This is exactly what I advise people. A test drive helps in deciding if the vehicle "fits" a person driving it. But it is not the same as living with it a few days. Rent one and drive it in different ways, areas, and over a few days to see if you really can live with it.
Hahaha. I have a TJ to get my Jeep fix. If I get the PW it'll be easier to tow the TJ to the trailhead to do Jeep things.Easy......own both.
That sounds like a perfect solution.
I just got a tradesman power wagon about a month ago and traded in my ecodiesel JTR for it. I had a soft spot for my JT but daily livability is quite a bit better in the PW. I haven’t found a dirt road yet, but I don’t doubt it can go pretty much anywhere I’d taken my JT in the last three years. Storage is so much better, rears passengers are a lot happier, climate controls are better keeping the truck cold or hot.
I handed my TJ over to my son. He comes from the XJ world and goes back to the TJ to get his fix. His XJ is very capable but it doesn't replace a Wrangler.
Wow!! What a smoking deal. $47 k is awesome.……and to think Jeep is asking more for Rubicons and Mojave’s. It is a bit barebones but all the mechanical stuff is there.And the Tradesman doesn’t have the ugly mustache grill LOL
https://www.billluke.com/inventory/...n-power-wagon-4x4-crew-cab-3c6tr5cj6rg388579/
This is essentially my truck, you’d be surprised with just how much nicer it is than a cloth rubicon. Although I do have the 8.4 connect 5 in mine and a cargo camera plus a few other options.
Very good info. Thanks.I just got a tradesman power wagon about a month ago and traded in my ecodiesel JTR for it. I had a soft spot for my JT but daily livability is quite a bit better in the PW. I haven’t found a dirt road yet, but I don’t doubt it can go pretty much anywhere I’d taken my JT in the last three years. Storage is so much better, rears passengers are a lot happier, climate controls are better keeping the truck cold or hot.
My tradesman has quite a few options, to the point that I feel the interior is nicer than it was in my JTR, albeit I didn’t have leather seats, but the seats are more comfortable, I wish I had steering wheel volume and track controls but the uconnect5 with wireless CarPlay is a lot nicer than the 4 we get.
MPG have been the downside. I’ve tracked every mile since I’ve gotten her by hand and I’m at 12.4 average, 15.5 best in 1,669 miles including 980 miles of road trip that was all highway. With a 31 gallon tank I still get better range than my JT. I’ll eventually got 35 or 37, which might cancel that out but time will tell.
My truck was CPO with about 4,800 miles on it and I don’t trust dealerships, so I did my first oil change almost immediately. It cost me $84 shipped from amsoil with a wix xp filter. My DIY oil changed with amsoil were about $120 before the filter and I no longer need to also change the fuel filter at every oil change, a filter kit from doc’s was about $100 irrc. Gas is also about a $1 cheaper per gallon everywhere I go over diesel. I don’t cry about maintenance costs, they are what they are, but the hemi seems cheaper to maintain thus far. Probably a little more expensive to maintain than someone coming from a 3.6 however.
Of course.
I like that the PW has the same basic mechanical features as the Gladiator. Since I have a Mojave currently I'd actually be gaining front locker and sway bar disconnect. We do a lot of snow wheeling where I live and the PW would be great for that on 37s. The TJ does awesome of course but if I want to throw my grandsons and grandma in there it gets tight. Both grandsons are still in carseats. I feel like most other trucks lack true offroad abilities. Also, I do not want IFS.
