You’re talking about stuff that will probably come out in special edition Gladiators in coming years. Maybe a 715 Edition that’ll come with a rear locker and wide axles...something along those lines
The first time my 5 year old saw pictures of it, the conversation went a little like this:
“Hm. I want that, daddy.”
“Don’t worry Jace, we’re getting a Jeep Truck”
“No, I want THAT. You get 4 doors, I want 2 doors. I want that Jeep Truck when I’m bigger”
Personally....it would need a method of in-bed storage for the doors for regular use for me. The only way I could see myself mounting doors outside the framework would be for brief runs when the bed was full
I adopted first....then added another. While a third isn’t off the table, I like the idea of snippage just to avoid diapers and sleepless nights again.
I would have said the same thing...but now I’ve got a portable fridge-freezer and am REALLY looking forward to dropping it in the back and plugging it in...next step will be a dual battery.
Hi-lift makes a bed-rail system...I’ve got one sitting in my Jeep Parts Pile (new, in the packaging). Not sure how it would go into the Gladiator yet, but it’s supposed to be a universal kit that you simply cut to size and bolt in.
Some are amused by the Jeep Wave Scale....but I’m mostly just annoyed that anyone took the time to create an arbitrary hierarchy. Wave when you see a Jeep. We aren’t union members...we’re a family.
Obviously, the Overland offers a few things you can’t get on the Sport S, but keep in mind that the Sport S does allow for the Max Tow package that includes the wide axles and 4.10 gears.
I simply can’t understand how the phrase “6 of one, half dozen of another” is anything but a common enough colloquialism that everyone here hasn’t heard it regularly for decades. I mean it’s right there with “a bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush”...is it maybe a regional thing? Or racial?
My wife names everything. She also likes puns and alliteration. Our Jeeps have had the following names:
Willys (TJ)
Wendy (first JKU, because it sounded “windier than her Liberty, Jenny Jeep”)
Wesley Wade (JK, that likes to wade through the creek)
Wanda (gecko JKU that always “wanda’d Off the...
I can’t give you a number...but just like with every other Jeep hard top, it’s probably light enough for one person to move in a pinch, but awkward enough due to size that 2 people have a decent chance of dropping it accidentally. It’ll be lighter and smaller than the roof of a 2 door JL...
That said...even when legitimate customer sold orders are processed and built, there are times when random Jeeps get stuck in “Inspection Hell” where they are pulled before delivery and gone over with a fine-tooth comb to assure they were built to standards...which sometimes delays delivery by...
There isn’t that kind of pull, regardless of volume. Who told you that the Jeep is in storage, awaiting shipment? Did you receive the build sheet and VON or VIN? So far only Spec-builds are being delivered, and those are loaded Rubicons and Overlands, and the dealers MIGHT be able to TRY to pull...
The thing is, The Wrangler has had a monopoly in its genre for quite some time. With the new Bronco coming soon in 2 and 4 door form, with removable roof and doors, the monopoly ends. We’ll see what competition can do for the consumers...usually it is to our benefit