Thinking about buying a JL - test drive experience

[yokramer]

Also, not sure how the Trax becomes a solution. The Chevy Trax has a max towing capacity of 1,263 pounds

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[autotragic]

The answer — and you might want to write this down since it’s the answer to a lot of questions — is to buy more than one car.

 

[Heimkehr]

Other than Wranglers there are entirely too many Crvs, Rav4s, Santa Fes, etc on the road. They're basically tall civics in the case of the crv, same platform. Made for short woman to drive. My wife and mother being perfect examples. Can't do it.

That one hit me right in the feels. ?

Wife and Offspring have owned CR-Vs since 2002. While neither of them are short, I'm tall and the interiors do seem to get a bit more cramped with each successive generation. Massive dashboards and bloated trim (to accommodate the ever-increasing airbag count) are largely to blame.

To be fair, the Hondas have been excellent vehicles for their use cases.

It's kind of like when you have a nice car, the only people that ever tell you you have a nice car are other dudes.

I remember when the Ural was new and I put it on errand duty. I couldn't have picked a better vehicle to attract retirees in the Ace Hardware parking lot on a Saturday morning.

 

[yokramer]

That one hit me right in the feels. ?

Wife and Offspring have owned CR-Vs since 2002. While neither of them are short, I'm tall and the interiors do seem to get a bit more cramped with each successive generation. Massive dashboards and bloated trim (to accommodate the ever-increasing airbag count) are largely to blame.

To be fair, the Hondas have been excellent vehicles for their use cases.



I remember when the Ural was new and I put it on errand duty. I couldn't have picked a better vehicle to attract retirees in the Ace Hardware parking lot on a Saturday morning.

With the side car? Cause you would have had me staring lol

 

[tomk62]

If you have to ask, you'll probably be much happier with the Chevy.

 

[Heimkehr]

With the side car? Cause you would have had me staring lol

Yep. And when they noticed the 2WD emblem below the trunk lid, I had to add 10 minutes to the convo to explain the functioning.

 

[yokramer]

Yep. And when they noticed the 2WD emblem below the trunk lid, I had to add 10 minutes to the convo to explain the functioning.

Understandable lol

 

[TEAMSLO]

I wonder if a used higher trim gladiator would work for you.

 

[NWJeepr]

Thanks for letting us know. Instead of going deep-throat on a South Korean fwd-hatchback, uh, bruh, have you looked at the new Chevy Colorado? lol

 

[Murphydog]

Have a 4-door Rubicon V6 automatic. It is my daily driver as well as my fun rig. Been to Moab twice with it, as well as the back roads here in the PNW

No issues as a daily driver in my opinion, love summer time with the soft top down all the time. Great in fall winter too. Plenty of room for dogs or stuff.

Grew up and loved manuals, but I gotta say the 8 speed auto is amazing, I likely will never go back to a manual at this point.

good luck, just make sure to choose what is best for you

 

[five9dak]

Get a lightly used 4dr sport S with an auto. One with some existing powertrain warranty left so if there is any issue, you can get it documented and dealt with.

 

[TaZ_65]

I daily my Jeep. It's loud, manual, and horrible on fuel mileage. I love it and so does my family, but we're Jeep people.

 

[MayThe4x4BWU]

Will this become the next "delete me" thread? ?

 

[yokramer]

Will this become the next "delete me" thread? ?

 

[SaintNick]

I daily drove a TJ from age 16-28 (Still have it in my garage as a restoration work in progress). I've since driven a Ford Fusion PHEV that is much better for freeway commuting and has been awesome but at 250,000 miles I've been thinking about going back to a Jeep.

My first thought was a 2door manual stripper to keep it cheap. But I have two kids and a 2600lb boat trailer so seems like the 4door would be a better fit. Manual power windows and locks not so great on four doors...so now we are talking $40,000+. Yikes!

I test drove a brand new Sport S with auto trans and it was really nice. Then I test drove an '18 Sahara manual with 100k miles at a dealership price $22,750 plus a surprise $1300 in BS fees like reconditioning fee, antitheft. Not nearly as nice as the brand new one. Lots of wind noise (maybe just a windier day than when I drove the new one), whistling noise coming from the header seal, fan motor made a weird noise.

I see what people are talking about with the manual transmission not being so great. The clutch had no feel at all. It felt when you have a brake pedal that pushes all the way to the floor, no progressive increasing pressure. It did seem to get "good" mileage though, upper 20's on my short mix of highway/city.

So, after all this, I'm thinking maybe just get the new Chevy Trax for $22,500 - 4 doors, hard top, power locks, windows, remote start, heated seats, 6-speed auto, 32mpg. Doesn't have 4x4 and can't tow. Other choice maybe a Maverick Hybrid but I don't like how the price is jacked up so much from when it came out.

I really wanted to like these new Jeeps and I thought maybe I could make it work for me but it's not looking good.

A Chevy Trax? Could you get a more boring vehicle? I don't think you can. I'd be embarrassed to even say Chevy Trax.

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