Tom C
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My wife decided that since I will eventually (hopefully, someday, before I die) get a diesel JT, that she would like a 2024 Wrangler Sahara, so we went looking.
Now, I have a different perspective on automobiles than most of you on the forum. I'm not an off road guy. We moved to the country, so the only reason we want 4x4s is because when the roads get bad in the winter, etc., and we have to get out, no one is going to clear our roads way out here, and you can't get far in a Camaro SS or Cadillac CTS (we tried last winter, it didn't work).
We liked the Sahara Wrangler and the following are the specs on what we drove:
1) 2.0L I4 turbo with automatic
2) Anvil Clear Coat
3) 18x7.5 inch wheels with all season tires
4) Body Color 3-piece hard top
5) McKinley trimmed power seats
6) Saftey Group
7) Technology Group
8) Plus too many standard features like Advanced Saftey group, Trail Camera, etc to list.
It drove pretty well on the highway, pleanty of power (or enough power) to comfortably accelerate and get up to highway speeds (75 mph in the slow lane).
It did get quite noisy, but it did not have a hard top headliner, which would reduce some noise. It was also VERY hot at first, as it was 98 degrees outside when we test drove it. I think a hard top headliner would help with the cabin temperature as well.
The AC system seem pretty good as it cooled down the large cabin pretty well, even the salesman was confortable and pointing the air vents away from himself after a while.
It also drove pretty well on the 2 lane Farm to Market roads. I didn't experience any lane wander and it tracked pretty good. Probably because it didn't have a lift and it had regular street tires. I did not take it off road.
What I liked, and I wish I had ordered it on my Diesel JT, is the forward facing trail cam. I didn't order it because of the name. I had a misconception that it pointed down, right in front of the bumper to aid in driving over the terrain. To me, it was basically a forward facing backup camera. I'd have liked to have this feature for parking in a garage, parking spot, etc., and not really for off road use.
I liked the blind spot monitoring of the Saftey group for the simple fact that it will aid my wifes driving.
We tried the Advanced adaptive cruise control. I'm just not sure. Maybe it would be something I'd get used to, but most likely I'd never use it.
The seating was quite comfortable, and I believe the McKinley trimmed seats would do quite nicely on long trips. As far as the electric power seats, I really don't see why Jeep bothered. They were VERY slow to adjust and get in the right position. But, once there, there was no "memory" button anywhere I could find that would save the configuration. Both my wife and I swap vehicles often, so we're kind of used to the 2 driver seat/mirror memory settings on our older vehicles. So, power seats that are slow to adjust, without a "memory" button, in my opinion, is just a waste. We could adjust the manual seats in a Gladiator much quicker.
The 12.3 inch display was nice, BUT, when you had it either on the backup camera, or the forward facing trail camera, it appeared to fill about the same amount of the display area as it did on an 8.3 inch display. I know the nav display is bigger, but it would have been nice to have the camera fill more so you could see more. But that is just me. On the Nav screen, the ratio seemed a bit off, and the map kind of looked distorted (although it probably wasn't). It was WAY more wide than it is tall, and to me, kind of threw things off. I'm sure I'd get used to it.
So, from the perspective of a car guy, not really a off road guy, I liked it. My wife likes it as well and wants to order one for herself.
Now, I have a different perspective on automobiles than most of you on the forum. I'm not an off road guy. We moved to the country, so the only reason we want 4x4s is because when the roads get bad in the winter, etc., and we have to get out, no one is going to clear our roads way out here, and you can't get far in a Camaro SS or Cadillac CTS (we tried last winter, it didn't work).
We liked the Sahara Wrangler and the following are the specs on what we drove:
1) 2.0L I4 turbo with automatic
2) Anvil Clear Coat
3) 18x7.5 inch wheels with all season tires
4) Body Color 3-piece hard top
5) McKinley trimmed power seats
6) Saftey Group
7) Technology Group
8) Plus too many standard features like Advanced Saftey group, Trail Camera, etc to list.
It drove pretty well on the highway, pleanty of power (or enough power) to comfortably accelerate and get up to highway speeds (75 mph in the slow lane).
It did get quite noisy, but it did not have a hard top headliner, which would reduce some noise. It was also VERY hot at first, as it was 98 degrees outside when we test drove it. I think a hard top headliner would help with the cabin temperature as well.
The AC system seem pretty good as it cooled down the large cabin pretty well, even the salesman was confortable and pointing the air vents away from himself after a while.
It also drove pretty well on the 2 lane Farm to Market roads. I didn't experience any lane wander and it tracked pretty good. Probably because it didn't have a lift and it had regular street tires. I did not take it off road.
What I liked, and I wish I had ordered it on my Diesel JT, is the forward facing trail cam. I didn't order it because of the name. I had a misconception that it pointed down, right in front of the bumper to aid in driving over the terrain. To me, it was basically a forward facing backup camera. I'd have liked to have this feature for parking in a garage, parking spot, etc., and not really for off road use.
I liked the blind spot monitoring of the Saftey group for the simple fact that it will aid my wifes driving.
We tried the Advanced adaptive cruise control. I'm just not sure. Maybe it would be something I'd get used to, but most likely I'd never use it.
The seating was quite comfortable, and I believe the McKinley trimmed seats would do quite nicely on long trips. As far as the electric power seats, I really don't see why Jeep bothered. They were VERY slow to adjust and get in the right position. But, once there, there was no "memory" button anywhere I could find that would save the configuration. Both my wife and I swap vehicles often, so we're kind of used to the 2 driver seat/mirror memory settings on our older vehicles. So, power seats that are slow to adjust, without a "memory" button, in my opinion, is just a waste. We could adjust the manual seats in a Gladiator much quicker.
The 12.3 inch display was nice, BUT, when you had it either on the backup camera, or the forward facing trail camera, it appeared to fill about the same amount of the display area as it did on an 8.3 inch display. I know the nav display is bigger, but it would have been nice to have the camera fill more so you could see more. But that is just me. On the Nav screen, the ratio seemed a bit off, and the map kind of looked distorted (although it probably wasn't). It was WAY more wide than it is tall, and to me, kind of threw things off. I'm sure I'd get used to it.
So, from the perspective of a car guy, not really a off road guy, I liked it. My wife likes it as well and wants to order one for herself.
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