Jeep Wrangler - anyone have experience with one?

My DD is a 2005 LJ Rubicon. Has about 180K miles now and has been pretty trouble free. Had to replace the original clutch at 170K due to throwout bearing failure (the disk would have gone another 100K easily), otherwise basic maintenance. At about 120K I went through the lower drivetrain and replaced ujoints, front axle bearings and ball joints, and did a complete brake job with new pads/rotors on all 4 at 160K. And although the Jeep does see a fair bit of highway use, it also spends a lot of time off pavement.

Modifications are pretty simple, 2" lift coils, 1.25" body lift+ motor mount lift, all suspension control arms are Johnny jointed at both ends, high pressure monotube shocks and 255/85-16 (narrow 33") tires. Works extremely well and rides pretty nice.

If you are looking for a TJ or LJ, 03-04 were possibly a little better than 05-06. The last two years use the 6-speed NSG370 instead of the NV3550, and some of the early ones had issues although mine has been fine. Both will get noisy with miles but that's considered normal and is no cause for alarm. Late 4.0L engines had some issues with the OPDA/CPS (oil pump drive assembly/ cam position sensor). Due to poor design the upper bushing could seize causing rapid wear on the drive gear and cam gear. When the gear fails, the oil pump stops. I am still running a modified original unit, and there are aftermarket units that supposedly last longer. Most 4.0L engines that were going to have problems with this would have by now unless its a really low mile rig.