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......i have a 1997 big foot edition wrangler.......
If you want a Wrangler, then poor gas mileage is just something you will have to live with. To me it is WELL worth the sacrifice to have the fun of having a Wrangler.
I just did a little calculation to see the monetary impact of the difference between a vehicle that gets 15 MPG vs. one that gets 20 MPG over the course of a year, assuming a person drives 15,000 miles per year and a fuel cost of $1.50 per gallon. This worked out to be $375 more per year for gas on the one that gets 15 MPG. That's about a dollar a day, and I can live with that for the sake of owning a Wrangler.
If you have never owned a Wrangler, you just don't have a clue as to how much fun they are!
I have the Sport, which has the 4.0 I-6 engine, and until I started adding mods, I was getting about 18 MPG on mostly highway driving (I drive 27 miles each one way to work.). That was driving only 60 to 65 MPH.
I am down to about 14 or 15 MPH since going to mud terrain tires and adding armor for offroading (gas tank skid, rocker panels, steering box skid).
Hope this helps.
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
-twylie
Looking forward to those pics!
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
Hopefully this coming Saturday I will have some company on the trail and can see what that locker will do.
I did come up out of a dry creek bed with the tires spinning, and I made it. I have to believe that without the locker, I would have had to tackle that steep bank with a little speed instead of just being able to scratch my way out like I did yesterday.
I'm still real happy with the way Thelma behaves on the pavement with that locker. Very few undesirable side effects.
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
Only you, the user, can make the decision if the lousy gas mileage is worth it. I love my Wrangler, but I have another vehicle for my daily driver, because of it's lousy gas mileage. I really dislike the Taco and can't wait until I can afford to dump it, but can't quite get over the extra cost in gas to go with just a Wrangler. I think that for me (because of the miles I drive) the extra gas would not be all that much less than the car payment.
By the way, tsjay, thanks for sending some moisture this way. When I got up this morning the yard was damp, the day is cloudy and there's a hint of fall in the air!
I'm taking advantage of this nice weather and waxing Thelma Jane. I just took a break to eat some lunch, and I thought I would say hi to everyone before going back out to finish the job.
With her doors off, there isn't a lot of sheet metal to wax. There isn't much on a Jeep anyway, though, come to think of it, even if the doors were on.
When I hand washed her this AM, I washed her engine compartment for the first time ever. I sprayed "Simple Green" fully concentrated on eveything under the hood and then sprayed it all down with the garden hose. I covered the air intake snout to keep any water from getting in there. The results were pretty good, but I should have wiped things down with a sponge or a rag. There's still some dirt in there, but it looks much better than it did.
Well, back to work.
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
What do I do?
When I get near my gas tanks I hear a great sucking sound...
With the Lincoln, Windstar, and Wrangler, we got 20. Add to that a chainsaw, Lawn Mower, Blower, Weed eater, Leaf Vac, and Chipper/shredder, my Cylinder count totals 26.
Egan had a friend into airplanes (couple of Allison V16's) who had over 100....
Thought this was a funny subject...
Ever hear of the Torque and Recoil club?
OK thats another subject for different day!
I have a bowl of pennies across the room with perhaps 5,000 of them. Now pennies are cylinders too (short cylinders but cylinders nevertheless) so I suppose I measure up quite well! Top that! ;-)
I'm saving up for an SUV but it may take a while - looking forward to the 2020 models!
tidester
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thought u were a jeep prurist now
The jeep was suposed to stay dirty now.
Now, Dont u get like me & keep that jeep clean.
The others will talk about your too.
Well.. we got rid of isadore looks like Lili is following the same path. We we never see the sun again.
KEEP JEEPIN
ROLL TIDE
BAMA!!
C ya
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
;-)
Steve
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Gasoline once a year gets most of them.
Wrangler Sahara-6
BMW 528i-6
BMW 318ti Club Sport-4
Pathfinder SE(AKA Gojira)-6
Benelli Mini-Enduro-1
International Harvester Cub 154 Tractor-4
Dixon ZTR Estate Mower-2
Bunton Push Mower-1
Bunton Push Mower-1
Homelite Chain Saw-1
Poulan Chain Saw-1
Shindaiwa String Trimmer-1
Stihl Leaf Blower-1
Stihl Hedge Trimmer-1
Stihl Chain Saw-1
Total cylinder count: 37
If so, is it one, or can you count each chamber?
Steve
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See how far I've come???
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
I don't have much for cylinders - we don't own a lawn mower or a chain saw, or even a hand saw. So just the 10 (the Taco and Wrangler). Don't suppose a 6 round magazine for a .22 Ruger counts...
Now, you talk about a rough ride, and I wonder if that might be due to excessive tire pressure, an out of balance tire, or something like that rather than a miss in the engine? Are you relating the rough ride to an engine problem, or are you saying that you have two different problems, a rough ride AND a missfiring engine?
Whatever, I am sorry you are having problems and hope you get them fixed to your satisfaction. Good luck. Please keep us posted, OK?
Welcome to the board.
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
A Sport is fine for wheelin', but a Rubicon has many features that would cost you a fortune to add to a Sport. Heck, an SE is fine for wheelin' for that matter.
I think I told you in a previous post, a Rubicon is truly an amazing value for all the goodies that you get. There is absolutely NO WAY that you could buy a Sport and add all the stuff that a Rubicon has and come out even close money-wise.
One of the very best things that you could do is get a good, experienced wheelin' buddy or two to show you the ropes. I was very fortunate to have found some great guys to lead me on the trails and bring me along without getting me in over my head.
Good luck! Hope you get just the right Jeep for your needs.
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
I checked out their web site and saw that there were 39 people signed up for it!!!!!
Now, if the weather will just cooperate...
I hope I can go topless and doorless this weekend. Would hate to have to put that top and those doors back on.
I am taking Friday off as a vacation day, so that I can wheel with those guys.
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
37!
Anybody top that?
Or a v8 car with a dead cylinder? LOL
Tom, I thought you were hooked before but now you've really gone hook, line and lockers.
Steve
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What is the club's name? There is a club near where I live called the Mid Rivers Jeep Thing. Is that the one?
Steve
Garden Tractor 2, Riding Mower 1, Push Mower 1, Stihl #25 Chain Saw 1, Stihl #17 Chain Saw 1,
Poulan Chain saw 1, Poulan String Trimmer 1, No Name String Trimmer 1, = 41
mtngal Old Red has hit the 119k mark
Walt
I think that 92 Dodge Cummins should count for more than the 6 it has!
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
Steve
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
You might want to check here. I found 19 topics on quick inspection. http://www.jeepsunlimited.com/forums/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=1896&sortby=&sortorder=
Tom, just because you don't want to see it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
:-)
You need to convince the roofers that the air is fresh and coffee plentiful up in the mountains. Tell them it is like a getaway!
BUMMER!
Stupid Lili has invited herself to our wheelin' get together this weekend, so I thought I'd better get prepared,I still haven't put the doors back on. Just couldn't stand that in the same evening when the top went back on. Guess I'll do that tomorrow night.
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
I don't think there have been enough cases with newer TJ's to say that there has been a common problem with them.
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
That's why I put the top back on Thelma Jane.
My wife never goes wheelin' with me. I took her one time and didn't even do anything the least bit risky, but she was convinced we were gonna die, and she has never been back since.
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
Show us!!!
Steve
They come from the factory with 31" tires.
About all a guy would ever want to do to one is get a bigger lift and bigger tires.
Welcome to the board!
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?