The XJ being a 2 door and 5 speed is the reason it went for top dollar. No brainer..

Buying a 4x4 right before a snow storm might not be the best timing to get a good deal. .

2nd Gen Xterra Off Road edition was the right choice. Cheap, reliable, powerful, rear locker, Dana 44 rear end, good 4lo, good ABLS traction control, spacious, came with a manual...

We have a 2011 wrangler with the 3.8 and daily drive it. Been super reliable, has close to 200,000 miles on it and we drive it across the country at least a couple times a year. It has been a great Jeep.

These auction episodes are excellent.

Really enjoying this car auction feature TFL. I hope you guys keep this going.

Thank you, Brendon and Alex. Alex is so "in the zone" and so serious. Get this man a classic: Isuzu Trooper/Bighorn, Older Landrover Defender, Mitsubishi Montero, Japanese Jeep, Toyota FJ, 4Runner, or Landcruiser

Auctions can be a ton of fun. You just cannot get sucked into the competition to "win the bid". That is where people mess up and pay too much.

@That_Handle

6 ай бұрын

Yep, FOMO driving irrational fear is bad for buyers all around - in the moment and stoking of the future

I’m not a bit suprised that XJ brought good money, its the holy grail: 4.0L, 4x4 and a 2-door. No better combination.

You should really grab a Jeep WK 05'-10' with the 5.7 and QDII and test it off road. It's one of those impressive rigs on the trail like the touareg!

It’s funny how decades ago car manufacturers considered both automatic transmissions and tachometers as upgrades, so if you got a manual transmission you would probably not get a tach. I guess that’s why we all learned to shift by the sounds the engine made.

@Agent.K.

7 ай бұрын

Toyota until today sells LC 70 without tachometer 😂

@calebsiemens5067

7 ай бұрын

The '08 Yaris I have has a manual with no tac lol

I love these auction videos! Tflclassics its going big because of auction time!

Do some updates on your RDX, good little rigs. Brendan, how many vehicles have you had? Do a video on that! You're living the dream!

@brendanao

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I have just eclipsed over 100 vehicles. I currently own 12

Help me make sense of this. He has a jeep at home. He's looking at a jeep just like the one at home. So, take the money you would spend on buying a new vehicle there, and fix the jeep you already have!!!

@anthonyc1883

7 ай бұрын

I definitely got the impression Alex is done/done/done with his current Jeep. As its owner, he clearly has insight to the situation we don't have and I think we have to take his word it is just not worth pursuing anything further with that particular vehicle.

Love this content and loved Brendan being a part of the channel!

Third generation Mitsubishi Montero. They're very reliable if you take good care of them, and they're pretty capable offroad. The offroad crowd usually go for Cherokees, Wranglers and 4runners, so you'll be able to find a good example for pretty cheap. Just try to get one with the 3.8 V6. Not that the 3.5 is a bad engine, but you'll need the extra power you can get from the bigger engine.

I own a 2011 Acura RDX with SH-AWD, and it’s been one of the best cars I’ve owned. The SHAWD is extremely powerful and great at handling. It doesn’t have a lot of ground clearance but it’ll get you through the snow. The tech in it is great. The first generation is more of a sport hatchback than a crossover, due to the lower ground clearance, turbo, and SHAWD.

Denver craigslist has a mint 94 Explorer 84k miles for 4200.

Alex seems like a cool guy. He reminds me of a buddy of mine I went to high school with.

Their is a public vehicle auction within an hour of my place, but everyone and their brother goes there hoping to flip cars so you never really find a deal; it’s easier to just find those same cars sold privately at a discount afterwards when those flippers realize they screwed up and now need to make some fast cash to pay rent.

Look for a GX.

@damilolaakanni

7 ай бұрын

Those will definitely be way above his budget, especially if it's a low mileage, good condition example with no rust.

The 3.8 is not a bad engine, it's just a little underpowered. They are pretty reliable though, especially when well cared for. My buddy has an 08 Rubicon that he has had since it was a year or two old. It has been dead reliable for him and has rarely been in the shop. They do tend to develop oil leaks over time, but all are repairable and that's pretty much a thing for any engine. Parts are affordable and easy to get which is another plus.

@leehall5447

7 ай бұрын

I had a wrangler with the 3.8 and it was the most unreliable vehicle I’ve ever owned, injectors, multiple plugs, plugs, wires, alternator died twice in 3 years. Was an absolute dog lol

@NickTarterOKC

7 ай бұрын

@@leehall5447 You probably got one that wasn't maintained well before. When you take care of them, they take care of you. I have seen it first hand. My buddy has literally never had a single breakdown in the 125,000 miles that he has driven his.

@hakankohkoinen8192

7 ай бұрын

@@NickTarterOKCi agree, if people would just take care of and maintain their vehicles, i have a jk manufactured 2011, with an early pentastar, supposedly a complete 💩 according to internet experts, i daily drive it and it runs like new 😂

Very good perspective on how a car auction works

Really enjoy seeing these auctions. Thanks for showing us how it works.

That two-door XJ was worth $4200 all day long..

@rickreese5794

7 ай бұрын

Strong as Death🤪💯🥵🤷🏿‍♂️🤙🏻

@MrChilongaso

7 ай бұрын

Not a chance. Way too expensive.

@justinwingfield2271

7 ай бұрын

@@MrChilongasoHave you seen todays prices though? It really was a pretty good deal.

@rexracer7192

7 ай бұрын

​@@MrChilongasothe comment of someone that knows not what they speak about 🤦‍♂️

@MrChilongaso

7 ай бұрын

@@rexracer7192 Do you even know how to write? 😅🤦

It used to be that if a car was approaching 100,000 miles it was high mileage. These days, cars are so much better now that 100,000 miles isn't bad at all if that car has been taken care of. I bought a Toyota rav 4 new and ran it 400,000 miles and then traded it. It still had no rust and ran well. Change that motor oil and transmission oil at proper times. Keep the salt off it.

That XJ in Texas would've been on Facebook marketplace for $8,000 - for $4,200 here that would be a steal!

That ML was a great deal for 5k. these are great off-road vehicles, I have one for 7 years and have done level 5 trails, no problem with it's 4matic and low range, I think it was a mistake not going for it

@LafemmebearMusic

7 ай бұрын

Can I ask how much money you’ve put in it?

@RichardVac

7 ай бұрын

@LafemmebearMusic The only $ I spent was on 32" AT Cooper tires, a new battery and a power steering reservoir O ring for $6. My vehicle has been nothing but reliable it had 60k miles, currently 131k running strong,.have taken from south Florida to the mountains every year, always looking for off-road trails and never let me down. It always got me back home with no issues, I did many off road parks, Hard Rock Off Road park FL, Patriots Off Road NC, Brown Mountain in NC, Hurricane Creek Trail NC, always made it back with no issues, it's has been incredible

I had that Acura in college before totaling it. It had 140k miles on it when I got and drove fantastically. Mine was in really good condition though. Great in snow and the little turbo engine is a lot of fun.

might wanna try those jeeps at highway speeds. deathwobble is real.

People love to hate on the 3.8 Chrysler engines but at the end of the end there’s still mid 2000s caravan kicking around with a 3.8 or 4.0 v6 with 200,000 miles. Versus a 3.6 which will eat its rockers and lifters by 100,000 miles. Then you need a head job. 😂😂😂

4:09 i wouldn't want to own a German car, either. I had a MK4 Volkswagen Golf that had issues since the first week I owned it. Worse, the interior rattled a lot. At least the engine (2.0 4 cylinder) and gearbox (4 speed automatic) were surprisingly reliable, no issues with those.

Sharp looking RDX.

Great episode. The auctions are really interesting

The Mercedes ML320 is a great SUV. I had one for 5 years and with regular maintenance I had no major issues.

The acura was by far the best car here i wanna know how many miles cus those car will do 300k pretty easy

@johnbriggs6203

7 ай бұрын

2008. 232,750 mi.

XJS can be expensive based on the trim level and options too. I have an 86 Wagoneer Limited which IS an xj with the 4.0 and 4 speed AUTO. I payed 14 grand for it and it has 180,000 miles

I daily drove JK for 10+ years, it end up being very convinient daily driver for both work commute and kids sports.

Good luck with your RDX... Let us know how that 2.3L turbo does. I have a lot of dealers who tells me how many issues they had with it. Also, it takes 5W30 full synthetic oil.

Excellent Episode as always!!! 😁

Alex seems like a cool guy.)))))

XJ 2 door carry a premium on the market. Probably why it went so high.

When y’all put that jump box on that Freon connector 😱

You really need to change the name of this channel from "Classics" to "Used Cars"

I like these videos alot awesome tfl

Glad you let that XJ go….replacing a door and trying to paint match it to the body is a hassle.

@johnbriggs6203

7 ай бұрын

Unless you got a black door from the same age wrangler. Lol. 🤔

@CJ-rk5eg

7 ай бұрын

@@johnbriggs6203 EXACTLY headache 🤕

I wrote an article on the XJ for Hotcars and tbh they’re definitely overpriced. But what does make them special is that comfort meets off road capability.

So that's great, a dealer auction, how can a regular jo-schmo gain access to these? I love these episodes, but help a non-dealer option. What is needed to get this done? Thanks, great video!

Is it because of the season? People might be paying more for an offroader than a sports car at right before winter.

I'm a guy that worked for VW when these Touareg's came out. Surprisingly they're off road beasts for sure for their size and weight. You absolutely positively DO NOT want to own one of these if you value your bank account balance. Doubly so for one with the air suspension. You will never keep a wheel alignment on that thing. Everything is expensive and everything has big labour costs to get to and replace. It's a doubly whammy $$$ hit. Don't see too many of these anymore in my area but whenever I do the thought that goes through my mind is I wonder if they're just keeping it because they've thrown so much money at it to keep it on the road they can't afford to get rid of it?

I paid 11k retail for a fully loaded great condition 2012 Grand Cherokee Summit w/134k in June..... There are deals out there, even retail.

@scoobygms210

7 ай бұрын

That's jeep for you they don't hold value like the Toyota and stuff . It's the only reason I bought a jeep cus there cheap !

Well Alex, the good thing about auctions there’s one every week. First you don’t succeed try again! Brendan i will say the Acura’s of that era have suspension troubles and the rack & pinion will need to be replaced soon if not already done by previous owner

GR8 job 💯🤙🏻🤷🏿‍♂️

The '96 XJ doesn't have a tach? Odd. My mom's '01 did. Sad she sold it. She rolled it once and drove it for another year. Only damage wad a 4" diameter dent on the roof, a busted mirror and cracked windshield. I fixed it up and she sold it for $5k with over 250k miles back in '17. The Wrangler for $9k has the older interior and is a soft top. The hard top adds about $2k to the value.

That Wrangler door looks like someone pulled it out to break in.

Nissan Xterra (avoid 05-08) would make great budget off roader.

I love these videos.

That looks like The Lost World Jurassic Park Mercedes 🚙

The MK2 JK Wrangler has the 3.6L?

Great video 👍 Really educational video how to have self control when going to an auction.

bought my rust free 95 xj 2yrs ago for $600 everything worked as it should

2 door manual xj less than 200k miles not lifted is a unicorn!!!

Just before I switched to KZread and watched this video I was watching an old rerun of The Big Bang Theory. I firmly believe that Alex is Howard Walowitz brother. Hahaha Hahaha.

I saw three first gen Chevy Trailblazers in the video, including that one next to that ugly red Miata. I owned a 2005 LS for 8 years and loved it, kept up with the maintenance and drove reliably. Hands down a fantastic budget off-roader. Cheap to own and drive with comfortable seats and ride, parts of the millions are easy to find, and have a true low range transfer case, 2HI 4HI 4LOW and AUTO. Such a underrated SUV. Need more of this car and no more crappy jeeps, toyotas, and land rovers on the channel.

@fritty9927

4 ай бұрын

You do know there is nothing wrong with being a Chevy fanboy or any other fan; but when you degrade every other manufacturer on the planet your opinion loses a lot of validity.

The Mercedes would have given you many more years to enjoy with such low mileage and well maintained. The 3.2 liter engines are bulletproof and pretty easy to work on. Brendan stealing the show in the end with a great buy, really like the Acura, make a follow up video on that one!

@andrewb325

7 ай бұрын

The Benz would have been my choice as well. It is in great shape and is very capable.

I hope you make more videos on auctions like this. This is really interesting and fun to watch.

Couldn't see the Commander as a daily or an off-roader. Hemi fuel economy, appallingly bad departure angle off-road...

Go see HRG Off-road. They sell a 1.5” lift kit for the Gen1 RDX. it’ll become a pretty capable off-road machine.

I'd take that old Jeep Cherokee all day long.

Love the auction content. Thanks guys!

Great person to review, your mechanic (?) about time he stepped in front of the camera BRAVO excellent timing as snow just swept across the midwest followed by the cold. . . Jeep, Mercedes, or VW, you would need to be a mechanic or have a good pair of shoes and money for the bus. Young man, get a Suzuki Sameri or early Sidekick) you will LOVE it.

Did I miss the miles on the rdx? I heard it has a ton of miles 10 times but didn’t hear the Actual number

Did the VW start and rive through the auction and if so do you know what it sold for?

@brendanao

7 ай бұрын

They did get it to start and it sold for just under $4k.

@flatheadV8

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply. IF, all that was wrong was a dead battery then 4k looks like a bargain. @@brendanao

$5000 for that XJ is still very low compared to what I see them going for around here!

@Onepiece-471

7 ай бұрын

That's actually cheap

What exactly is a boat load of miles?

@waggitnshaggit6592

7 ай бұрын

More than a canoe full

I want to see that 496 big block gmc of Brendan's get featured on one of these videos.

KBB Excellent trade in with 78k on the ML is $799. Retail is $2799

@brendanao

7 ай бұрын

Just goes to show that KBB has no clue how to value older vehicles.

The commander was amazing I would of pulled codes on it cus the hemi is super reliable and capable

My rav 4 v6 is 4x4 its awd with a 4 wheel button if you get stuck in mud or snow and it does work there only 3500 pounds with 270 horsepower. And they might be the most realible car ever made and i came from a lincoln town car, ive seen them with 300,000 miles ona stock everything but the water pump. Stock fuel pump stock alternator stock starter. Mines at 260,000 everything stock except the waterpump. My old town car would go through alternstors and starters every 100,000 miles like alot of car companys, these atleast 300,000 miles

@thisguyfromyoutubesaid1537

7 ай бұрын

Also these have the lotus evora engine that means theres a supercharger out there for it and the front wheel drieve rav 4 v6s came with a limited slip differential that means we could bolt it on are all wheel drives possibly??

@thisguyfromyoutubesaid1537

7 ай бұрын

And there only 5000 dollars with low mileage now!

Alex and Brenden. The dynamic duo. Great content, guys.

@AllanPorter

7 ай бұрын

He's a well dressed man.@@Nathans_Margarita_Salt

@anthonyc1883

7 ай бұрын

@@AllanPorter Dusty Hill was a "sharp"-dressed man. Brendan is...casually comfortable. ;-)

Very honest business lol. Aren’t there people there to drive up the price

That NOCO will jump the damn space shuttle. That VW was just messed up.

jks are okay but not amazing Mines has been kicking my ass. First my transmission Death wobble = to me buying a trackbar shocks and it needed a new radiator fuel tank = evap leaks and lastly I needed oil pan seals. If you're buying used have a warranty.

That XJ is a real Jeep

Love the auction videos!

purchased a chevy Colorado from Phil Long many moons ago!!

2 door XJs are rare. Least in tx

Oh man, why didn't you buy the Touareg? A German V8, air suspension, off-road package, KO2's, low range, real rear diff. Lock, super luxurious and obviously in great condition.

Owned many 4x4 rigs. Highly recommend Jeep WK or XK with quadra drive 2.

JK door should be FAR easier to replace than the dented corner on the other Jeep.

No public auctions near me all dealer only even using a broker makes it cost prohibitive

It's kind of funny that the hosts of this channel seem to buy and sell the same vehicles every few years. Disco II, Wrangler, LR3...

That Acura is a winner

I’m proud of you bud. You will find something to join your brothers with off roading

XJ 2DR 4x4 Manual are Unicorns!

@larrys9879

7 ай бұрын

Just confirms all vehicles are depreciating assets. Their value drops like a rock. And the older they get the more maintenance problems they have.

Love these reality auction videos. Especially the variety of co-hosts and topics. Keep them coming!

How about touareg? They used have one.

I have the 3.8 in my Wrangler and it’s been a great engine. Very reliable.

How much for your XJ?

you have to pay for auction fees ?