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"Truck" or "Jeep"?

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So I keep alternating between calling my Gladiator either my truck or my Jeep and I have a non-Jeep owning friend who keeps getting miffed that I was calling it a truck. He didn't realize at first that it was a Gladiator and that it had a bed (sent him a pic since then) to which he has now stubbornly decided it's still a "Jeep" and if I wanted a "truck" I should've bought something else LoL. How do you guys refer to your Gladiators?
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I went to the curb side pick up at HD. When I called to tell them I was there, they asked me what type of vehicle I was driving. I did not think they would know what a Gladiator was, so I told them I had a Jeep truck.
 

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If you tell someone to meet you somewhere and that you drive a Jeep, they're going to look for about 50 different wrong cars in the lot first.
 

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I use truck. Never had a Jeep before this one so saying truck is habit for me.
 

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My YJ is the Jeep, my wife’s Cherokee is the Trailhawk, and the Gladiator is the truck.
Keeps it simple.
 
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I've gone back & forth calling it both, but since I still have an actual truck (2007 Ram 2500 Cummins), I call it my "truck", and the JTR gets called my "Jeep" when talking to people that know me. That way it's differentiated.

When I was at the tire shop getting my tires & wheels mounted and balanced everyone asked me "what the hell is it? Is it a truck? Or is it a Jeep?" I couldn't help but laugh, because I was just as confused as they were. So I said, "I guess it just kind of is what it is...A Jeep with a bed on the back..."

I always wanted a Jeep Wrangler, but could never justify having one for a daily driver... Because I'm always doing something that requires the need for a bed on the back, because like most things, nothing is ever simple and easy and clean and quick... It never fails... When I had my Mustang, I'd drive it somewhere, I'd end up in a situation where my truck would have been a better option. When I'd drive my highly-impractical Cummins on 38's somewhere, it would be overkill and completely unnecessary, and I could have driven my car and saved the fuel cost (diesel vs. gas). Now, that I have the JT, it's like a nice mix between the 2, except the full mileage sucks just as bad as every gasoline-powered V8 4x4 trucks I've ever owned...But without the V8 powerplant. :mad: Except now I can go places my other trucks couldn't, and it's much nicer than my other trucks were. There's always a trade-off somewhere. Like the Rolling Stones said... 'You can't always get what you want..." Unless you have $100,000 laying around for a new JTR and 6.4 SRT Hemi swap... Of which, I do not.

And to quote those old commercials on TV from years ago... They (Gladiators) "shoulda' had a V8...:facepalm:"
 

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I've always called it the Jeep Truck.
 

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