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max225 wrote: Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:42 pm
Davestr wrote: Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:34 pm What the JEEP FK - The 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL's Price Is Already Jumping Up $750

https://jalopnik.com/the-2018-jeep-wran ... 1823629152
I guess you don't check this thread much... :iono: I bitched about this a bit ago. The current Wrangler pricing is :fullretard: It was tough to swallow before unless you flew 3 states to the only dealer discounting them to acceptable levels. Now they tagged on another $750
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First 5,000 miles on the Jeep. I didn’t think to log the first fill up, so that data is missing, and I don’t bother calculating/inputting the actual city/highway percentages.
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Pretty much what I expected. I averaged 15.5 in a JKU sport over 500 miles. But it was an auto :doe: Do you spend a lot of time in the city/traffic?
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max225 wrote: Mon Mar 12, 2018 2:18 pm Pretty much what I expected. I averaged 15.5 in a JKU sport over 500 miles. But it was an auto :doe: Do you spend a lot of time in the city/traffic?
I'd say 90% is in traffic or in the city. The few times I get open freeway for a trip out of San Diego, my mileage on that trip jumps up to the low 18s.
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SAWCE wrote:
max225 wrote: Mon Mar 12, 2018 2:18 pm Pretty much what I expected. I averaged 15.5 in a JKU sport over 500 miles. But it was an auto :doe: Do you spend a lot of time in the city/traffic?
I'd say 90% is in traffic or in the city. The few times I get open freeway for a trip out of San Diego, my mileage on that trip jumps up to the low 18s.
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Better city mileage than a :poorvette:

Same life time mileage I got in my Miata :lolol:
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D Griff wrote: Mon Mar 12, 2018 10:41 pm
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I'd say 90% is in traffic or in the city. The few times I get open freeway for a trip out of San Diego, my mileage on that trip jumps up to the low 18s.
:notbad:

Better city mileage than a :poorvette:

Same life time mileage I got in my Miata :lolol:
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max225 wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2017 5:42 pm

It was actually really awful putting the Jeep into 4LO. You'd have to crawl at around 2-3mph and then jam the diff from 4HI to 4LO which sometimes would create awful noises that were "normal". And then the car would drive like absolute shit... But that may just be because my jeep didn't have an E-Diff and a different throttle mapping for when in 4HI. It got super touchy.
I missed this before.

Gear reduction amplifies throttle inputs.

Also... jamming it into 4-Lo? Wat?

All 4-Lo engagement procedures generally require neutral or park and then select the gear with your foot on the brake and put it back into gear.
Missed it too and holy fuk.
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Johnny_P wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:50 am Moar Ocean Blue

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Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Prices are :fullretard: on these.
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Johnny_P wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:10 am $40k poverty sport model

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Prices are :fullretard: on these.
But apparently you can lease the sport for $300 a month with 2k down. The :dill: s are starting ... and eff you for posting ocean blue :( that’s how I’d order mine
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max225 wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2017 5:42 pm

It was actually really awful putting the Jeep into 4LO. You'd have to crawl at around 2-3mph and then jam the diff from 4HI to 4LO which sometimes would create awful noises that were "normal". And then the car would drive like absolute shit... But that may just be because my jeep didn't have an E-Diff and a different throttle mapping for when in 4HI. It got super touchy.
I missed this before.

Gear reduction amplifies throttle inputs.

Also... jamming it into 4-Lo? Wat?

All 4-Lo engagement procedures generally require neutral or park and then select the gear with your foot on the brake and put it back into gear.
Per the Manuel you can’t put it from 4hi to 4 low when standing still. You have to be crawling. :bruh: don’t start with this shiet. And yes it would be crunch central when that is happening. If the Jeep is not moving you can’t put it into low ...
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I dunno about the ocean blue, it looks pretty dark.
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max225 wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:53 am
[user not found] wrote: Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:03 pm

I missed this before.

Gear reduction amplifies throttle inputs.

Also... jamming it into 4-Lo? Wat?

All 4-Lo engagement procedures generally require neutral or park and then select the gear with your foot on the brake and put it back into gear.
Per the Manuel you can’t put it from 4hi to 4 low when standing still. You have to be crawling. :bruh: don’t start with this shiet. And yes it would be crunch central when that is happening. If the Jeep is not moving you can’t put it into low ...
1940s WWII technology here. It's a Jeep thing.
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http://www.wranglerforum.com/f202/how-t ... cs/1193529

Obviously these fking 1%ers don’t know how to work a Jeep. Or have never operated a transfer case before.
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Johnny_P wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:54 am I dunno about the ocean blue, it looks pretty dark.
For some reason people hate blue on jeeps ... don’t know why. When I was still thinking about ordering it wasn’t a popular color
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max225 wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:57 am http://www.wranglerforum.com/f202/how-t ... cs/1193529

Obviously these fking 1%ers don’t know how to work a Jeep. Or have never operated a transfer case before.
Meanwhile every other 4WD system on the planet has a knob you turn on the dash and that's it.
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max225 wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:58 am
Johnny_P wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:54 am I dunno about the ocean blue, it looks pretty dark.
For some reason people hate blue on jeeps ... don’t know why. When I was still thinking about ordering it wasn’t a popular color
It's cool that they offer so many colors doe.
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max225 wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:57 am http://www.wranglerforum.com/f202/how-t ... cs/1193529

Obviously these fking 1%ers don’t know how to work a Jeep. Or have never operated a transfer case before.
Operated many transfer cases, electronic and manual.

I mean, I've had to roll a car forward a bit and attempt engagement before so the gears mesh up, but never had to shift while rolling. That's a new one.
Sounds like you haven’t then. That’s how it’s done.
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max225 wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:08 am
[user not found] wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:03 am

Operated many transfer cases, electronic and manual.

I mean, I've had to roll a car forward a bit and attempt engagement before so the gears mesh up, but never had to shift while rolling. That's a new one.
Sounds like you haven’t then. That’s how it’s done.
Manual t-cases need to be rolling around 2-3 mph. Electronic ain't care...but it won't engage until you start rolling a bit.
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Man get those P-rated tires outta here.
This thing will never go farther off road than the occasional bad park job with a wheel on a curb so who cares what tires it has, these tires are better suited to carting spawn between strip malls than AT tires are.
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