BAT
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Well I finally got to drive the Jeep Truck. Instead of dealing with the dealerships my buddy decided to rent a Jeep Truck and give it a good drive so I went along. I am coming from a Ram 1500 and I have no history with Jeeps so this was all new to me. I was not going into it with any crazy expectations. But after riding and driving it close to 100 miles left with a mixed bag. While the Jeep Truck and my Ram both share the same engine the entire shifting, acceleration, etc seemed so different which I guess I was kind of surprised at. I figured same engine. But the shifting and the entire feel from the gas pedal to acceleration/deceleration was so much smoother in my truck. The JT was very kind of herky jerky. I pressed the gas on and off multiple times just to see. Since this wasn't from a stop the Auto Start/Stop wasn't in play. The JT seemed to kind of need a second or so to get in motion on each pressing of the gas and then when letting off it seemed to kind of lurch. Kind of like a not very smooth changing of the gears. Acceleration was good and the breaks were good. It was nice downsizing a bit and was plenty comfortable for the miles put in. The steering was crazy. It was so loose. It felt like I could turn the steering wheel about 4-6 inches before the truck made any changes in direction. As I have no history in them not sure if this is normal. Maybe its something that would get used to over time but would have to be very aware that it certainly wasn't going to change unless major input was made. Don't want to be next to miles of cement barricades or in between couple of 18 wheelers in tight with that steering. Everything was laid out pretty well. It was a soft top and I was kind of surprised I did not find the noise that much but I don't think we went over 65-70 at most and a bunch of it was city driving. It wasn't a loaded version but just a Sport or Sport S I didn't ask him. It had the 5" screen which was pretty much useless for my old eyes. All in all it was something different which I expected and it hasn't changed my mind I still want to get one cause I think being able to take the top off or down and drive to various fishing spots, etc would be great while still being able to have a truck. That steering though man sure hope that is not normal or is possible to correct somewhat.
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