Jcsieman
Well-Known Member
I’m a family man with 4 yro and a 6 yro girls and (although we live in a lake community and own a small boat and kayak), my wife prefers the terrain of a high end fashion mall over the outdoors. I’ve been driving a 2015 Mercedes but since I mostly work from home and will no longer have daycare drop off starting next year, and my wife already has a Lexus SUV, we thought it made sense to get a “fun car” for my next/our second vehicle.Unless you want a stripped base base base 2 door, the differences in prices between the comparable Sport S and Sahara are only 2 - 4k less with the same features and you don't even get the bigger / better tires, dana 44 axles, lockers, swaybar disconnect, or factory lift that will accommodate 35s. You would barely even notice a difference in price, why would anyone NOT get a Rubicon?.
I built three unlimited jeeps on the site, S, Sahara, and Rubicon. Added the same features to each that I wanted (auto, dual top, technology group, tow group). The end prices were a laugh, only a few thousand less than the comparable Rubicon which gives you so many more features.
Again, who would buy a non Rubicon?
We take an annual summer trip to Gatlinburg TN (about 6 hrs away) and love to drive around the National Park and stay in nice cabins atop the mountains there. My wife is also a teacher and gets summers off, and since we live in a lake community in indiana she liked the idea of having a convertible in addition to us living the thought of driving a topless/doorless JLU around the smokies when we go. Aside from that, there are some off-road trails near me, like “badlands” - Attica Indiana, but realistically our Jeep will stay on paved roads and light off trails.
A JLU fits all our needs for my car....can tow our small boat, has decent cargo room for Home Depot runs, has plenty of our ground clearance for the Smokie Mountains and the Midwest snow we get in winters, and has the fun factor we want. And, being used to driving luxury cars, the JLU still offers the “amenities” (like LEDs, Proximity Entry, blond spot monitoring, and Apple Carplay) we are used to.
The sport version doesn’t offer the bells and whistles the Sahara does. The Rubicon is more expensive for essentially only improved off road capability and a slightly bigger screen - neither of which we need or really wanted. And the Rubi doesn’t offer the Selec Track all the time all wheel drive like the Sahara does, which will be nice in the winter here. So, why would I pay more for the Rubicon or go with a base Sport mode over my Sahara again??? Ha In 5 months when I’m on the highway out of town to the Smokie Mountains, I’ll appreciate my street tires a lot more than I would have liked a better axle and either way the top and doors will be off with plenty of free air in my face.
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