Now this is beautiful plowing. 

I find Consumer Reports frequently has the exact opposite idea of what makes for a good car than I do. So no, ignore them completely. They're clearly wrong. 

Did you ever get a response from Jeep about a model with less cab and more bed?

We need more support to bring back the regular cab. Sure, I can see the benefits of a touch more space behind the seats, but a big back seat just compromises the truck. Not only does it ruin the looks, it either robs bed space, or else kills the turning circle and break over angle. If there was a regular cab Gladiator…

Seems like not the worst idea. Vertical crankshaft, pointing down into a transaxle with a more conventional differential at the bottom, rotated so the pinion enters the top. This would sit ahead of the regular 2wd power train, enabling rear-biased 4wd without the need of a transfer case and front driveshaft, as well. 

There are two ways of making big HP numbers. Either making a small amount of torque at big rpm, or a big amount of torque at small rpm. Big torque at big rpm generally isn't a thing, because you burn so much energy just keeping engine parts spinning that fast. Going small-torque-big-rpm will sorta work because you can…

Then you’re doing it wrong. It needs to slide straight off the shaft, and the only thing holding it onto the shaft is the collar that is the retaining nut. Loosen the nut, apply penetrating oil should you feel the need, and gently wiggle it off the shaft. Don’t go all caveman on it because you’ll get out of alignment…

Seriously dude, bypassing the NSS? I can almost guarantee it just needs cleaned out. It’s a half-hour job.

Half of all people are less intelligent than the average person. Let that sink in. 

Because full hot is dumb. You throw on clothes to handle being outside and then sit in your car, with the heat on, and slowly boil yourself in your own sweat.

“Five foot beds are so useful. See? Just look at how much stuff I can put in my six-foot bed. Just look at how useful that five-foot bed can be.”

Yes. This. All of it. The Gladiator needs two fewer doors, two more feet of bed, and at least a 2200lb payload rating. Departure angle? Sure, it's compromised because it's a truck, we can live with that. Ridiculous increases in wheelbase with no gain in truck capabilities? Nah. Back seats are for minivans.

Weak points in the XJ fan blower motor include:

You need to talk more about LED light bars. There’s so much misinformation out there, like people who think they can legally call them fog lights if they’re mounted below the headlights.

The worst sort of video: vertical but reformatted as horizontal...

Exactly. If you have to put up with that much wheelbase, get rid of the back seat and give me a bed I can actually use! Two doors, two seats, 7' bed. Wait, where did I hear that recipe before?

Needs less doors and more bed. Crew cabs are fucking dumb. But at least it gets sliders to protect that ELEVEN-AND-A-HALF-FOOT WHEELBASE. 

Total bullshit. I live in a place where winter tires are an absolute necessity from October to April, and we can experience winter driving conditions frequently in May and September, and on occasion the rest of the months. That’s life in the Canadian Rockies for you. But a typical summer day is 80-90°F. We run winter…

Don’t forget the fact Americans used to be British. They come by it honestly. 

Insurance costs are factored in. Makes sense, if you're only driving it half the year!