Looks like I'm coming back. Mojave or Rubicon?

[Viper501]

That will never sell for close to what they have into it.

Yep

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[AstroZombie]

i miss my gladiator everyday and i still own it. The monthly petrol bill is almost as much as my loan payment though. LOL so, my wife drives it 2 miles a day and i drive the hybrid 70 miles a day to and from work. At least my mountain bike fits in the Hyundai.

 

[AstroZombie]

Thats a lot of wasted money to make the bed even smaller than it currently is. That will never sell for close to what they have into it.

HAHA, just buy a JLU. LMAO

 

[ecidiego]

i miss my gladiator everyday and i still own it. The monthly petrol bill is almost as much as my loan payment though. LOL so, my wife drives it 2 miles a day and i drive the hybrid 70 miles a day to and from work. At least my mountain bike fits in the Hyundai.

This is the way. EV for daily, Jeep for fun for my family.

Costs nothing to charge, solar already paid for itself.

 

[AstroZombie]

They could have at least cleaned up the exhaust pipes for the photo shoot.

 

[Okie Gladiator]

I heard they were planning a 2026 Rubijave model but they cancelled it because of concerns it would settle this debate.

 

[AstroZombie]

This is the way. EV for daily, Jeep for fun for my family.

Costs nothing to charge, solar already paid for itself.

can't have solar, got a hybrid. I will say when i drive the jeep the round trip to and from work i can get about 16mpg, my wife get about 12 driving 2 miles a day.

 

[biodiesel]

i miss my gladiator everyday and i still own it.

I know how you feel. We just had our 12-month oil change done. The Gladiator had 2,899 miles on it. I don't anticipate that we'll put more than 3,000 miles on this year, either.

 

[Zachanadandy]

I know how you feel. We just had our 12-month oil change done. The Gladiator had 2,899 miles on it. I don't anticipate that we'll put more than 3,000 miles on this year, either.

So you love the diesel because the extra weight helps hold down the garage floor? I'll put that many miles on the Jeep in one road trip... multiple times a year. I'm pretty sure both Jeeps see more dirt miles than that per year. People act like if the Jeep isn't their daily it's normal to get no miles. I didn't buy the Jeep for commuting. I have a company car for that. I bought it for wheeling, especially freeway plus speeds in the desert which is why is a Mojave. Sits on the driveway 5 days a week and is still pushing 29k miles in under 2 years.

 

[biodiesel]

So you love the diesel because the extra weight helps hold down the garage floor? I'll put that many miles on the Jeep in one road trip... multiple times a year. I'm pretty sure both Jeeps see more dirt miles than that per year.

Yeah, we were hoping to buy a Gladiator EcoDiesel in 2027/2028. Jeep pushed up our timeline when they discontinued the EcoDiesel. If I had to guess, 2,500 - 3,000 miles per year will probably be the norm for the next 3 years.

Our daily driver is a 2015 Ram EcoDiesel (My wife and I carpool). We've got a 2020 Ram EcoDiesel that we use as a designated tow rig. We did over 8,000 miles of towing last year pulling the camper. We mostly use the Jeep for traveling to our mountain property, especially in inclement weather.

 

[Zachanadandy]

Yeah, we were hoping to buy a Gladiator EcoDiesel in 2027/2028. Jeep pushed up our timeline when they discontinued the EcoDiesel. If I had to guess, 2,500 - 3,000 miles per year will probably be the norm for the next 3 years.

Our daily driver is a 2015 Ram EcoDiesel (My wife and I carpool). We've got a 2020 Ram EcoDiesel that we use as a designated tow rig. We did over 8,000 miles of towing last year pulling the camper. We mostly use the Jeep for traveling to our mountain property, especially in inclement weather.

A lot of the mojave miles are from trips to our AZ property, but it's 590 miles one way and 60 miles from town. We've been working on building our cabin out there since Thanksgiving so every 4-6 day weekend we take is 1200 miles plus hundreds more for home depot trips etc. I took the company f150 out there once and I'll never do that again. 15 miles of washboard dirt roads in that POS had me feeling like I had a traumatic brain injury. As far as towing, the ram was definitely better but the mojave did just fine pulling the 8400lb trailer 600 miles out there to frame the cabin.

 

[Stan H]

can't have solar, got a hybrid. I will say when i drive the jeep the round trip to and from work i can get about 16mpg, my wife get about 12 driving 2 miles a day.

That 2mile trip is very hard on a motor.

 

[ecidiego]

That 2mile trip is very hard on a motor.

thats the case for a 4xE

 

[Mr Miami]

That 2mile trip is very hard on a motor.

I totally agree. The fluids are not getting up to proper temperature. In fact, according to a mechanic at a dealership, he told me my check engine light was periodically coming on because the computer "thought" that the thermostat wasn't closing properly since the temperature was often very low (I only have 40k on my 2016 JKU and often just use it during the week to drive to the food store or mall, less than a mile round trip). So I took his advise and periodically would run a few extra miles to get all the fluids up to temperature. Maybe its just a coincidence, but since then, no check engine light.

 

[biodiesel]

A lot of the mojave miles are from trips to our AZ property, but it's 590 miles one way and 60 miles from town.

Wow, that's quite the haul. Where's the approximate location of the property in Arizona?

As far as towing, the ram was definitely better but the mojave did just fine pulling the 8400lb trailer 600 miles out there to frame the cabin.

8,400 lbs is a lot of weight for the Gladiator, but at least your load is low profile. Nonetheless, that's very impressive!

The road(s) to our property are fairly good most of the year. There's still one section of the road that isn't maintained (dirt road). The rest gets maintained (graded) at least once per year. It's not uncommon to be snowed in for a few days until the roads get cleared. Monsoon season can sometimes cause enough erosion issues and make roads impassable at times, but that's where the Gladiator comes into play. We like the ability to get in and out of the property and not have to worry too much about weather/road conditions. We use the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel for most of our towing needs. We've been slowly developing the property for building.

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