I actually have insight on that. I have a customer who works for the company that produces these clutches. There isn’t much of an actual issue with the clutch itself, the problem is some people have a tendency to ride with thier foot resting on the clutch pedal, just enough to cause it to overheat. The manual…

Yup. They knocked it out of the park on those things. 

If I saw this thing out in traffic I would giggle like a schoolgirl.  Bravo. 

While not surprising to see the Giulia on this list, am I the only one that feels good about being ahead of so many Suv’s?

Stellantis, if you’re listening, this is the part where a lightbulb goes off and you greenlight a 2" lift and the cherokee trailhawk Engine, Trans, PTU, and rear diff for use in the AWD Pacifica, To create the 2024 Chrysler Town & Country.

Not all dealers, we’re in rural Ohio. We are TOLD what we are allowed to order. We get allocations for each trim level. Guess which trim level is restricted to 20 percent of our total stock orders?

They almost always have been. Before the Wrangler, almost NOBODY drove a CJ as thier only vehicle. They were more or less a street legal side x side that could be driven across the country. The wrangler came out and more and more people discovered they could be the main vehicle.

Accounting for inflation, a base wrangler is no more expensive than it was in 1987 with the same equipment, believe it or not.

I suppose I’m guilty of it myself, at least in my house. In my main living room I do have 3 shotguns displayed on the wall, and they do function.

Right, that actually sounds pretty damn reasonable considering people pay $2500 and up for plastic molded Bronco/K5/Jeep tops.

Responsible gun owners use a proper lockbox that bolts in place under the seat, and don’t drive around with gun company stickers all over their vehicle.

Actual owners of these and other Stellantis vehicles have access to a free app that allows remote starting from your phone.

The writing is on the wall here for me: This isn’t going to last forever, the auto industry is probably going to crash, and in a big way. If it does, values are going to plummet. Your safest bet is to find the nicest Tacoma or Jeep Wrangler for under 20,000 you can. Either one, the Tacoma is more reliable, the Jeep is…

I’m most interested in how it actually off-roads. I’m sure it’ll drive like a perfectly good car on the road, but what does it do when tires are hanging in the air? Does it take a second to get going or does it kind of lock up? When the tires are up against a shelf or a rock, does it strain to get up over it?

Exactly, my area is about a decade behind the times with most stuff. I have a 45 minute drive to work, almost entirely on backroads, and I have cell phone service for about 25 percent of that drive tops. If I get up in the morning and find I’ve forgotten to plug in, it’s not like I can stop at a fast charger while…

Trust me, it matters. I wont make any assumptions about you, but when you live kind of far from any major cities, transportation problems become very different. Sure, there are a hundred 2 to 3 hours away, but you’re talking driving to Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Canton, Akron, etc. None of those are within an hours drive.…

How does this correlate to Charging stations being planned? Every auto rag I read seems to wholeheartedly believe that we’re not far from full adoption, but in rural america, I work at a dealership and we can barely move hybrids that still use gas. We don’t even take in Teslas, they go straight to auction, the last…

Ahh, this was the kind of story I needed. Love it, and I’d love to hear more about grassroots guys doing their thing!

The Jeep Gladiator/wrangler manual transmission. I absolutely LOVE that Jeep included it and continues to offer it, but the execution is terrible.

Crossover, I think, is a catch-all term, because the popular opinion is generally that crossover= SUV, but better on gas and better to drive. “SUV” isnt really a trendy word anymore to most, so calling anything possible a crossover is the obvious move. Crossovers definitely can be boxy, aggressive and trucky (bronco…