LESSON LEARNED

[Whitey]

LESSON LEARNED:

In my humble opinion the Jeep Wrangler JK was the best Wrangler ever made... Period!!
Last year I made the mistake of trading in my beloved 2013 - JK two door Sport for a new 2023 Wrangler JL, in a very short period of time I realized that they pulled the Wrangler's TEETH OUT.
After one year of owning the LAZY JL I couldn't stand it anymore, I felt like I was driving a mom and pop SUV and I should have a couple of kids and bags of groceries in the back.
My wife’s dog missed the JK too.
So after a year of research and wanting to drive my wife’s Gladiator all the time I traded “IT” in for a 2024 Gladiator.
For the most part, I love the Gladiator; it’s a do everything vehicle, I love its sure footed handling, it looks greatand it wants to play like the Wrangler JK use to.

That bit of juggling cost me $17,000.00 plus aftermarket add ons and I bet I’m not the only one that wasn’t happy with the Wrangler JL but in retrospect I should have researched the JL better.

LESSON LEARNED

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[Riverdog]

Glad you're happy again. I also love the JK's....( although my preferences would be MB, TJ, THEN JK (only with Pentastars, hated the 3.8L) if I were picking my favorite jeeps of all time)

 

[Bantam]

The JKs are great, but man I loved my TJ…even when it was a PITA. It served a previous owner 180k miles as a rural mail carrier. They don’t build them like that anymore.

The JT is a better fit for me now though. Glad you’re happier in another Jeep model.

 

[AustyPosty]

Love my Gladiator. I’m still holding onto my 2 door JK. I probably won’t get rid of it, it still is good to have to take on hardcore trails that I wouldn’t want to beat up my gladiator on. But man it’s no where near as nice on the highway by a long shot.

 

[loganjeeps]

@Whitey is your wife's JT a 2023 or earlier? if so would appreciate any feedback on the differences in the model years you have on this thread I started: https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/who-has-a-24-and-had-or-traded-in-a-20-to-23.85635/

 

[Blade1668]

Well, I can understand some of it. I definitely love my LJ and wouldn't trade it for a newer "Wrangler" that said it's over 255500 miles on it. When I got my JT I had a work commute over 100 miles roundtrip. Now I'm trying to wear out the tires on LJ, I swapped the tires off my XJ and the tires never want to wear out just die from time or ripping out sidewall. 3rd set of that tread design of 33s MT's since 2000. glad to hear of another JT owner. A friend of mine traded his vehicle for a used 2020 JT a few months back.

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