Hey Saharanut hope the Jeep purchase date is not too far away. We put approximately 500 miles on the Sahara this weekend. The Mrs. really loved it. She gave it the name "Little Dude". Her vehicle is a 1989 full sized Ford Bronco with the 351 Cleveland engine and the posi trac differentials. She has been a 4 wheel drive buff for quite a while now. We live in East Texas and get a little ice and snow from time to time. Hopefully your Mrs will come around soon. We are taking off work and going to put approximately 500 more miles on the "Little Dude" this week. It really is fun to drive. Mrs. Saharanut I will burn inscence and offer up a prayer this week for your new Sahara or 60th anniversary jeep. Ha Ha have a good week....
Well the weather is starting to warm up and it is almost time to remove the hard top and put up the soft top. What I was thinking about doing is getting a pair of half doors for the summer, because I have the full doors. I was wondering if anyone has done this and if it is real expensive?
By the way tsjay, did you ever find a soft top for your jeep?
I have a 2000 Sahara and I experience a high-pitch wind noise via the ventilation ducts when I travel over 40mph. I had it looked into by Jeep Service but they tell me it's normal or that all Jeeps have considerable wind noise. This is not normal Jeep wind noise because if I set the ventillation off, I don't hear it. The last time I had the Jeep serviced, I was told that it might have a block somewhere in the engine area and might require serious work???
Overall, other than this annoying wind noise problem, the Sahara has been flawless through 14k miles of New York City and NJ Turnpike driving.
I am looking at the black anniversary edition. Unfortunately I will have to leave it in Atlanta but the wife can drive it once in a while. I looked them over last trip back to the USA and just can't decide exactly what I want. I know 6 cyl. with a/c but am really stuck on decisions about the top. Probably will get both tops. If they do not have the anniversary edition I will look into a Sahara in green with tan top. I do spend a lot of time off road here in Saudi. I live 25 miles out in the desert from the nearest gas station and about 35 miles from town. I off road through the desert to get to where I live when I want to go around, rather than through, the Saudi air base. It is about 13km of sand and dirt going around. Out of here at midnight tonight, Riyadh-Paris-Atlanta! And at last a couple brews on the flight! No brews allowed in this country. Well not legally.
I think they're kinda pricey, like around $550... Check www.quadratec.com for prices. I had a follow-up question, since I might go for half-doors someday in the future. Is it possible to get them color-matched to your jeep? The ones I've seen at Quadratec only seem to come in black.
No, I still haven't bought a soft top. I think I would go with Best Top if I get one. They seem to be the consensus choice for the highest quality. I guess they do live up to their name, "best top."
It will be a while, I'm afraid, before I get one. Our company froze everyone's wages this year, and since they don't have me driving to Illinois every week any more, I have lost lots of mileage money that I used to be able to count on.
I guess I'll just have to take the hard top off when the weather permits. I'm off this week, and the temperatures are supposed to be nice. Trouble is, there's a chance of rain every day, so I'd better not get far from home, if I do take the top off. I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE SOFT TOP! (Or the dual top option)
I've never experienced that problem with Thelma Jane.
There are different settings on the ventilation system. Does your Jeep make that noise when you have it set for recirculation and when it is set for fresh air too? That might be a clue to help diagnose the problem if it only does it in one postition or the other.
mjsiniard Welcome to the board. Sounds like you have a lot of sand to off-road on. Make sure you get the Dana 44 and Trac-lok on your new Jeep.
rb123 & yellowman Have ya'll looked at full soft doors? They will cost less than the half doors.
shotgundan Have you or when are you going to Shiloh ridge? www.shilohridge.com I think they recently redid their site. It didn't have much before. It is outside of Lufkin. It may be close to you. We have a group of people going in May sometime. Let me know and you could meet us out there
Chrysler does not offer them painted, they just come w/black primer on them. They wouldn't match a black jeep perfectly either since there is no clearcoat on them. You have to have them painted yourself. I'd go for the full soft doors, if it looks good on CJs it'll look good on Wranglers.
As far as the noise from the vents, I'm also guessing you have a dry leaf in there somewhere. It's happened to me before.
I finally bit the bullet and ordered my jeep today. I ended up ordering it from the 3rd dealer I went to. They gave me a good price for my trade and I am buying it at invoice with free oil changes for 1 year. thanks to Tsjay for twisting my arm.. I mean, helping me through the process. Heres what I got: Steel Blue Sport 6cyl. Black Tinted Soft top with Half doors Auto Trans. D package Cd Player with Subwoofer Trac Loc 3:73 Gears side steps agate interior 30" Canyon Wheel Group Speed Control Fog lamps and Tow Hooks Senty Key Total with options,destination and rebate came to $20,643 The whole process went smooth to this point since I new exactly what i wanted and had the prices memorized after months of research. My only concern is that im going from a Big Black Chevy Silverado extended Cab 4x4 Pickup to a tiny Jeep. But when you have jeep fever theres nothing that can help but to get one!
Congrats on the order! I'm impressed they didn't charge you a deposit. I had to put $1,000 down for mine.
Now, in about 2-3 weeks, call the DC 800 number and you can start getting the status and, when the time comes, the railroad car number so you can track it.
Well, in my lifetime I have seen man walk on the moon and night games in Wrigley Field, but now I've seen it ALL!
Tonkadave has parted with a few bucks and ordered a Jeep!!! I can now go to my eternal rest knowing that nothing else of any real interest could possibly happen.
CONGRATULATIONS, TONKADAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I guess you know you could never have done it without me??
Sounds like you have checked out my Thelma Jane's web page.
Yeah, it was amazing what kind of crap they tried to pull on me at the first two dealers! I guess they get away with it with some customers, but I had done my homework, and I knew what I should expect.
You got a Jeep now?
tsjay
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
kentuckywildcatforlife (but went to school at Purdue)
Sounds like you got everything but the kitchen sink. I love that color combo; it was near the top for us. It sounds like a great Jeep and having had ours for a week and a half, I can still say my only regret was not doing it sooner. Now that you have your order in, help me update the process for other future Jeep owners if you have a chance... I've got all the status codes and numbers in one location.
I went top down yesterday (mid 50's and really windy) while running errands and to the grocery store. The only other top down vehicle I saw was a burgandy CJ8 parked in the Kroger lot. I parked next to them and looked for the other cold fool while in the store. No sighting but I was proud to park by him.
WOW you did it!! that means i'm the loaner here now.. but.. its looking better. hopefully by the end of the month i'll get the "go ahead" from Mrs Nut. Mrs. Nut's Birthday is the 29th...This b'day has gotta be good...
Is there an easy and SAFE way to make the power outlet/cigarette lighter hot at all times?
My cell phone won't stay charged very well with the power outlet not being hot when the ignition is off. I need the cell phone to be working at all times because of my job.
I don't want something rigged up half way that wouldn't be safe. I would want proper fusing and everything.
Why in the world did they design the power outlet to only be hot with the ignition on????
Tonkadave - Sounds like you ordered my Jeep except that I have the 5 speed!
tsjay - It would be really easy to pull the stereo out and run a wire down to your lighter that would make it hot all the time. You could also buy another lighter outlet at Wal-Mart or somewhere and run separate wires for it from the stereo wires and and you could have one each way and hide it next to the seat so you would have a place to plug your cell phone into all the time and not have it hanging from the dash. If you splice onto the stereo wires it will be fused too.
FYI, the main Jeep Wrangler discussion resides in the SUV message board where Steve and myself are your hosts. Only the discussion title is linked to the owner's club message board that Karen hosts.
Regarding the edit with no time limit. unfortunately this cannot be done due to legal issues I think. The problem is that one member can post something deragotory, or flame someone else, and then go back and change his/her post while denying that he/she started it. This would cause us a lot of headaches. Flaming and then deleting your original post after someone else has read it and responded is also a no-no. Instead, what I suggest is that you either use your profile, or the meet the members topic as you have done. You can always post a new updated message (with the different fields that you think may be appropriate) in the "Meet the members" topic, and delete your old message. Just so you don't miss your old message, you can always mark it (hit the mark button), at which point the link to it will end up in your mesage centre. You can then add a comment next to that link so you don't forget what it is. Try it! :-)
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Anything that allows us to go to a known location to check out one of our buddy's particulars is what we need. Sure beats scrolling through a million posts on the main board to see what someone has on their Jeep or whatever info we might be looking for.
An expanded "Profile" might be nice too. The current one doesn't work very well. If you try to put much in the box, it all runs together- no paragraphs or anything.
Well I have been driving my new wrangler all week this week, Because my grand Cherokee has been in the shop all week because of some minor damage where someone hit the side of it in a parking lot. so anyway driving to work today the engine light came on and stayed on all the way to work, and then all the way home. I have had the wrangler for two months and it now has 1400 miles on it. For those of you who may have forgot or never read my previous posts I bought a 2001 wrangler sahara senna with a camel dual top and auto tarns. So I guess I will call the dealer to make an appointment to take it in.
Congrats to tonkadave! I also ordered the Steel Blue Sport. I think it looks great with black top and tinted windows. But you got a great price for it. I paid just about the same thing, but I did not go for the auto or canyon wheels. I did, however, go for the AC and ABS, so I guess it evens out.
Now I have to wait. I won't be taking delivery of mine until the end of September as I am currently stationed in Japan. But on the bright side, I'll be assigned to Colorado Springs where there are plenty of places to enjoy my Jeep.
Till then, I'm subsribing to all the 4x4 and offroad magazines, and trying to follow all the different websites dedicated to this super fun vehicle.
And in case anyone is wondering, I had 2 before this one, a 93 and a 95 Sport. And I enjoyed them immensely (I was in Colorado then, too).
I think ABS is a great feature on some vehicles. Its proven that it works in most situations. The problem is that I have it on my SIlverado which I put larger tires on, and the heavier wheels really screw with the ABS Sensors. My ABS will kick in on a bumpy road when you try to stop at any speed. Many people will end up just pulling the fuse to it. As a result I figured I could do without that inconvenience.
I'll probably have to miss the Thursday night chat. Bummer! You guys have a good one, and be thinking about me.
I should be back online Friday night, so I hope there will be lots of posting going on then.
I STILL can't believe that Tonkadave really did it! Man! WOW! PRAISE THE LAWD!
You guys be sure and post lots of messages for him to congratulate him, OK? That was as unlikely as Ebenezer Scrooge giving Bob Cratchet a Christmas bonus BEFORE he was visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future!
That is great news. Glad to hear it. welcome to the club. Sounds like a nice looking Jeep. I can't wait to see some pics of it.
yellowman I agree I like the look of the half doors and didn't like the look of the full soft doors. They have grown on me now though.
madman390 I guess you have your subscription to JEEP magazine? That is a good one. Oh yeah, you suck. just kidding. I am just jealous. Colorado is incredible. I plan on making a trip there every year and maybe someday moving there. I should be there in august this year.
I have been reading these posts for the past 3 months in an attempt to quell my jeep fever... but it just ain't working! I've got jeep fever and the only cure is a new Wrangler Anyway I'm stationed in Germany and I just thought I'd say hi to the entire crew for the first time and thank you for all the good info. So if tonkadave can do it so can I!!! But I'll need some encouragement as it will cost me more overseas for the sport I want: 25D Dual tops A/C Dana 44 30" canyon cd 5 speaker fog lights/ hooks Steel blue with black top window tint 5 speed Agate cloth interior
Anybody else overseas and dealing with the military vendors?
Welcome to the club! Be sure to post often and try the chat room on Thursdays. Get that jeep before summer gets here. I like the color choice as well. I dont have any experience with overseas buying but dont hesitate if its what you really want. Just imagine cruisin down to the Alps for an offroad adventure! Good Luck.
I'm planning on buying a 2001 Wrangler Sport with the Canyon wheel package and Dana 44 rear axle. I'm undecided on the Trac-lok differnetial. I live on the east coast where we get an occassional snowfall. Also, I've never been offroading but would like to try it. Does anyone have an opinion on the Trac-loc? What benefits would it give me? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I wanted my lighter to stay hot with the switch off. I took it to the dealer and told them what I wanted. They ran a new wire and fused it. No charge. I thought that was pretty good service. I did notice the service guy looking up how to do it. Didn't take him long once he found the instructions.
I hope the service is as good if I ever have a problem. Fourteen months, 6000+ miles and no problems.
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Hello guy.. Welcome to the club..just regular guys in here chatting about jeeps. I havent got permission from mrs. nut to get one yet.. but i'm closer. not as lucky as tonkadave. again welcome..hope you can visit us in jeep chat on thursday take care! saharanut (terry)
That ABS info is surprising to hear. I know you can get the auto with ABS and Canyon Wheels, so it sounds odd that the sensors would be affected by larger tires.
Anybody else have info on this? I do plan on upgrading to larger tires/wheels in the future.
I ordered mine through the military vendors, but I have arranged to take delivery in the US.
Where will you be taking delivery? If in the states, shop their price around online, you will likely beat it. But then again, they promise to match any price.
Ive heard of my ABS problem quite a bit on other Pickups but not much about it on Jeeps, yet anyway. I think the Larger and Heavier Wheels take more pedel pressure to stop the vehicle. The ABS probably thinks that you are slamming on the Brakes and activates. The problem is that if you are at low speeds this will cause you to roll right through stop signs and intersections instead of stopping! Maybe the Jeep system is not as sensitive as those but I really dont know.
jrjeep - welcome to the group and let us know once you order. This forum will drive you to buy instead of convincing you not to (just ask tonkadave!). Sounds like a great Jeep!
wdubs - welcome to the group and good luck in ordering your Jeep. The consensus seems to be that the Trak-loc is worth the money unless you plan on immediately replacing the diff with a locker. We plan to off-road ours but aren't going to go hardcore any time soon, so we ordered trak-loc. Trak-loc seems to be similar to the 6cyl engine... you never hear someone say they wish they didn't have it, but many will say they wish they did. sfjeeps had a great post on the subject. It's #1701 in this forum.
Welcome to the board jrjeep Are you getting trac-lok?
wdubs The trac-lok is worth it just for rain, ice, and snow. It is a limited slip differntial. It will give you better traction. It can be useful off-road but there are better LSDs for that. The factroy one is a great start and inexpensive.
Yes, I did leave off the trac-loc option on the dream jeep. I think that it will be better for me when I'm off goading in the Alps this summer. Hopefully I'll need to engage the trac-loc more than the brakes. It's too bad that we can't have the ABS with the bigger tires.
madman- I still have a 2 year tour left here in Germany, so I'll be taking delivery here. It may cost a little more but I don't know if I can wait. The guys at work think I ought to spend my bucks on a new BMW. They're fast on the autobahn, but are crummy on snow
P.S. What do you all think of the add-a-trunk option? Is it worth it or are there better after market trunks?
Well, the day has finally arrived. Just got a call from Shaver Pontiac/Jeep, and my Jeep is HERE!!!!! Unfortunately I'm busy all day today, but I'm going to try to pick it up tonight before they close at 9. I hope I can do that, because waiting until tomorrow morning's gonna KILL me!!! :-)
You can get ABS with Trac-lock and the 30" tire group. How do I know this? I have it on my '01. The part which causes problems is the Dana 44, which cannot be ordered with ABS.
As a New Englander I can recommend this package to anyone who needs to drive a lot in our wonderful winter weather. Traction is excellent in all circumstances.
I have not experienced the sort of weirdness tonkadave mentioned with the ABS on my Jeep. ABS sensors will measure both wheel speed and brake pressure, and when one starts changing a lot faster than the other, that's when the system kicks in. On modern cars it will do this far better and faster than any human could ever hope to. Maybe it doesn't work so good off-road, but for my use I'm glad to have it.
as mentioned before I also have ABS and the trac-lock and in the Northwest it is also a good combo. Plus I have aftermarket 30" BFG tires on and have had no problems with the ABS acting up.
Congatulations! Get down there and pick up that jeep. Then give us an initial report and some pics. Im looking forward to it since I have nothing to do now while waiting for my jeep.
Hopefully you'll read this tonight after you've gotten the new yellow Jeep home. Picking it up is pretty exciting; I know you're ready to get it. I'm guessing that LA has perfect weather for a top down ride before the end of the week.
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By the way tsjay, did you ever find a soft top for your jeep?
I have a 2000 Sahara and I experience a high-pitch wind noise via the ventilation ducts when I travel over 40mph. I had it looked into by Jeep Service but they tell me it's normal or that all Jeeps have considerable wind noise. This is not normal Jeep wind noise because if I set the ventillation off, I don't hear it. The last time I had the Jeep serviced, I was told that it might have a block somewhere in the engine area and might require serious work???
Overall, other than this annoying wind noise problem, the Sahara has been flawless through 14k miles of New York City and NJ Turnpike driving.
Any advice? Is this common with all Wranglers?
Thanks all.
I looked them over last trip back to the USA and just can't decide exactly what I want. I know 6 cyl. with a/c but am really stuck on decisions about the top. Probably will get both tops. If they do not have the anniversary edition I will look into a Sahara in green with tan top.
I do spend a lot of time off road here in Saudi. I live 25 miles out in the desert from the nearest gas station and about 35 miles from town. I off road through the desert to get to where I live when I want to go around, rather than through, the Saudi air base. It is about 13km of sand and dirt going around. Out of here at midnight tonight, Riyadh-Paris-Atlanta! And at last a couple brews on the flight! No brews allowed in this country. Well not legally.
No, I still haven't bought a soft top. I think I would go with Best Top if I get one. They seem to be the consensus choice for the highest quality. I guess they do live up to their name, "best top."
It will be a while, I'm afraid, before I get one. Our company froze everyone's wages this year, and since they don't have me driving to Illinois every week any more, I have lost lots of mileage money that I used to be able to count on.
I guess I'll just have to take the hard top off when the weather permits. I'm off this week, and the temperatures are supposed to be nice. Trouble is, there's a chance of rain every day, so I'd better not get far from home, if I do take the top off. I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE SOFT TOP! (Or the dual top option)
Later
tsjay
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
There are different settings on the ventilation system. Does your Jeep make that noise when you have it set for recirculation and when it is set for fresh air too? That might be a clue to help diagnose the problem if it only does it in one postition or the other.
Hope you get it solved.
tsjay
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
How's that new Jeep?????
Let us hear from you!
tsjay
Welcome to the board. Sounds like you have a lot of sand to off-road on. Make sure you get the Dana 44 and Trac-lok on your new Jeep.
rb123 & yellowman
Have ya'll looked at full soft doors? They will cost less than the half doors.
shotgundan
Have you or when are you going to Shiloh ridge?
www.shilohridge.com
I think they recently redid their site. It didn't have much before.
It is outside of Lufkin. It may be close to you.
We have a group of people going in May sometime. Let me know and you could meet us out there
As far as the noise from the vents, I'm also guessing you have a dry leaf in there somewhere. It's happened to me before.
Steel Blue Sport 6cyl.
Black Tinted Soft top with Half doors
Auto Trans.
D package
Cd Player with Subwoofer
Trac Loc
3:73 Gears
side steps
agate interior
30" Canyon Wheel Group
Speed Control
Fog lamps and Tow Hooks
Senty Key
Total with options,destination and rebate came to $20,643
The whole process went smooth to this point since I new exactly what i wanted and had the prices memorized after months of research. My only concern is that im going from a Big Black Chevy Silverado extended Cab 4x4 Pickup to a tiny Jeep. But when you have jeep fever theres nothing that can help but to get one!
Congrats on the order! I'm impressed they didn't charge you a deposit. I had to put $1,000 down for mine.
Now, in about 2-3 weeks, call the DC 800 number and you can start getting the status and, when the time comes, the railroad car number so you can track it.
Tonkadave has parted with a few bucks and ordered a Jeep!!! I can now go to my eternal rest knowing that nothing else of any real interest could possibly happen.
CONGRATULATIONS, TONKADAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I guess you know you could never have done it without me??
tsjay
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
Sounds like you have checked out my Thelma Jane's web page.
Yeah, it was amazing what kind of crap they tried to pull on me at the first two dealers! I guess they get away with it with some customers, but I had done my homework, and I knew what I should expect.
You got a Jeep now?
tsjay
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
kentuckywildcatforlife (but went to school at Purdue)
tsjay
http://www.ewylie.com/ordering.htm
I went top down yesterday (mid 50's and really windy) while running errands and to the grocery store. The only other top down vehicle I saw was a burgandy CJ8 parked in the Kroger lot. I parked next to them and looked for the other cold fool while in the store. No sighting but I was proud to park by him.
-twylie
that means i'm the loaner here now..
but.. its looking better.
hopefully by the end of the month i'll get the "go ahead" from Mrs Nut.
Mrs. Nut's Birthday is the 29th...This b'day has gotta be good...
take care all
Saharanut
(terry)
Is there an easy and SAFE way to make the power outlet/cigarette lighter hot at all times?
My cell phone won't stay charged very well with the power outlet not being hot when the ignition is off. I need the cell phone to be working at all times because of my job.
I don't want something rigged up half way that wouldn't be safe. I would want proper fusing and everything.
Why in the world did they design the power outlet to only be hot with the ignition on????
thanks
tsjay
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
tsjay - It would be really easy to pull the stereo out and run a wire down to your lighter that would make it hot all the time. You could also buy another lighter outlet at Wal-Mart or somewhere and run separate wires for it from the stereo wires and and you could have one each way and hide it next to the seat so you would have a place to plug your cell phone into all the time and not have it hanging from the dash. If you splice onto the stereo wires it will be fused too.
FYI, the main Jeep Wrangler discussion resides in the SUV message board where Steve and myself are your hosts. Only the discussion title is linked to the owner's club message board that Karen hosts.
Regarding the edit with no time limit. unfortunately this cannot be done due to legal issues I think. The problem is that one member can post something deragotory, or flame someone else, and then go back and change his/her post while denying that he/she started it. This would cause us a lot of headaches. Flaming and then deleting your original post after someone else has read it and responded is also a no-no. Instead, what I suggest is that you either use your profile, or the meet the members topic as you have done. You can always post a new updated message (with the different fields that you think may be appropriate) in the "Meet the members" topic, and delete your old message. Just so you don't miss your old message, you can always mark it (hit the mark button), at which point the link to it will end up in your mesage centre. You can then add a comment next to that link so you don't forget what it is. Try it! :-)
Hope this helps!
Drew
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Vans, SUVs, and Aftermarket & Accessories message boards
Anything that allows us to go to a known location to check out one of our buddy's particulars is what we need. Sure beats scrolling through a million posts on the main board to see what someone has on their Jeep or whatever info we might be looking for.
An expanded "Profile" might be nice too. The current one doesn't work very well. If you try to put much in the box, it all runs together- no paragraphs or anything.
Thanks for your response.
tsjay
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
I would have someone else do the work, though. I would never trust anything that I did myself!
I don't want Thelma to burn up.
tsjay
so anyway driving to work today the engine light came on and stayed on all the way to work, and then all the way home. I have had the wrangler for two months and it now has 1400 miles on it. For those of you who may have forgot or never read my previous posts I bought a 2001 wrangler sahara senna with a camel dual top and auto tarns. So I guess I will call the dealer to make an appointment to take it in.
Now I have to wait. I won't be taking delivery of mine until the end of September as I am currently stationed in Japan. But on the bright side, I'll be assigned to Colorado Springs where there are plenty of places to enjoy my Jeep.
Till then, I'm subsribing to all the 4x4 and offroad magazines, and trying to follow all the different websites dedicated to this super fun vehicle.
And in case anyone is wondering, I had 2 before this one, a 93 and a 95 Sport. And I enjoyed them immensely (I was in Colorado then, too).
Madman390
It would just tear me up if something went wrong with Thelma Jane, but the experienced Jeepers like onlyinajeep say that it's just a matter of time.
Keep us posted on how this goes. We'll all be rooting for you.
tsjay
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
More mileage money! Good deal!
I'll probably have to miss the Thursday night chat. Bummer! You guys have a good one, and be thinking about me.
I should be back online Friday night, so I hope there will be lots of posting going on then.
I STILL can't believe that Tonkadave really did it! Man! WOW! PRAISE THE LAWD!
You guys be sure and post lots of messages for him to congratulate him, OK? That was as unlikely as Ebenezer Scrooge giving Bob Cratchet a Christmas bonus BEFORE he was visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future!
tsjay
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
That is great news. Glad to hear it. welcome to the club. Sounds like a nice looking Jeep. I can't wait to see some pics of it.
yellowman
I agree I like the look of the half doors and didn't like the look of the full soft doors. They have grown on me now though.
madman390
I guess you have your subscription to JEEP magazine? That is a good one.
Oh yeah, you suck. just kidding. I am just jealous. Colorado is incredible. I plan on making a trip there every year and maybe someday moving there. I should be there in august this year.
25D
Dual tops
A/C
Dana 44
30" canyon
cd 5 speaker
fog lights/ hooks
Steel blue with black top
window tint
5 speed
Agate cloth interior
Anybody else overseas and dealing with the military vendors?
I was in VT last weekend, and the snow was up to the roofline!!!
Woo hoo!!!!!!
Probably 70+ inches on the ground at least...
Saw lots of Subarus, Ford trucks, and some Jeeps.
I wanted my lighter to stay hot with the switch off. I took it to the dealer and told them what I wanted. They ran a new wire and fused it. No charge. I thought that was pretty good service. I did notice the service guy looking up how to do it. Didn't take him long once he found the instructions.
I hope the service is as good if I ever have a problem. Fourteen months, 6000+ miles and no problems.
Hope this helps...
Welcome to the club..just regular guys in here
chatting about jeeps. I havent got permission from mrs. nut to get one yet.. but i'm closer.
not as lucky as tonkadave.
again welcome..hope you can visit us in jeep chat on thursday
take care!
saharanut
(terry)
That ABS info is surprising to hear. I know you can get the auto with ABS and Canyon Wheels, so it sounds odd that the sensors would be affected by larger tires.
Anybody else have info on this? I do plan on upgrading to larger tires/wheels in the future.
Madman390
Where will you be taking delivery? If in the states, shop their price around online, you will likely beat it. But then again, they promise to match any price.
Good luck.
Madman390
wdubs - welcome to the group and good luck in ordering your Jeep. The consensus seems to be that the Trak-loc is worth the money unless you plan on immediately replacing the diff with a locker. We plan to off-road ours but aren't going to go hardcore any time soon, so we ordered trak-loc. Trak-loc seems to be similar to the 6cyl engine... you never hear someone say they wish they didn't have it, but many will say they wish they did. sfjeeps had a great post on the subject. It's #1701 in this forum.
Good luck to each of you and keep us posted.
-twylie
Are you getting trac-lok?
wdubs
The trac-lok is worth it just for rain, ice, and snow. It is a limited slip differntial. It will give you better traction. It can be useful off-road but there are better LSDs for that. The factroy one is a great start and inexpensive.
Yes, I did leave off the trac-loc option on the dream jeep. I think that it will be better for me when I'm off goading in the Alps this summer.
madman- I still have a 2 year tour left here in Germany, so I'll be taking delivery here. It may cost a little more but I don't know if I can wait.
The guys at work think I ought to spend my bucks on a new BMW. They're fast on the autobahn, but are crummy on snow
P.S. What do you all think of the add-a-trunk option? Is it worth it or are there better after market trunks?
Mike
As a New Englander I can recommend this package to anyone who needs to drive a lot in our wonderful winter weather. Traction is excellent in all circumstances.
I have not experienced the sort of weirdness tonkadave mentioned with the ABS on my Jeep. ABS sensors will measure both wheel speed and brake pressure, and when one starts changing a lot faster than the other, that's when the system kicks in. On modern cars it will do this far better and faster than any human could ever hope to. Maybe it doesn't work so good off-road, but for my use I'm glad to have it.
-cwk.
-twylie