Just traded my '20 Gladiator Rubicon for a '24 Rubicon X 4XE. I found a lot of the trips I was doing in the Gladiator recently were around town, so could be done in electric with the 4xe, and the defender 130 can do all of the towing duties it used to do. The '24 4xe's got a few upgrades over the '23's beyond the cosmetic stuff, like the ability to use it as a 3.6kw generator, full float rear axle for improved towing, better brake regen and some other stuff, so when I brought my Gladiator to the dealer for an oil change and they asked if I'd be interested in a new one, I told them if they could find me a yellow rubicon 4xe with all the options my gladiator did, I'd be interested. They found me one and gave me a good enough deal between trade and discount, so I drove it home. I'm transferring the winch and sunrider over from the Gladiator, and I still have my morryde trail kitchen and spare tire rotopax mount from my JLUR I can put on it. Can't wait to try out the 3.6kw generator on my next excursion. First impressions are good, very noticeably more powerful than the pentastar despite carrying more weight around. It feels like going to a v8 from the v6, though it sounds like a cheap 90's cavalier (though I honestly don't care much what it sounds like). Haven't tried electric only yet, will give a full charge and try it out tomorrow.
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