donhornby
Don Hornby
donhornby

They're not crazy, they're just retarded.

FUUCCCCKKK YOOOOOOOUUUUU PHYYYYYSICS!

Yeah, the backseat of a topless Jeep-or even one with the top on-is a terrible place to be for any length of time. 2 hours is about my limit for driving topless at highway speeds.

And, now that I think about it, any proof of the US Army using the Wolf? I know that various British special ops use it, but I couldn't find a single piece of information referencing the Wolf in American service. Plenty for the Tacoma, though.

Choice is down to the J8 or the Flyer ITV:

Wait, this is news?

I love the hell out of them, and will own them as long as humanely possible, but SWB Jeep Wranglers are purpose-built to be as impractical as possible as a daily driver.

They don't drive Defenders. They drive the Land Rover Wolf, which, while looking like a Defender, is different in almost every single way.

True enough, and the towing speed limits are the important part. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that those vehicles don't work perfectly well in their environment.

Last JD Power (I believe) study released, and all the ones preceding it, showed the Wrangler to be both the best American vehicle and the best SUV for retaining resale values, and in the top 10 overall.

The 3.0L VM Motori will be coming to the Wrangler eventually. The 2.8L is being phased out in the next few years. It's coming in the GC this January, and expect to see it in the Ram 1500 in the spring as well, both mated to the new 8-speed.

The success of the 4-door bodes well for a truck, though. The Unlimited makes up 60% of Wrangler sales last time I checked (Granted, that was '07, but, if anything, that percentage is increasing), and is almost solely responsible for making it the best-selling BOF SUV around and one Chrysler's biggest nameplates.

The Wrangler is a better vehicle in every way-the only thing the Defender has on the Wrangler is a diesel option and more configurations.

Fahk no. For every awesome little diesel truck, monstrously overpowered sport ute, luxurious, ass-hauling wagon or practical little pocket rocket, there's three miserable 1L-powered crapboxes.

Yeah, I've got nothing against a little lowering for stance or handling, but rocker-draggers? Yuck, not my thing. But that was the best picture I could find of the Magnum-300 swap on the 300.

Yeah, it's got a serious new-age Coronet or Monaco thing going on. I'd drive the hell out of it.

Are we talking about the 4-speed 42RLE or the 5-speed W5A580? The 42RLE is pretty bad, but I've never heard of any recurring mechanical problems with the A580, despite the fact that it's sole purpose in life seems to be making a series of excellent Chrysler and Mercedes V8s yearn for a proper quick auto or a manual.

What's wrong with the transmission? Not the fastest in the world, but it's certainly not the weakest point about the Magnum. (That would be the front fascia-it should have either directly copied the Charger, or they should have sold it as the 300 Touring here too)

I had testicular cancer. It actually wasn't all that bad. I mean, as far as fucking cancer goes. He deserves one that's waaaay the fuck worse.

I love how two characters get into an argument over the Mako in ME3. And I had a ton of fun with that thing. Every mission basically went 'Fuck the path, I'm just going to climb up the side of this mountain and shoot the Geth in the back.'