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poor at best ;-)
by twylie
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Jul 21, 2006 (5:51 am)
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15.5 +/- .75 MPG. Doesn't seem to matter if it's local or highway driving. 31" trXus MT tires, 3.73 gears, 5 speed, 4.0L
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Diesel Please!
by dragger
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Jul 23, 2006 (7:52 pm)
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Wrangler Unlimited:
Sign me up. Oh wait. I'm an American. No Diesel!
Never mind.
Maybe next year.
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- #5 of 32
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Re: Diesel Please! [dragger]
by jeepernut
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Jul 26, 2006 (5:44 pm)
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Replying to: dragger (Jul 23, 2006 7:52 pm)
GIVE ME A DIESEL!!!!
I'd consider the Unlimited if it had the CRD. I have the Liberty with the CRD and its just great...I need the mileage.
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Unlimited Soft top issue
by wendysinger
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Aug 25, 2006 (12:09 pm)
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Hello...thank you all for your informative posts! I'm definitely a Jeep Girl and I love it, even with my daughters car seats in the back(though it makes no rational sense). I have an '06 unlimited, silver, 4" lift w/ 33's. The only issue that I'm having is with my soft top. The 2 bow is poorly designed. It just "sits" on the side bow, but is not fastened on. This results in one side of the 2 bow falling off; when I pull on it and put it back on, the other side falls off. My husband put some plastic fasteners on each side to keep it all together. The 2 bow seems too short. I have tried adjusting everything: velcro, etc. I believe that more people are having problems but no one really checks that area of their Jeep. Should I start a campaign to have a recall of that part? 
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- #7 of 32
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Re: Unlimited Soft top issue [wendysinger]
by cdncolorado
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Sep 23, 2006 (6:48 pm)
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Replying to: wendysinger (Aug 25, 2006 12:09 pm)
I had the same problem till i bent the bar slightly... now it works like a champ... One thing to know about owning a Jeep, well two, if you haven't had to rig it you don't own a jeep and Just Empty Every Pocket!!! Good luck 
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Re: Jeep Wrangler: MPG - Real World Numbers [steve_]
by pkear
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Feb 02, 2007 (7:30 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 18, 2006 10:01 pm)
A lot to be said for the article. Before I got my jeep I was driving a vehicle that got 9mpg as long as I watched my foot on the pedal and used the cruise everywhere there was enough road between stop signs or lights. If I drove hard I paid by losing up to 2 mpg. I drive my jeep cautiously putting on the cruise much like I did in the other vehicle and have averaged 20MPG doing the math old school. This is a combination of city driving and two 200 mile round trips all in the space of three weeks. I have a 2007 4-door 3.7L 2wd with the 4.10 gear ratio and 18inch tires. I consider that excellent for almost any SUV especially a jeep. The best part is until now I never fit well in a jeep or any other small SUV being a big (not tall but Santa big) man. I am used to full sized trucks, suburbans and full sized vans all notorious for gas usage. Now that I am driving a jeep and getting better gas mileage I don't think I will ever go to anything else. Also keep in mind good mileage is all relative a Jeep will never beat a hybrid or small car but then again neither of those will do what a jeep does.
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Re: Jeep Wrangler: MPG - Real World Numbers [pkear]
by steve_ HOST
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Feb 02, 2007 (7:41 pm)
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Replying to: pkear (Feb 02, 2007 7:30 pm)
20 sounds pretty good for a Wrangler - lifetime mpg for my minivan is just around 21 (and that's not automatically calculated by a mpg computer either, lol).
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Re: Jeep Wrangler: MPG - Real World Numbers [steve_]
by pkear
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Feb 03, 2007 (5:39 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Feb 02, 2007 7:41 pm)
It's all in the driving and maybe just maybe I got the one built solidly on a Wendesday when everything including planitary alignment was just right. I know mileage advertized is averaged from several vehicles which makes it usually about right however sometimes it is slanted a little high. What this means is you can have one getting real good gas mileage while one gets fair while one gets bad mileage and still advertize a good to fair MPG on the sticker. That said it appears I got one with good mileage and hopefully a good driver to keep it up. 
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Re: Jeep Wrangler: MPG - Real World Numbers [pkear]
by pkear
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Feb 12, 2007 (5:45 am)
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Replying to: pkear (Feb 03, 2007 5:39 am)
Well I have had a little more time with my jeep (almost ready for that first oil change) and I am still getting good mileage back and forth in town. This weekend I had to take a 200 mile round trip where average minimum speed was 55 and little to no stops. I filled up before and after so I could do the math and got a hair over 22MPG. That said I also experimented with a tank and drove it hard with hard acceleration an no use of cruise and it dropped it to a little less than 18MPG. All in all I consider that a big improvement over the suburban which got about 12.5 and van which was doing 9. We leave Thursday night for Palm Coast, Fla and it will all be I-95 at night down so I will calculate mileage and report back on what I got that leg of the trip however on the return I will most likely take A-1-A until it runs out then maybe 17 back to home and while I will keep track of mileage it will be more for the scenic route than gas savings so I can compare the two.
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Re: Jeep Wrangler: MPG - Real World Numbers [steve_]
by bft4x4
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Feb 14, 2007 (10:27 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 18, 2006 10:01 pm)
2005 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, Stock. 15 mpg. 70% freeway, 30% city. Driven 900 miles per month.
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