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Modern is JL or JT, latest generation. Because the guy doesn't know what he's doing, that's why. That's what happens when you overbuild a rig instead of learning how to drive it. He could have gotten a bad spot, but the 2nd attempt where he just gunned it and then smashed his fender leads me...

I think the folly is going right to d60's an 40" tires when you've never had a modern Jeep before. It makes no sense as you don't know what the stock truck can do yet assume you need that kind of wildly modified vehicle based on some youtube vidoes and an aversion to using a winch (which is way...

A stock Rubicon will handle the Rubicon trail, why do you think you need 40s? Get a stock one and learn to drive it, then worry about mods after a few years when you truly understand the stock capabilities.

35 miles each way in a stone stock Rubicon, get 18.5-19.5 depending on weather (higher in warmer weather).

And it's HUGE. Wouldn't fit through half of the places I take my Gladiator, which rubs the odd fender. If it wasn't so damn big and thirsty, I'd have considered one but even a half ton Rebel was too big for DD/trail use I do.

[ You can't increase the GVWR of a vehicle without getting it re-certified, so for all intents and purposes it's not possible if you're not a manufacturer. In places like Moab, those trails are not required to get to the top, so imo building a rig to tackle them is kind of pointless if it...

Yeah, you're adding what, $3k worth of stuff to the Rubicon that isn't available on the sport s?

If you similarly spec them, the price difference is less, not more. The Rubi comes with other, non off-road stuff standard that the sport S doesn't. With both at base, it's $6k. If you add the 7" uconnect and other stuff to the sport S that the rubi comes with, the price difference is...

Even without doing that, make them stripped down models, just add auto trans and tow package/max tow. Max tow is $41.5k, Rubi is 47.7k, so ~$6k difference in MSRP. Even installing the parts yourself, you couldn't upgrade a max tow to a rubi equivalent for that.

The payload on the door sticker doesn't matter tbh - the gvwr is the same between a rubi and max tow so if you add a bunch of crap to a max tow and replace a bunch of stuff on a rubi and they end up weighing the same, your payload will be the same on either. You might gain 200lbs (can't...

The main thing, imo, is that everything on the Rubi has a full factory warranty. All of the stuff you add to a max tow won't and can affect warranty on other related parts. This is important, at least for me, as I had my transmission fail not long after off-roading fairly hard (they found a...

So far so good, put about 7k miles on the replacement so far.

Autos aren't perfect either, mine is on it's second. Both can have issues.

Which part? Off road speed control works quite well.

Rubbish? I don't think I said that, the gearing isn't the issue. The main issue with the manual is the abysmal towing and, to a lesser degree, worse performance. If towing were equal I'd have still thought about it but a 2500lb reduction?

One of the benefits of a torque converter is torque multiplication below stall speed instead of torque loss with the clutch, but yes the manual does have an absolute better crawl ratio.

Well, I am a manual fan, I have 3 manual cars. I didn't jump in until I saw blatant misinformation. Unfortunately, the manual they chose for the JT is rubbish as it gives up a lot of capability. 4500lbs towing in 2020 for any pickup is abysmal. It's also objectively worse off road - the autos...

Only when it drops below torque converter take up speed meaning there's no impact on the rear wheels. It won't let you come to a complete stop in 5th and attempt to start off in that gear, I believe the highest gear you can take off in is 4th but I have no idea why you'd want to do that. In...

You either have bad info or are misinformed, there is no issue shifting the auto manually or any restrictions other than it won't let you over rev it or massively lug it, both things that would otherwise damage the engine.

Well, 1st lugging the engine is horrible for it, so not sure why you'd want to do it. 2nd, you can lug the 8 speed auto if you want, it has a manual mode that holds the gear for the most part unless you do something stupid. So you can control the rpms if you want to, get the extra 2 gears...