If your friend can fix anything for cheap...then get your car fixed? And about the wranglers.....get a stick with the 4 banger and 31x9.50'* on it and you got the best handling winter vehicle around....Just my opinoin....me and a frind were gettin changed by a neon one really snowy night and had a wrangler......we lost them in the neighborhood so many times.....never once did that Wrangler ever feel unsafe to me....I think they just got a bad wrap because too many nimrods that don't know their heads from a hole in the ground has flipped them all the time.

yea see i wouldnt flip it, i wouldnt even be going off road. plus i keep thinking about crusing around with the top and doors off in the summer. its in really good shape. meh i dont know... i cant afford snow tires... i just cant. the repairs i could swing with some help. but im not even sure what is exactly wrong with it... grrrrr so lost in all of this.

I'd keep the Bonneville. 1000 bucks well spent could bring her back into nice shape, with your buddy'* help.

Of course, if you REALLY want the Jeep, get the Jeep. Ask yourself why you REALLY want it. I read an article about consumerism once, and American Marketing has us, as a society, trained to become UNhappy with everything in our lives roughly every 21/2 years. Thats cars, houses, possesions, even relationships.

I think it will be cheaper, in the long run, to keep what you have. 97 isnt really old.

well my buddy cant get cheap parts, not for GM, its jeep audi porche and saab only over there.
what about xterras? if i see one i can afford with help maybe? anyone know anything about them?

My brother-in-law has an Xterra. They're really nice. And there'* an M62 supercharger option for those as well.