Help choose a Jeep

[dh948052]

Hey Bros! Help choose a Jeep. I found a good car https://incacar.com/used/cars/jeep/gladiator/2020-Jeep-Gladiator-Sport-1418805/ . What is your opinion?

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[Mr._Bill]

Hey Bros! Help choose a Jeep. I found a good car https://incacar.com/used/cars/jeep/gladiator/2020-Jeep-Gladiator-Sport-1418805/ . What is your opinion?

It's missing the Aux switches.
Does it have the options you want?
Why is it listed as used with only 60 miles on it?

It's worth looking into, but shop the other dealers and see what else is available.

 

[Incommando]

Seems high. I paid $38,600 for mine on a $44,000 sticker new and you can see from my sig it was similarly equipped.

 

[o2bnkc]

If they are calling it a used vehicle, they are asking a high new vehicle price on it.

 

[Alabama Mud Machine]

Find a Rubicon with the options you want, and get it.

 

[sarcasm]

I got $7K off a Gladiator Sport with a $45K sticker back in late January. Go online and look at advertised deals at Jeep dealers near you. The advertised deal may not be what you want but will help you gauge what discounts are possible on the spec you go with.

What you want on you Gladiator will greatly depend on your use case. If you do not plan to do any hard core offroading then the Sport will be the far cheaper option. Add 2K for a winch and bigger tires and you still have a great off-road truck. God knows you can spend a mint on aftermarket customizations for a Jeep if you want. The Rubicon makes sense if you plan do spend a lot of time offroading and doing difficult trails. A lot of Rubicon like capabilities can be added aftermarket but the lockers and beefer axles are the parts of a Gladiator Sport that would be difficult\expensive to add later.

I got Dual Tops on both my Gladiator and Wrangler but they take up a lot of garage space.

 

[Alabama Mud Machine]

$2K for a winch AND tires? I’d say more like $3K-$4K for a good quality winch and tires. A good bumper will run you $400+. And wheels are goin go to be $1K (with mount & balance & swapping sensors). A good metal spacer lift will run you $350 or so, plus install if you don’t have the tools or knowledge. Or a Mopar 2” will run you about $2K installed at a dealer.

But the great thing is, that it’s a Jeep, so your options are endless, and you can add on 1 piece at a time.

 

[hawk14414]

My wife currently disagrees with your assessment regarding endless options being a good thing...

 

[hawk14414]

$2K for a winch AND tires? I’d say more like $3K-$4K for a good quality winch and tires. A good bumper will run you $400+. And wheels are goin go to be $1K (with mount & balance & swapping sensors). A good metal spacer lift will run you $350 or so, plus install if you don’t have the tools or knowledge. Or a Mopar 2” will run you about $2K installed at a dealer.

But the great thing is, that it’s a Jeep, so your options are endless, and you can add on 1 piece at a time.

Harrumph....screwed that quote up to a farethewell….my point was my wife certainly disagrees with endless options being good, particularly when she sees the CC bill.....!

 

[sarcasm]

$2K for a winch AND tires? I’d say more like $3K-$4K for a good quality winch and tires. A good bumper will run you $400+. And wheels are goin go to be $1K (with mount & balance & swapping sensors). A good metal spacer lift will run you $350 or so, plus install if you don’t have the tools or knowledge. Or a Mopar 2” will run you about $2K installed at a dealer.

But the great thing is, that it’s a Jeep, so your options are endless, and you can add on 1 piece at a time.

I was thinking $1,200 for Rubicon take-offs and $400 for a decent 9K lb winch leaving $400 for a bumper or plate for the winch. You could definitely spend a lot more but it would not be necessary add a lot of capability. But...this is an basic offroading approach. If you want to go rock crawling and forging something bigger than a small stream you are going to want a more.

 

[Alabama Mud Machine]

Harrumph....screwed that quote up to a farethewell….my point was my wife certainly disagrees with endless options being good, particularly when she sees the CC bill.....!

Tell her, you can “Johnny Cash” it... You know...”One piece at a time...” You don’t have to blow your whole wad at once. Buy a bumper, a couple months later, get a good Warn winch. Then save up for tires, and/or wheels. It doesn’t have to all be done at once.

 

[NC_Overland]

That Jeep is not a good deal at all. I only paid a few grand more for my $54k+ loaded Overland. Brand new and they dealer located it for me.

 

[TheNewWampsCat]

While I’m not disagreeing with any of the previous comments, I have to ask what do you have planned to do with this Jeep? Are you going to be doing serious off-roading? Just taking on easy trails? Or is it going to be a DD and rarely off road? Maybe a family camp out? That’ll be what tells you what Jeep to get! And by the way where you’re at means how much it’s going to cost! I think where I’m at that price seems like it’s a little on the high side! Just my opinion though! But first tell us what you’re going to be doing in the Jeep!

 

[sarcasm]

For me the Gladiator is a jack of all trades and that is why I got it. It is mostly going to be used as a truck to haul utility trailer, boat or throw firewood in the bed or haul sheetrock and lumber. Top down driving. It will also make a lot of trips to Costco etc. but I will not commute in it.

Recreation: (Jeep stuff) Fishing, beach driving and camping on the beach. Mountain trails and camping, although this is just usually getting to a trail head and hiking in. Hunting, general woods and light trails. None of my off road driving will be hard core obsticals. I will have a winch because, nature. I have been stuck in places I have been past dozens of times that are typically not difficult but sudden become a mud bog.

For me if I was going to do any serious off-roading I would take the Wrangler Unlimited. But the Wrangler is much smaller when it comes to hauling stuff. It seems large but fills up quick. I my youth I had a CJ but that was a toy. I could not live with a normal Wrangler as my daily but that would be the most off-road capable. The Gladiator is a series of compromises but it does a lot of things well and is a joy to drive. It may not be the best at everything it does but it does more overall than any single vehicle you can buy.

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