Don't disagree, in the QCA I'm at least to the point where I'll see one or two Gladiators every time I'm out driving. Along with 10 angry-eye 4-door Wranglers and 20 Grand Cherokees lol.
Driving a well conditioned older car is always an option. Granted it won't massage your butt, but you also won't have to fix the butt massager at 100k.
I almost bought a square body Chevy K-10 if the Gladiator hadn't caught my interest.
Manual or auto? If manual, are you using 5th or 6th on the highway and what speed?
Mines a stick, I average high 16's to maybe 17 mpg in the winter, and about 19-20 in the summer. I get better highway mileage in 5th for anything below 75 mph.
I don't think you're too far off given that...
Thanks, I must have been spaced out or making a pitstop during the Murray commercial (Superbowl is just warmup for racing season for me) - I saw the other one but not any with a Gladiator.
Good to see we're getting some mainstream exposure in the Jeep world.
3.73 is already too tall with stock tires and lugs the 3.6 in anything other than ideal steady state conditions. A 3.6 moving a heavy boxy truck through the wind needs some rpm's.
I'd personally go with 4.88's with 35's. Better city MPG, shorter 1st and reverse / easier on the clutch, better...
In all fairness I had to do that with some siding I bought, but it also went the full length of the bed. Actually worked out perfectly with the window opening.