joshrude
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- First Name
- Josh
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- May 28, 2019
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- Texas, USA
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- 2018 Jeep JL Sport S
Manual for sure! Just requires a little more skill and focus for offroading
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I went with the manual. But then again, I've NEVER owned an automatic transmission vehicle except for my trailer tow vehicles (F350 - blew the transmission, and now F450).Gears 1, 5, and 6 are pointless, I drive it like it was a 3 speed, and do just fine.
@OP, the Turbo Automatic seems to get 20-21 mpg, or that is what I read from others on this site. The manual, with 3.6L, I get 16 mpg, and that is great for me. If I want fuel efficiency, I drive my Civic.
I say get the manual, it's too much fun to drive any other way.
I chose the six speed manual for three reasons: (1) more fun to drive (2) better crawl ratio (really hard to stall a vehicle with an 84:1 gear reduction...) (3) because it makes a terrific old school hill descent control. No electronic nonsense - if you want to go down hill slow, put it in first and it will crawl down slowly. If you want it to descend a little faster, put it in second.Just joined the site and about to buy our 1st Wrangler. Great site, have learned much, thanks! We are planning to order a 2020 Sahara with options we want (8.4 Infotainment, Cold Weather Group, Tow Package). Live in SW Virginia, it will be my primary car but am retired so not a commuter and live in a rural area so not much traffic. Plan to ride country gravel and dirt back roads but not serious off road stuff. Thinking of buying a manual, haven’t had one in years but have always enjoyed (other than when sitting in traffic) and figure heck if I’m getting a Jeep, manual seems to be the way to go. Any reason or benefits that would make you say we should go with either the regular automatic or Turbo automatic over the manual? Any other options you think we should get (and why)? Thanks!
I am curious if you could elaborate a bit more on points 2 and 3. I currently have a jku sport with manual and find stalling out while going slow over rocks to be a problem. I do realize that the rubicon and JLs have better crawl ratios, so I imagine this would not be an issue so much on them with a manual. But how is that an advantage over the automatic? How do you stall an auto while rock crawling? Sorry if this is a newbie question, I ordered an auto on my soon to arrive JL in part because I didn’t want to have to worry with stalling or getting in and out of gear. Or are you just saying with such a high crawl ratio, having the manual is not an issue.I chose the six speed manual for three reasons: (1) more fun to drive (2) better crawl ratio (really hard to stall a vehicle with an 84:1 gear reduction...) (3) because it makes a terrific old school hill descent control. No electronic nonsense - if you want to go down hill slow, put it in first and it will crawl down slowly. If you want it to descend a little faster, put it in second.