Be a Sport

Just got back from our dealer.  They're going to order us a Sport this week.  We added half doors (of course), the tow group (which changes the rear axle to 3.73), the Infinity speakers, and the limited slip rear differential.  It's going to be about $7000 cheaper than the Rubicon.  The things we're going to get asap are the heated seats, a GPS unit (I think the Garmin Nuvi 550, which is waterproof and rugged, so I can take it snowmobiling), and better wheels and tires.  The wheels and tires are pretty cheesy, only 16", but they'll do for now.

Of all the stuff we wanted, we got the two most important things, and the things that would have been the most expensive to do after:  the Bright White and the half doors.  Everything else is either doable after we get it, or not important.  Thinking back, we kinda talked ourselves into the Rubicon, using the old line, "ah, we're getting a new car let's do it up right, what's another couple thousand?"  In a way I'm glad we weren't able to order the Rubicon when we wanted to, the extra time has helped us make a better decision.  And now it'll be easier to pay it off early.

The sales manager said he'd be able to order it Wednesday the 13th, and if we're lucky we'll have it for Christmas.  He's going to call us with the VON (vehicle order number) and then I should be able to track the progress.

Until then I can finish researching the GPS and start looking at wheels and tires.