OldGuyNewJeep
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I’ve never done any rock crawling or anything even remotely difficult. The only stuff around here are fire access roads.So your 4 years of posts about how great the JL clutch is , was from your experience of just driving on paved streets ?
I’ve plans to do Rausch Creek 101 this summer after my new clutch is installed. I made my last payment last week, so now I have a small mod budget and a new clutch is first on the list. Hoping to make it a camping trip with my sons.
What I have TONS of experience with is bumper-to-bumper traffic on the Merritt Parkway!
And, yes, to address your snark… I have not had any issues whatsoever with my clutch for 5 full years. As the only manual in my family until a week ago, its lightness was something I just adapted to and don’t notice. Well, at least not until I went for a test drive in a Mazda and then had to drive back home in my Jeep. That was eye opening.
I taught two of my three kids to drive stick with my Jeep and it survived all their stalling, slipping and burning. Now my oldest bought a Mazda3 and he says it’s an absolute cinch compared to my Jeep, so I think overall my “bad” stock setup yielded some benefit.
What I’m really fed up with is 4 recalls and the worry that one of my kids or my wife might get hurt. I also don’t trust that this final recall will be any good because they have to make it work with ESS. To do that while also mitigating the problem I’m worried they’re going to detune us. So, yeah, I’m not going to get this recall done ever.
Thanks for coming to my Ted talk. I don’t regret any of the opinions in my older posts. They reflect how I felt at the time.
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