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How many of you utilize your wrangler as a daily driver? I travel to several plants monthly throughout the northeast and put roughly 20-25k miles a year on my daily driver. Wondering if my ordered 392 can fit the bill as a daily?
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I've owned mine for ~5 days thus far but it will be my daily driver, with occasional weekend excursions, maybe one big offroad trip/year or so.

I don't see why your 392 couldn't fit the bill. Gas might be a bit crazy - I went with the 2.0L and thus far I'm averaging ~20-24 MPG, so I'm really pleased (my previous pickup averaged 12-14, lol)
 

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Well the 392 I just ordered will be my daily but I really only have a 12 mile round trip a day so no biggy. Even if it was more I wouldn't care. What a badass vehicle to get to daily drive summers and winters.
 

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I'm a 59 year old business owner & driven mostly only luxury SUV's before. I got the JL because I plan to retire soon & the JL is what I wanted to tow behind our motorhome. But currently working and it's my daily driver and I love it. Wife has a luxury SUV & when we switch vehicles sometimes I can't wait to switch back.
 

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How many of you utilize your wrangler as a daily driver?
Daily driven to and from the train station and used as the weekend family hauler.
 

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I daily my JLU 50 miles round trip 6 days a week and on the 7th day I take it searching for Mountain Bike trails. Almost at 8k in the 4 months I've owned it so id say it does pretty good as a Daily Driver.
 

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My DD. I've had many different Jeeps. The JL is the most comfortable Wrangler I've ever had from stock until now.

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I drove a TJ 20k / year for a few years. The JL is a caddy in comparison, you will be fine.

Now I split mileage between the JL and the 996. But when I drive it, it gets 70-80 a day.
 

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Stick to a 4 door (as a 392, that decision is made for you, as is the fact that 2 doors seem hard to get). A 2-door beats you up a bit more. Still doable, it is my daily driver, but most wouldn’t like it.
 

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Daily Driver here. 17k miles in the first year with lots of offroading. It's been on 37s since it was 2 weeks old.

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I had a '19 Mojito JLUR 2.0t that was a DD but I also ran several trails on it throughout Colorado. Traded it in with 28,000 miles for a '21 Hydro Blue 4xe JLUR first week in July and will continue to run it as my DD and go on trails. Always wanted to have a Wrangler and these two I have recently owned have certainly not been a disappointment.

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How many of you utilize your wrangler as a daily driver? I travel to several plants monthly throughout the northeast and put roughly 20-25k miles a year on my daily driver. Wondering if my ordered 392 can fit the bill as a daily?
Wife drives her Rubi and I drive my Mojave every day. Don't want another vehicle.
 

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I have a 6-speed manual JLUR with 14K miles in 9 months. This is my 7th wrangler and by far the most comfortable. Easy to use as a daily driver. BTW, I'm 6' tall and this is the first Jeep I have ever owned where I did not put the seat back as far as it would go.
 

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I DD my JLR but my commuting situation just drastically changed. I went from a 75-80 minutes per day commute with about 60 miles on the highway to a 3 minute, 1.5 mile commute. Consequently I now no longer have doors or top on my jeep for the last week.
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