Love the column.

My `11 Wrangler has 205 hp, because it was the last model year before the pentastar. It is great for offroading at low speed, but the twenty or so miles of a morning commute is laborious on a windy day, which happens often in New Mexico. The 285hp pentastar has the perfect amount of hp for the Jeep Wrangler.

I have always hated to see wheel spacers on a Jeep because the vehicle is top-heavy enough as it is, and placing that much more stress on the axles can cause the middle of the vehicle to sag over time. I have seen a lot of perfectly good Wranglers start to ride on the inside edge of their tires because of this.

I bought a one-year old Wrangler Sport a few years ago when I couldn’t find a new one within three hundred miles that wasn’t plagued with add-ons. Best decision I ever made.

I will still take my ‘11 JK Sport against a Rover for two reasons: affordability and comparative reliability. Almost any vehicle owner can afford a Wrangler; not true for a Rover.

You can keep the rest of the Trailcat, and I’ll take the engine and swap it into my base model `11 JK. 205 horses.need a boost.

Kin Arizona and New Mexico, these things are worth their weight in gold, but this is too much. CP.

Easy, Jeep Wrangler. I live in northern New Mexico, and I pray to God every morning that it isn’t a windy day because it takes a good amount of pressure of that right foot to fight an oncoming wind. I drove with my brother from Arizona to South Carolina last May while towing a small trailer, and I had to take breaks…

I like the unobstructed view out the back. The spare is locked up in the bed (no kids=no backseat).

I have an ‘11 Sport with a soft top, and a drop of water (slight exaggeration, I know) has never gotten through with the top on since I bought it three years ago.

This shouldn’t just apply to airports and planes, but everywhere with a “no smoking” sign. I’m a high school teacher, and you wouldn’t believe the fights that I have seen between administration, students, and parents regarding vaping because it’s “not smoking, and you can’t make me (or my kid) stop”. It seems like…

How about because you can finance a new Miata a hell of a lot easier than one could this. Most of us don’t have a spare 25k to spend on a toy.

A combination of two 1998 Chrysler Sebring JXI Convertibles. The first was gold with a black top, and a hand-me-down from my parents during grad school. That one caught on fire while being filled with gas. After I put the fire out (it didn’t spread past the engine compartment), the mechanic diagnosed it with multiple…

My Dad had a similar situation with his 2007 Chrysler Aspen when South Carolina swamp rats kept nibbling away at the wiring near the computer. Chrysler covered none of the repair costs.

New Mexico

GM caused LA’s transportation issues by buying up the street cars and tearing up the lines while selling the city buses to fill the void, thus guaranteeing LA’s dependence on the automobile. Think the plot to Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, except that the cartoonish supervillain was real.

If I want it that bad, I’ll get it myself.

Unless it has an engine that cures cancer, No.

Hemi or Cummins diesel swap in my 2011 Jeep Wrangler and a pristine Nissan 280z. The rest is negotiable.

I did it when I was 19 to a 2001 Nissan Sentra. The 87 pump was mislabeled. I pushed it to the shop across the street, they drained the tank with no damage done.