I just purchased a '19 (with apostrophe) Tacaoma -- I am not worried. Remember, the MS Zune was going to be the iPod killer. I know there are Jeep
people who will embrace the Gladiator, but I predict it will only last a few years, then fade into the sunset.
The Gladiator looks like a winner. Although it has a long wheelbase for trails like Pioneer, or Big Bears John Bull, I think that by keeping one
stock for simple overland-type trails will be a good idea.
A 24 month lease will set you back $143/month or a nicely equipped Rubicon model will cost about $255/month based on depreciation after two years as
seen in the Autoblog article, I may step into a Gladiator while keeping my reliable and fun 2003 Rubicon for the more challenging trails and Pioneer trails of
Baja.
My wife will get a kick out of driving the truck and she is happy that I plan on keeping the suspension stock, unless I plan on upgrading to a 40"
tire.
That’s longer than the warranty on a jeep!
Do people even bother to keep jeeps after warranty expires?
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
194,000 miles and it can be used to jumpstart a Prius
It looks like the real story is that the prius is giving a jump to the jeep!
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
194,000 miles and it can be used to jumpstart a Prius
It looks like the real story is that the prius is giving a jump to the jeep!
I was parked nearby eating a Chicken wrap (due to blood sugar problems) and the driver walked up to me and told me that his Prius needed a jump start.
I thought that it was a joke as the Prius has so many batteries. He told me the battery went too low to start. After I finished my burrito I helped
him and in 10 minutes he was driving his battery-challenged Lyft vehicle back towards Palm Desert.
I was driving to Calexico For the 'el imposible' 4WD Run.
I thought that it was a joke as the Prius has so many batteries.
For reasons I haven't learned yet, the Prius (I have one) has a little 12v lead-acid battery which powers the car computer and interior lights. This
can easily be run down if the interior lights are accidentally left switched on when the car is parked. (The interior lights are old-fashioned
incandescent bulbs, and have no auto-off timer.) The Prius can't do anything when this 12v battery is dead.
"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen.
The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back
if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt
"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them or to them." - Malcolm Forbes
"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others
cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn
"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." - Cunningham's Law
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