You could have a shop build your ideal restomod Mustang for under $100k if you want. I was quoted $120k by a place, and that’s the max price (i.e. if you get ‘everything’).

Not a problem for me. I usually rest it on the door card somewhere...

Since the spare is now 100% identical to the other 4 tires, you include it into the regular rotation. Here’s two possible patterns:

The pillar-mounted ones actually help a lot with getting in!

The side windows are still completely vertical, yeah. Only the windshield is curved, albeit slightly.

If you do five-tire rotation (since the wheel matches), you’ll use it all the time...

The top-mounted front turn signals actually break away and fall into the fender on impact! I imagine there’s tons of deformation space beneath that vertical front end that would help as well.

Yes, they did. Also, Wranglers have them too!

Ah, makes sense. My friend’s has ~116k mi (186k km) on it, so that’s probably why so many things are starting to go wrong. I read somewhere else that there’s a string of items that need replacing at around 100k mi, so that probably explains it.

Thanks for the info! My friend’s has around 114k (183k kms), so it definitely sounds like he’s going through that string of fixes at the moment... The last thing that he had to do was fix some sort of failing throttle valve that blocked the engine from going over 2500 revs.

Reliable? Tell me more!

Similar story with my XC90 (first-gen, 3.2 AWD; 87 ok, 91 recommended). Ran 87 back when I didn’t know any better. Switched to 91, and I immediately felt as if the engine was a liiiiiiiittle lighter on its feet. Very subtle difference. However, it turned out that I got a full 100km extra out of a tank of gas using 91!…

Huh! Never would’ve guessed, but it makes perfect sense now.

Maybe you should actually drive one.

Wait, so what happens in the JK when you’re in 2H? Does the front driveshaft keep spinning somehow even though the front wheels get no power? Unsure how this works.

Nice photo! FWIW, the t-case on JKs (and modern mechanical 4x4 systems in general) can be moved b/w 2H and 4H at normal cruising speeds, so you don’t really need the full-time option.

That aspect actually makes it really fun to drive! I’ve rented three so far this year, and I couldn’t get myself out of any of them lol

It takes parasitic drag off the engine, so it can apply all its power to moving the car, instead of also powering accessories. Quite useful when you have such a small engine moving such a heavy car.

If my experience w/ rental Wranglers (and our old first-gen Pathfinder) means anything, it isn’t a problem. The transmission lever is made much taller than the t-case one, so neither ever gets in the way – or at least it never did for me.

The Rubicon bumper is steel! Saw that in a couple of other videos made at the LA show.