Jeeponomics 101: Eternal tirekicking for the gutless Jeep

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SAWCE wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:55 pm 3.73s with the manual feels good to me in the JKU
All the torques.

Yeah yours is nice. Im enjoying my luxo mall crawler. Need to install the free tires wheels and level kit.
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dubshow wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2017 8:17 pm
max225 wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:52 pm The 3.73s are an option on both the Sahara’s and sports
Yeah the max tow package gives 3.73. I don’t feel the jeep is scary slow. I do floor it often around town. But anything on the interstate, the 3.21 is perfect. I was okay with 22mpg doing 75-80.
How the hell were you getting that?! I averaged 15.5 over 800 miles with the 3.21s and all
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max225 wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2017 9:29 pm
dubshow wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2017 8:17 pm

Yeah the max tow package gives 3.73. I don’t feel the jeep is scary slow. I do floor it often around town. But anything on the interstate, the 3.21 is perfect. I was okay with 22mpg doing 75-80.
How the hell were you getting that?! I averaged 15.5 over 800 miles with the 3.21s and all
Not sure? It was all interstate. Mixed is around 18mpg.
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I always get close to city average that is, in almost every car.
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Jeep... Instantly adds extra :meat: Image
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1 jku please. Willys.

Going to start sending emails soon on one.
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09vdubgti wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2017 2:49 am 1 jku please. Willys.

Going to start sending emails soon on one.
I swear. The Jeep needs a gif. Soon to replace all the :poorvette:
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dubshow wrote:
09vdubgti wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2017 2:49 am 1 jku please. Willys.

Going to start sending emails soon on one.
I swear. The Jeep needs a gif. Soon to replace all the :poorvette:
Nothing can ever replace the purple C5Z :poorvette: emoji IMO, but adding :jeep: makes a lot of cents!
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dubshow wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:01 am
09vdubgti wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2017 2:49 am 1 jku please. Willys.

Going to start sending emails soon on one.
I swear. The Jeep needs a gif. Soon to replace all the :poorvette:
I've already started looking at parts and stuff. Im not even sure if i'll end up getting one. lol.
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dubshow wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2017 8:17 pm
max225 wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:52 pm The 3.73s are an option on both the Sahara’s and sports
Yeah the max tow package gives 3.73. I don’t feel the jeep is scary slow. I do floor it often around town. But anything on the interstate, the 3.21 is perfect. I was okay with 22mpg doing 75-80.
SAMESIES :sissyfight:
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Apex wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:41 pm
max225 wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2017 6:42 pm That’s a really shitty deal...

Did you drive the auto or :manuel: I’d like to hear more on your gear ratio experiences, since all i drove were 3:21
Yup, which is why I promptly walked out of the diller. :lol: I mostly wanted to get a little seat time.

Both JK and JKU were auto's, with the JKU having the 3.21's. The JKU was omg slow, merging onto a 60mph highway from a dead stop was a little nerve racking. I don't want to have to floor the thing to leave a stop light. The 3.73s seemed to be pretty well matched with the 32 inch tarz and auto trans. Test drives weren't that long, but got a mix of some highway and local road driving.

For my purposes and wants, I'd get the 3.73's otherwise I'm throwing $1200 at a re-gear. Willy's seems to be the way to go for me; going to check another diller and see what they feel like doing since they have 70 something JKU's in stock.
The willys package is really solid. Best way to get a Jeep IMO, as it packs a lot of the Rubicon goodies in a cheaper package. But you're guaranteed 3.73 gears and LSD rear.

3.21 was horrible, I agree. 3.73 would be mandatory for me.
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Apex wrote:Hit the local :dillerman: and test drove a JKU and JK. JKU was a sport with 3.21's and the JK was a Willy's. Got some initial numbers on the Willy's because 3.73s are absolutely necessary on these, the 3.21s are an abomination of a gear ratio.

MSRP: $36.670
Lease Sale Price: $35,136
48 months, 12k miles a year
$2,000 down
$428/month

Apparently a JKU would be ~$350/month
That is awful. $23k to rent the car for four years when it'll depreciate $5k in that time.
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max225 wrote:I always get close to city average that is, in almost every car.
:dat:

I get like 21 in the :poorvette: now that I'm in the 'burbs, got 14 when I lived downtown.

The only exception was the :turboyaris: , I got a lifetime average of 29.x.
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Apex wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:41 pm Yup, which is why I promptly walked out of the diller. :lol: I mostly wanted to get a little seat time.

Both JK and JKU were auto's, with the JKU having the 3.21's. The JKU was omg slow, merging onto a 60mph highway from a dead stop was a little nerve racking. I don't want to have to floor the thing to leave a stop light. The 3.73s seemed to be pretty well matched with the 32 inch tarz and auto trans. Test drives weren't that long, but got a mix of some highway and local road driving.

For my purposes and wants, I'd get the 3.73's otherwise I'm throwing $1200 at a re-gear. Willy's seems to be the way to go for me; going to check another diller and see what they feel like doing since they have 70 something JKU's in stock.
The willys package is really solid. Best way to get a Jeep IMO, as it packs a lot of the Rubicon goodies in a cheaper package. But you're guaranteed 3.73 gears and LSD rear.

3.21 was horrible, I agree. 3.73 would be mandatory for me.
:dat: MPG... :whocares:
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Johnny_P wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:18 pm
Apex wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:41 pm

Yup, which is why I promptly walked out of the diller. :lol: I mostly wanted to get a little seat time.

Both JK and JKU were auto's, with the JKU having the 3.21's. The JKU was omg slow, merging onto a 60mph highway from a dead stop was a little nerve racking. I don't want to have to floor the thing to leave a stop light. The 3.73s seemed to be pretty well matched with the 32 inch tarz and auto trans. Test drives weren't that long, but got a mix of some highway and local road driving.

For my purposes and wants, I'd get the 3.73's otherwise I'm throwing $1200 at a re-gear. Willy's seems to be the way to go for me; going to check another diller and see what they feel like doing since they have 70 something JKU's in stock.
The willys package is really solid. Best way to get a Jeep IMO, as it packs a lot of the Rubicon goodies in a cheaper package. But you're guaranteed 3.73 gears and LSD rear.

3.21 was horrible, I agree. 3.73 would be mandatory for me.
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I'll try to be good about tracking my mileage in the Heep. I just used the built in calculator in the GTI.. You guys use gasbuddy or some app like that, or just keep a physical log somewhere?
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I read that JK's will still be made thru March of 2018... :megusta:
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SAWCE wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:04 pm I'll try to be good about tracking my mileage in the Heep. I just used the built in calculator in the GTI.. You guys use gasbuddy or some app like that, or just keep a physical log somewhere?
I use Fuelly.

http://www.fuelly.com/car/nissan/fronti ... lon/416124
That's what I just set up too :thumbsup: I was gonna download their recommended GasCubby app, but it's $5.99 :scrooge: I'll just log into Fuelly whenever I fill up and input my fueling myself.
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Apex wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:43 pm I read that JK's will still be made thru March of 2018... :megusta:
Yeah that's the same timeline I saw on the JL forum
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[user not found] wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:46 pm
SAWCE wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:43 pm

That's what I just set up too :thumbsup: I was gonna download their recommended GasCubby app, but it's $5.99 :scrooge: I'll just log into Fuelly whenever I fill up and input my fueling myself.
Download Gastracker+ - it's essentially a Fuelly app.
Sweet. THanks man. Can you sync it to Fuelly? Or would I just use that as a stand alone and then input to fuelly after the fact if I feel like doing that.
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SAWCE wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:52 pm
Apex wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:43 pm I read that JK's will still be made thru March of 2018... :megusta:
Yeah that's the same timeline I saw on the JL forum
Gives me some time to get the pumpkin paid down and some cash for a down payment. :yesth:
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Apex wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:57 pm
SAWCE wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:52 pm

Yeah that's the same timeline I saw on the JL forum
Gives me some time to get the pumpkin paid down and some cash for a down payment. :yesth:
Any reason you want the JK over the JL? :scrooge: :dill: ?

Nice thing with Jeeps is that they will largely be quite similar.
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