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Originally Posted by Vettster
I traded my H2 a while back for a Ford Raptor. Been very surprised with the change. (Although the Hennessey 475 kit could have a little bit to do with it.  This truck rocks!)
Yesterday I took delivery of a 2012 Jeep Wrangler Sahara (Bought for the wife).
Let me tell you, this thing with the new engine and tranny has balls!
It's light years ahead of any inline 5 cylinder.
I havent had a chance to get it offroad yet, but onnroad it has power. And it's supposed to have something like 20% better gas mileage than the old ones.
Granted, it's not the same "Jeep" as my 06 Rubicon but it does have possibilities.
I just hope it doesn't turn out to be a huge POS like her 06 Dakota was. :-( |
When you say ?has balls?, are you talking about the Jeep? I hope it has a different V6 than my wife?s 2008 wrangler does, what a POS! (3.8 litre) She has 33? tires with a 3? lift kit and she has to drive around with the overdrive button off.
Because she?ll never off road it, I specifically bought a 2WD instead of a 4WD, thinking it would even help with gas economy. She?s lucky if she gets 14 mpg on the highway.
I really need to put a set of 4.56 gears or something to offset the apparently huge [insert sarcastic smirk here] tires on it.
To the original poster, ya should have done the diesel conversion. It would have cost you less than what you paid for that Ford and you?d have better gas mileage. I just returned from Tenn with my trailer and UTV on the back running 72-75 through the mountains (NC/TN) and averaged a little more than 15 mpg. If I didn?t have the trailer I would have done at least 3-5 mpg better.
Nonetheless, hope you like it...
Mark