My '16 TRD Sport is "meh" offroad

That Jeep inline was an awesome engine. I ended up driving that thing all across the country. Put 150k miles on it and it still ran. That was a good engine. Peppy and throaty.

 

I had an old Cherokee with a straight 6, loved that thing, but didn’t have a clue.

 

In my humble opinion, the Jeep 4.0 HO inline was one of the best engines ever designed and manufactured. The rest of the jeep.......ehhhhhhh. Takes a lot of money to get one to where you need to be from a reliability and performance standpoint.
Couple of my 4 liters

 

The 2nd one looks like mine, minus all the off road work.

 

That was a good XJ. Rubicon express 4.5" longarm, Ox locker rear, Aussie locker front, onboard air, 33's on beadlocks. And the venerable 5 speed manual. Don't remember why I didn't have the front bumper on during this event. Might have been still getting built at that point.

 

As much as I loved my old TJ, that thing was nothing but a problem after 100k miles. Just constantly replacing stuff. Radiator, alternator, clutch, rebuilt transfer case, cracked a head, AC went out, death wobble, etc, etc. I’ll always have a soft spot for Jeeps, but they aren’t reliable enough to me. As I aged, I desired simplicity and reliability. A stock TRD OR is perfect for me.

 

There's definitely a reason there's not one in my garage right now

I'm getting "older" now too, I guess. And its hard to beat factory reliability. I also don't like to run my vehicles to their breaking point anymore. Too much work lol.

 

The JK seemed more reliable in a sense, but it kept having recurring steering/death wobble issues. As a “Jeep” though, I preferred the TJ. Something about the JK never hit home with me and I owned it nearly 8 years. Maybe it was just the body style I didn’t care for. I can’t put my finger on it.

 

I love the look of the new gladiator pickups. I drove a couple at the dealership, and they're quick, responsive, and well appointed inside.

And also $60k+ for a rubicon model. That's an absolutely rediculous amount of money. My TJ in the top picture I picked up as-is for $11k. And it would do almost any trail in north america. Granted, I knew what I was looking for and it took me a long, long time to find one that had been built correctly. I got tired of pissing away my own money and kept my eye out for someone that had pissed away their's (properly).

 

It was the motor / trans combo. They were hot garbage.

 

I'm up in Northern NV too, where do you go offroading? elko/spring creek area?

 

I'm north of Reno. Peavine / Dog Valley. BLM land out the back of cold springs. Moonrocks.

 

I think the JL’s have a better body-style than the JK’s do for sure. Unfortunately for me, I’m Jeeped-out man. Nearly 2 decades of nothing but Jeeps. I’m done. It was time to move on. The prices of these current Wranglers are flat out laughable. I was browsing some at a dealership this afternoon and they had about 30 of them just rotting in the lot that looked as if they hadn’t been washed in 3 months.

 

You and me both. I always liked the Tacos, so this is my first go 'round with one. My jeep heritage...ugh.

79 CJ5 Renegade (best one by far)
82 CJ7
92 YJ
95 XJ
06 KJ
02 TJ

 

CJ’s are the king. CJ5 is my personal favorite. The short wheelbase just makes it look badass. I’ll gladly take a CJ7 too. Here’s my fathers ‘77 Bronco. These give those old CJ’s a run for their money.

 

ahhh okay, just a few hours apart. I'm still exploring over here and my 16' offroad has held up well, but i do have a icon suspension on it

 

I love those old broncos. Had a buddy in college whos dad put a Corvette drivetrain into a bronco II. That thing was rediculous.

My CJ5 had the 304 V8 and the three speed manual. Dump the clutch with the wheel turned and it would lift a tire lol.

 

I haven't spent much time out on your side of the state. Beautiful area though the few times I've been there!

 

Oh hell yeah...there is everything I couldn't afford at the time to really make that Jeep perform the way I wanted it too.

 

If the new Broncos look anything like the '77 its going to sell some units. There is already quite a bit of buzz about it but Ford can't seem to do anything right lately. The video of it cruising around behind a pack of horses makes it sound like its got some balls but I don't have confidence in Ford to not dick this up.