It didn't snow much last year, but I can agree the two door is a little sketchy in road snow. I'm going to slow way down compared to my previous vehicles during storms. My Golf R would hardly break lose even pushing pretty hard in turns. The JLR wants to do 360s.I have the Selec-Trac on my Sahara and we get snow: I would get it.
I drove 2-door JK Rubicons in the snow when I lived in California: between the short wheelbase and the open rear diff, it took a fair bit of attention to keep it from sliding all over the road.
I will order the option this time because it's available to see how it is.I debated on ordering on my JLUR - was trying to keep overall costs down. I kind of figured in snow the traction control could be a bit of a substitute to auto 4WD. In hindsight I wish I had ordered the auto 4WD. Had it in my Laramie and it did work really well on snowy roads
I figured I would be OK either way.I will order the option this time because it's available to see how it is.
I would not loose sleep over it. My '19 JLR did not have it and we had record snow a couple of years. The Brake Lock Differental works. I had no issues other than needing to manually switch to 4High in some very deep snow and slush.
The 3.6 eTorque has ESS.I want a Rubicon. 2021 and 2022 2.0 Rubicons have ESS. The only engine choice without ESS is the 3.6 which has eTorque.
For 2021 and 2022 the 3.6 Rubicon is only available with a 48V eTorque start Stop system with a generator that starts the engine. The only other option for a Auto Rubicon is a 2.0T with ESS, the start stop system that uses the 12V aux battery. ESS uses a starter with a smaller aux 12V battery.The 3.6 eTorque has ESS.
I ordered the FT 4WD. Had it on a Grand Cherokee and 2 RAMS. Love it in the winter.
It is more than knowing when to shift. If you are traveling on snow covered roads, you have to engage Part-Time 4WD on-and-off whenever you hit clear sections. With Full-Time you engage it and don't have to worry about it.If you know when to shift into 4WD, you don't need it.
^^^ this!The part where it really matters is slick winter conditions when you need 4WD HI to get going but you specifically don't want 4WD HI to keep going. 4WD is detrimental to traction in higher speed (30+ MPH) turns. In slick winter conditions it can send you into an oversteer situation and send you sliding off the road. You can always shift between 2WD and 4WD yourself but 4WD Auto does it for you and will do it faster and more accurately than almost any driver.
The only Engine option that doesn't have ESS is the 392. The 3.6 eTorque 100% has ESS.I want a Rubicon. 2021 and 2022 2.0 Rubicons have ESS. The only engine choice without ESS is the 3.6 which has eTorque.
It's a semantics thing. They ALL (minus the 392) have a system that shuts the motor off at stops. The ones without ETorque don't call it ESS and use the 48v electric motor to start vehicle vs ESS which uses a 12V marine/motorcycle battery to engage the starter.The only Engine option that doesn't have ESS is the 392. The 3.6 eTorque 100% has ESS.