Thanks for the massive debt, here's a Jeep: Buy a log cabin, get a Wrangler
Just as the Prius is an essential piece of kit if you desire to wrap yourself in the color green, if being ever-ready is what you'd like to exude, buy a house. Not just any house, mind you - that'd be like a Greenie stripped of their Starbucks intravenous drip, Livestrong bracelet, and Macintosh laptop. If it's backwood rancher/Eagle Scout that you're looking to portray, no domicile will do better than a log cabin. Of course, while the outside says 1885, modern log cabins are a luxury item commonly purchased as a weekend home for the well-heeled, or as a retirement home. Canada-based Pioneer Log Homes has just launched a UK branch, and customers that purchase a model called "The Anchorage" will be rewarded with a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited left in the drive when construction's done.
The two products definitely go together. Both the home and the 4-wheeler look like they could've been hewn with the same axe, offering a certain rugged charm. We like the idea, mainly because a vacation home is a delightful aspiration, as is a Wrangler. Pioneer says you don't have to be a millionaire to afford one of their homes, with a starting point of £650 per square meter. Let's see, multiply by two, divide by nine, hot damn - that's actually not terrible! At today's exchange rate, that square meter cost works out to about $150 per square foot. You could always turn around and sell the Jeep to pay down the mortgage.
press release after the jump
[Source: Pioneer Log Homes]
24 July 2007
BUY A LUXURY LOG HOME – AND RECEIVE THE GIFT OF A "JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED"
Pioneer, Canada's leading builder of log homes has launched a range of premium homes in the UK – and buyers of one of these innovative and eco-friendly country houses will find a new "Jeep Wrangler Unlimited" parked on their driveway free of charge.
Pioneer Log Homes are renowned for their distinctive and unique log construction techniques which combine modern methods with traditional craftsmanship to create luxurious yet rugged Canadian dwellings.
Marcus Munro, Managing Director of Pioneer Log Homes UK says: "Our customers love the great outdoors and want a unique weekend hideaway that offers them the luxury of their Mayfair townhouse or Manhattan penthouse – in a stunning rural setting.
"Clients may be looking for a holiday home, in which to enjoy their country pursuits or a retirement home, but when they arrive at their weekender, they will want a fun and practical vehicle to get them to their favourite walking, fishing or bird-watching spot – and back again! The 'Jeep Wrangler Unlimited' is the perfect off-road vehicle for our cabin owners."
Customers that buy 'The Anchorage' style log home from Pioneer in the UK this summer will receive a brand-new "Jeep Wrangler Unlimited" worth up to £23,000 free of charge. Their new car is the only four door convertible available in the UK, and offers a 2.8-litre diesel engine with manual or automatic gearbox, a removable hard top and seating for five adults and their luggage.
Peter Lambert, Managing Director of Chrysler Group UK, said: "With its excellent on and off-road performance, a host of safety features and an all-new interior, the Jeep Wrangler could become the limo of the off-road world. It is difficult to think of any other 4x4 that would sit comfortably alongside one of these stunning designs. I'm sure that these customers will enjoy owning their new Wrangler as much as their new log cabin."
If you aren't a millionaire you need not worry – Pioneer Log Home packages are available from just £650 per square metre, while the new Jeep Wrangler range starts at just £17,995.
Marcus Munro added: "The environment is an important consideration for our clients – from the sustainable forest where we source our wood to the geothermal heating systems for our log cabins, our approach is eco-friendly. When you look at the whole-life environmental costs of vehicles, the entire Jeep range is very environmentally friendly*, and the latest diesel-engined Jeep Wrangler is the greenest off-roader in its class."
- Pioneer Log Homes is based in British Columbia and is famed as Canada's leading builder of premium log homes.
- Pioneer's UK-based team will create a bespoke design – from a modest building to a 100,000 sq foot lodge – and build it with the customer's choice of doors, windows, kitchen and premium interior fittings. The structure is made from Western Red Cedar wood sourced from sustainable forests in Canada and is assembled by hand in British Columbia, shipped to the UK and then erected by Pioneer's British craftsmen.
- The 'Anchorage' home featured in the picture, fully completed inside and out costs around £275,000 (excluding the price of the land and cost of all other professional fees). For more information and terms and conditions of the free Jeep promotion go to www.pioneerloghomes.co.uk
- * A three year study conducted by an American market research firm, CNW Marketing Research, looked at the whole life 'dust-to-dust' costs of the energy used in the design, building, transporting, servicing and scrapping of cars. CO2 emissions and fuel consumption were also taken into consideration.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
brad 9:15AM (7/25/2007)
hope hes got a snorkle kit on there
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Eric 9:17AM (7/25/2007)
The first 3 or so sentences are gold in my book.
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Avinash machado 9:19AM (7/25/2007)
I love the idea. Would prefer to have a Diesel Wrangler though. Chrysler should try and launch a Diesel Wrangler.
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jay tee 9:46AM (7/25/2007)
Read the article a bit better, it comes with the 2.8 diesel.
"offers a 2.8-litre diesel engine with manual or automatic gearbox"
nom de plume 9:41AM (7/25/2007)
The Brits will buy this. They've become even bigger posers than Yanks. These fat old Homer Simpson and their now droopy trophy wives driving Hummers in the US are pathetic enough. But the pasty Brits driving Jeeps in London are just too funny. God, do these people have no idea of how idiotic they look? I guess money never could buy class.
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Mr. Oak 9:57AM (7/25/2007)
They look no worse than anyone driving a Range Rover or G-Wagen in any major city anywhere in the world.. But since It's not American, that makes it classy. Hypocrites.
Oops!! Sorry, I forgot It's what they pay for their sled that makes them classy.
Yo son, some men like fat women. It's called choice. F@#K all you self-righteous snobs. Have no contribution to the post, sssshhhhhuuuuttt UP.
nom de plume 10:34AM (7/25/2007)
Mr Oak, The fact that you assume that one would think a more expensive, or European, SUV is classier speaks volumes.
Commentary on how some want a house inspired by "Gun Smoke" and a car that "Rambo" might drive says a lot about the fantasy driven auto industry. This is especially telling if the drivers think others might perceive them to be doing anything but roll-playing. Are they not like the kid with the towel/Superman cape? I suppose play is healthy, but those of us in the reality based community can't help but be amused.
I am, of course, sorry about your other expressed preference.
Mr. Oak 11:06AM (7/25/2007)
Dude/Chica: I think you have lost it. Just plum freaking crazy.
Ever heard the saying: "Live and Let Live"?
I don't care how classy you or anyone might percieve it to be. The point is, no one NEEDS a G-Wagen, Range-Rover or Wrangler in London, Paris or Rome.
That someone chooses to drive these extremely off-road capable vehicles on perfectly paved roads, is their personal preference. I don't have a problem with you speaking out againgt all of them equally. But to say G-Wagens and Range-Rovers are "classier", therefore more acceptable, makes you a damn SNOB.
nom de plume 11:38AM (7/25/2007)
My Dear Mr. Oak, You might put your reading glasses on. Neither I nor anyone else here said that "G-Wagens and Range-Rovers are "classier", therefore more acceptable." All big SUV's are equally despicable and declasse. On that we can agree.
As for "live and let live", these overgrown children do irreparable damage to the environment, put others in danger, and use up resources at a wasteful rate.
Barney 12:54AM (7/27/2007)
Why would they be driving the Jeep in London? is there a demand for log houses in London? It would be nice if they offered these log houses with a Hummer. Then the people who have log houses in LA can drive them around.
JC3 10:11AM (7/25/2007)
That's what I call a green machine.Harness those elements!
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BigDoggyIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 10:38AM (7/25/2007)
When you factor in the fact there screwing people over I think they should give the new owners a jeep. Log cabins are some of the biggest screws out there, builders can a make a ton on them. Owners are too dumb to know there getting taken. The only good thing about this article is the fact there is a diesel wrangler. I'd buy one of those in a second.
Nom de plume- Whatever the F that means, not all people who drive hummers are posers.
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nom de plume 10:50AM (7/25/2007)
I Agree. But the vast majority of the Hummer drivers who are not posers are in Iraq. They are the luckless and ill-equipped American boys being sacrificed so that the posers can drive their Hummers.
JC3 12:46PM (7/25/2007)
Nom De plum...They're brave ,noble men and women who are sacrificing their comfort to stand against islamic facism.Don't insult my troops, loser.
nom de plume 1:03PM (7/25/2007)
JC3, Some are brave and noble, others are frightened and desperate. They are just normal boys and girls like my kids and your kids. But these kids are being asked to make unimaginable sacrifices by cowardly and greedy old men in Washington and London. They are giving their lives, their limbs, and their sanity so Americans can drive Hummers and Brits can drive Range Rovers. And the administrations that send them won't even provide proper armor or a decent period of rest for them.
Those Islamic fascists are just boys too, who once simply wanted to be left alone, but history and the oil under their land attracted the attention of Western Empires. Now they have become fanatics, Islamic or Christian or driven by greed and hubris, it's all the same.
dantzig 11:11AM (7/25/2007)
do people that live in cities not realize that there are people who don't live in cities?
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Moltenauto 12:13PM (7/25/2007)
Math problems:
At £650/sq mt actually works out to 170.5 dollars per sq ft, not 150.
Comprehension problems:
They may have a package available at £650 per sq. meter, but that one sure doesn't include the free
Jeep. From their site, that starts at £275000, and is 120 sq meters, which works out to an astounding $600/sq ft. And that is before the price of land (20%?)or 'legal fees'. 6%? I would guess
their tax of what, 14%? is not included either. So you in reality are
looking at probably $800,000 for a 950 sq ft house and a free Jeep.
And then there would be furnishing, landscaping...
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Guenther 4:10PM (7/25/2007)
uh- 650GBP=1340USD; 1sq.m=10.76sq ft, so its 124 greenbacks per foot.
Dantzig- No, they do not.
ebm14 7:17PM (7/25/2007)
It would be a wonderful idea if the home came with the Jeep and only spend $ 25k. : )
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Barney 12:57AM (7/27/2007)
Nicer if it all came for a dollar but then that's a lottery.