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11/09/09
For fuck's sake. Just make the green one available to the public for less than 25k with a few color choices. #j8
11/09/09
And by 'this', I mean 'exactly this'. Diesel, rugged, basic. Don't care if it rides like crap; it's a friggin' jeep fer chrissakes. Only option I want is a hardtop for camping in crap weather and having minimal protection against thieves. Oh, and front & rear lockers.
Giving it exclusively to AEV (where it becomes a $50,000+ toy) is an idea that needs to be stamped FAIL in big, red, angry letters. #j8
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As to the steel wheels, leaf springs, reinforced frame, unique body panels, Dana axles, yada yada; Yes, it's a vehicle with less consumer content, but it still requires engineering, tooling, sourcing and production overhead which all needs to be amortized over a much smaller volume than the regular Wrangler. Even a Tata Nano would be $50k if it were built in low volumes. #j8
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11/03/09
...otherwise, naaa #wrangler
11/03/09
I'm no rock crawler and have no idea how capable it would be at it, but looks like it would be quite the snow monster. #wrangler
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-Chop top to bring roofline closer so when you rollover you hit your head more
-Can't tell if it's a solid axle but doesn't look like it from here - IFS is nice on the street but if you're going offroad, you want it solid for better articulation.
-AMC 4.0 is AWOL. The 3.8 V6 that replaces it isn't an awful engine, but dang. I just liked that gigantic tractor mill glaring out from under the hood, you know? #wrangler
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-Thats a Dana 44
-It has a 5.7 hemi
What picture were you looking at? #wrangler
11/03/09
Yes it has solid axles, like all Wranglers, as well as lockers and alloy shafts. And the 4.0 is gone. Its tragic yes, but we're obviously never going to see it in a production vehicle again so we might as well stop bitching when Wrangler based concepts don't have it. #wrangler
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Where'd you get the info on the 5.7? I just read the blurb, didn't go around researching at all. Work and all that, you know.
11/03/09
Get the 4.0, preferably from a somewhat later model year with less Stone Age EFI, jack it up just a smidge because I don't do any serious offroading - only slapstick offroading. I'm that kinda guy. Find a New Venture TC from a Rubi for the low-low 4.0:1 ratio, add a hardtop and AC because I hate the tent-in-a-hurricane noise and I'm getting old enough and wealthy enough to both need and afford AC. There are some things about which I don't give a shit for the environment, and AC is on that list. When August hits it's frickin hot and I want AC
Nice CD stereo so I can listen to John Sandford murder mysteries while I'm getting stuck.
Warn winch. Go with what you know.
Hmm. Time to go wander around eBay. #wrangler
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@Elhigh: I still love you. So much that I highlighted the pumpkin... after all, who doesn't want a green pumpkin? #wrangler
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