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Good point, I had in my earlier posts, but just copied this one verbatim.

This was posted up on JK Forums today: Hello All - My first post to this forum. I live in England and last week I bought a new "2 Door 2.8 CRD Unlimited" - which appears to be more or less identical to the one being discussed here. It's quiet, quick (easily does 100 mph), has a 5 speed...

Sure enough, I just went out and shined a light on the tires and the sipes are definitely NOT molded through the entire tread block. That was something that I didn't see turn up in any of the reviews I read and really good to know, although they are pinned for studs so they do have that. Will...

So, my existing 265/75/16 BFG TA KOs were getting pretty bare. I had 45k miles on them. They wore like iron and really treated me right. However, I was ready for a bit of change and decided to go with a bit narrower tire. My BFGs were Load Range D and had the "snowflake" which I have to have...

Wow, I missed a lot in the last few days, lol. The reality is that the KJ CRD outsold original expectations. The official line was that Daimler-Chrysler used it as a test vehicle to gauge consumer interest diesels. The original allotment of 10,000 the first year sold out due to high consumer...

Not quite sure where you get off saying that. It really depends on what premium one is paying for a diesel powerplant. Furthermore, hard to call a CRD slow or smelly. Have you even used a modern diesel say in a Volkswagen or BMW or Merc? Hardly slow, loud, or smelly. Certainly the have their...

I agree... the only problem I see with this is warranty service. There WILL be cost to train the dealership service network how to handle this powerplant and handle warranty claims. Diesel techs are different than your typical technician. That being said, I don't see this being a big deal...

I can understand "not buying them in quantity" from a dealer network support perspective as their are a lot of ancilary support costs associated with a new powerplant, but have a hard time buying into it from a purely sales perspective. I think demand is there in reasonable quantities. There are...

You and me both!!

Autoblog is reporting this and has made mention of what the Euro version of the Patriot and Compass are getting this year... 2.0 liter Mercedes diesel returning 43 mpg. Now that is one way to boost CAFE averages... come on Chrysler. I would buy one of these as a daily driver with mileage like...

Absolutely perfect... very jealous here! Take good care of her!

Not marketing run amock so much as trying to improve fleet CAFE rates.

Posting deleted... that was quick. Wonder if it sold.

No affiliation... looks gorgeous!! Wanted to pass it on. 1967 Toyota Land Cruiser 4 Door FJ45LV

As always Martyn, excellent explanation and much appreciated. Certainly know you guys are busy and the fact that you took the time to respond speaks volumes about you AT as a company. Every point you brought up is valid from a manufacturing perspective and you are right. You're dealing with a...

LOL, touche' ;) sort of a moot point isn't it! I keep coming at this from a sailing perspective where topping off our battery banks is a big deal and we are stationary anchored up in some cove or lagoon for a week waiting for a break in the weather, etc. The reality is that you are most likely...

Dan, That is correct... this habitat makes absolutely no use of the factory hard top. The entire top is replaced so if you have a soft top only model, there are no additional purchases required. On the habitat version shown on the j8, you will notice that on the top does not have side windows...

I totally understand the need to engineer for a specific application, but we aren't talking about massive amounts of weight here and something that I would imagine would be well within spec for the torsion spring. Sunsei Solar I simply can't imagine that bolting on a 10lb solar panel is going...

Not criticizing, but that seems a bit short sited. You guys are known for overengineering things so it seems surprising. I know you guys were trying to keep aerodynamics up and were only wanting to work with a certain glass layup in order to keep costs down. All understandable, but the torsion...

It will be really interesting to see how this motor shines with different gearing. I think you put 3.73 or 4.10 gears in it and I think most people will be very happy. I know that the new Durango is running 3.06 for example. Not exactly the best gearing to use for that shove you back in your...