In my profession, moving to, say, Ohio would cut my salary by more than half. It does depend, you’re right, but there are a lot of fields like mine too (mostly white collar, yes) where there’s a direct correlation. 

Now what is median pay in those areas, vs, say, Denver/Seattle/Boise/Portland? Because pay is often tied to housing prices (cost of living), but things like cars/etc don’t scale with COL - which means buying something like this can seem cheaper (and are) even though housing can cost a lot more (especially as houses…

And the time - sometimes I need to turn and burn from one place to hte other. A 5 minute gas stop is easy; 30 minutes at a charger is harder to justify. Once we hit 500 mile ranges, even in winter I’ll be able to do worst-case days without a stop, and that’s what I really want (unless we get battery swaps).

I know, right?  Mr Brownell pointed out that I’m the outlier, and I really am.  

No chargers at any of my stops; there are ones along the way (for definitions of along the way - some are 10+ miles off the highway), and sadly none at any of the offices I frequent either (except one, which has a grand sum total of 2 plugs, and they’re perpetually occupied).

Daily minimum is 50 miles. Normal average is 150. Each week will have at least 1 trip of 200 miles. Monthly at least two of 320 miles (that’s the round trip minimum, there and back no stops). All-weather, and almost all at 75+ (normally closer to 85, as that’s what traffic does). Also, elevation changes of around…

Toll roads around a major city in the west. Speed limit on everything here is 75. Traffic tends to flow at 80-85 or so.

Sadly, my “commute” is often what people categorize as a “trip”.  Thanks! 

That’s my concern.  I need one all-weather (AWD + snow tires) vehicle based on where I live, but ALL my driving (98%+) is highway at 75+ - I drive at odd hours and don’t hit traffic, and also have to drive a LOT (I’m the outlier).  I really need 250 miles of range (to have a bit of buffer getting home up a mountain…

How about at real highway speeds (80-85mph)?  

That’s an extremely valid point.  

My two favorite bikes ever were my Nighthawk 250 (in Colorado, you literally ride everywhere with the throttle whacked open all the way and that little twin screaming), and my Sportster 1200R (just needed a better seat for someone with my legs!).  Both could be ridden hard, but wouldn’t be too fast.  Both would avoid…

Perception though.  There’s a snowflake, therefore I need a subaru because AWD!!!  (Granted, some of us DO need it).  That’s what I’m debating internally.  Around here, FWD versions sell at a distinctly lower rate than the 4WD versions (Denver area) for that reason. 

Definitely sell the Explorer down south; most of the north has an obsession with making sure it has AWD/4WD (sometimes for good reasons, sometimes not).  Or, you could try to sell it there and hope someone doesn’t check, because SUV = 4WD to some folks.  ~shrug~.  I’d still sell down south.  

Single year models are BAD ideas. And you can’t get the stick on the new ones either. I agree on the jeep part though - there should be a simpler model. As a whole, the Wrangler has gotten too expensive; it’s a toy for a lot of us, but it costs as much as a well equipped do-anything-and-everything truck, SUV, or car…

I don’t honestly give a rats rear about the size on the inside. I regularly daily an NB Miata at 6'1" - it’s just me and sometimes the wife, so why do I need extra space? :-P The size overall? That matters- I drive all the time into the city and into tiny parking garages. It matters a LOT. My wrangler was a 2-door.

I had an 07 SV 4x4 that was perfect.  I traded it in on a cheap beater because I was doing 95% of my miles (even in the winter) on a motorcycle, and thought I’d drop the car payment and just have something cheap for weather.  This ended up being a poor idea in the long run (bikes don’t take well to blizzards, and…

I had a policy when I was younger of “I’ll always do it once so I know how, then pay if it makes more sense”.  8 hours of scraping old gasket material off a 20 year old GM diff cover later, I chucked that idea (all I had was a putty knife, sue me). 

recirculating ball steering coming from rack and pinion will feel that way.  You get used to it, but it is a DRASTIC change if you don’t expect it.

I’m the target audience for this truck... and I’m probably buying a Tacoma instead (or a lightly used Pro-4X Frontier, because no reason to buy one of those new). I like jeep (and miss the 2016 Wrangler Sport I had to give up), have had several. I like mid-size trucks (had an 07 Frontier I bought new that I also…