Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days!

/ Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days! #1,081  
Good question. All I can say is that I've never had more thoughts of murdering someone, than almost every time I get stuck behind a slow Wrangler driver. I wouldn't be surprised if grandmoms in Buicks were a faster population, as a whole.
Have you seen the MPG on these things ? maybe you would be driving slow as well if you have one 😆 :ROFLMAO:
 
/ Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days! #1,082  
lol... I've actually owned a 1950's CJ-3A, and at the same time my sister owned a 1993ish Sahara. A few years after that, my brother bought a 1996ish base Wrangler, which I used to drive a lot.

They're great off-road vehicles, even around-town, which is how we used mostly them. But they just don't belong on highways, or really almost any road with a speed limit much over 35 mph.
 
/ Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days! #1,083  
ha I see ... is the the wranglers the problem or the people who drives them ??

Jeeps have been very hurting in sales lately they are in the top 10 least sold vehicle of the last few years.
I have a 2018 Grand Cherokee and won't buy another. I'm disappointed with it.
 
/ Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days! #1,085  
ha I see ... is the the wranglers the problem or the people who drives them ??

Jeeps have been very hurting in sales lately they are in the top 10 least sold vehicle of the last few years.

Man I see Jeeps everywhere. We just sold ours after ~5 years and loved it. My son took it over and simply outgrew it. Needed a pickup more than a Jeep.
Never felt slow to me. In fact, ours was a little rocket off the line.
 
/ Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days! #1,087  
Good question. All I can say is that I've never had more thoughts of murdering someone, than almost every time I get stuck behind a slow Wrangler driver. I wouldn't be surprised if grandmoms in Buicks were a faster population, as a whole.
There’s nothing slow about a Wrangler. In fact my V6 Wrangler is far peppier than many trucks and cars I’ve owned.
 
/ Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days! #1,088  
Man I see Jeeps everywhere. We just sold ours after ~5 years and loved it. My son took it over and simply outgrew it. Needed a pickup more than a Jeep.
Never felt slow to me. In fact, ours was a little rocket off the line.
Yeah, IDK what they’re referring to. Jeeps are very common in my area.
 
/ Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days! #1,089  
I was at the dealer getting our car serviced today. I looked at the F150s, F250s, and Broncos. I sat there for a bit and specked out a build on Ford's site using my phone. STX 4x4 5.0 supercab... add 3.73 elocker and max tow. check Then I tried to change to the lower STX trim package without as many gadgets and 20" wheels I don't want, and it removed the 5.0 and put a 2.7. It also removed the elocker and max tow and changed the rear end ratio. So it appears I am forced to go to an xlt to order anything similar to what I currently have. I am also forced to get 20" wheels and less capability if I order an STX. This is why I have major problems with the new trucks. I can't even order what I want without compromise. I gave up on the STX when it hit $52k. I did not even bother to try an XLT. AT that price I should be able to get exactly what I want an not be forced to step up to an XLT.
 
/ Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days! #1,090  
A relative worked for 20 years on the air ambulance. He said that his biggest customers were bikers. Second biggest was Jeep riders. That's what happens when you take an off-road vehicle and turn it into a status symbol for people who don't care to learn how to drive it.

I looked at the Roxor, but am not sure if I could make it road worthy. Also not sure if I want the diesel.
 

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