of 2025, most of their fleet has gone hybrid, whether you like it or not.

Don't get me wrong, these new little engines with their turbos and such are peppy but their reliability compared to the venerable V6 or V8 they're trying to replace just isn't there in my book. An old V8 (E.g. 5.3L V8 in a Chevy truck) will last damn near forever when maintained. I don't know if any turbo engine lasts more than 200K.

I've been thinking about putting a Hemi V8 in my Wrangler Rubicon. It would be cheaper than buying a new one. And one with only a V6. Not sure what to replace the wife's Grand Cherokee with yet. Does Mercedes or BMW make a comparable vehicle to the Grand Cherokee with a V8? Luxury is nice, but we still need real 4 wheel drive and decent ground clearance.