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2019 US energy portfolio: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3 When a coal plant gets shut down, usually it's replaced by a natural gas combined cycle plant. If you're worried about feeding the plants too much CO2, don't worry, new combined cycle natural gas plants make less CO2...

Seems like most dealerships are owned by politicians or their friend$ who will work very hard to stop cutting out the middle man. How many people remember who lost their dealership franchises when the federal government bought GM back during the auto bailouts? Yeah, money is going to take care...

Wrangler rubicons have a similar issue. At some point automatic rubicons went to 3.73 diff gears standard, 4.10 gears optional while manual rubicons get 4.10 gears standard. Lower gears are well worth it when you go to wider, taller, heavier tires. On stock tires, the automatic probably does...

According what I've read online, it's a planetary setup with electromagnetic plate clutches in the STI's DCCD. Good writeup with pictures found through pinterest: http://subaruidiots.com/dccd-subaru-sti-explained/2/

My only concern with the 4A system is how much torque and shock load can the center diff and clutch plates take compared to the standard part time transfer case? If you're going to rock crawl a Bronco, that might matter at some point. If Badlands has it standard, than I would think they have...

I would get lockers if you plan to offroad. The main reason is factory installed is great. Go offroad with friends where you can learn what not to do. Then, when you're by yourself, you will not try driving through that swamp with the lockers engaged. Unless you're my neighbor's kid driving...

Get you a pull pal if you like winching in the desert or antarctica: https://www.pullpal.com/

I see online that wranglers weigh 4000 to 4500 lbs stock. The GVWR is 5000 to 5800 lbs. Two door sport: Curb weight (lbs.) 3,970 Gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) (lbs.) 5,000 Towing capacity (lbs.) 2,000 Gross combined weight rating (GCWR) (lbs.) 8,016 Four door rubicon: Curb weight...

Many of the rubicon wranglers (right of way vehicles) used by utility companies are outfitted with duratracs. They are quite pricey.

I read quite a bit about duratracs on the jeep forums. They seem to work great on road and off except for cutting sidewalls. I put load range D BFG KO2s in 34x10.5 on my wrangler. They're better highway tires that can do some dry offroad, but the factory load range C BFG KMs are better...

It's nice to have the option to not have AC if you're going to use it as a toy or live in a cooler climate and don't want to pay for it. The fact that they sold 2wd 4 door wranglers from 2007 to 2010 is worse. My neighbor's kid bought one without realizing it was 2wd. That sucks.

It's no worse than replacing the plugs on most FWD V6 cars like the previous generation of Ford Explorer. Intake removal is kind of standard on engines designed for FWD applications. Changing 3.8L or 3.6L wrangler plugs.

I wanted and test drove several 2 door wranglers from the time I got my driver's license. It didn't really make financial sense for me to get one until I could afford it as a toy. I bought mine when I was 36. Took a while, but at this point in my career I can break stuff and not sweat the...

I have a 2015 JK Rubicon (2 door). I don't think I'll look at Broncos any time soon, because I don't want all the electronic gadgets. I really like my manual windows (light doors to take off), manual transfer case (hate rotary dials), and the fact that I can change the stereo head unit easily...

MOPAR sells a big brake kit which adds bigger rotors to the front, brackets to push the calipers out, calipers, and a new master cylinder where required. Some folks add this to their wranglers to get back some braking lost when you go from a 50+lb factory wheel tire to 100+lb 35" wheel and...

I run 34x10.5 BFG KO2s on my wrangler for street tires. They only measure 33" tall when mounted. Many 35x12.5 tires only measure 33-34" tall when mounted. You have to research heights and all if you really are concerned about actual mounted height, width, etc. If I go somewhere offroad that...

If you look at side by side pics of the 2017 and previous wranglers and 2018+ wranglers, you'll see that jeep angled and curved the newer windshields more. The two windshields on wranglers I've seen break were due to oncoming traffic launching rocks or rock salt into the windshield. Just...

It's all about looks. My neighbor has spent $5k+ on his RAM 1500 lifting it and installing 35" tires on new hard to clean wheels. I put a budget lift on his Jeep Wrangler Sahara so he could install 34" tires and hard to clean wheels. He will not take either anywhere but a drive through town...

Some tacomas set of their side curtain airbags when you have around a 30 degree change in side angle quickly. From what I read, maybe the TRD Offroad package had a button to disable that. https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/rscs-rollover-angle.407668/

Turning radius is pretty awesome in a two door wrangler. That comes in handy a lot of places. It also fits in compact car parking spots. Four doors is more practical for families, but not necessarily for folks that really go offroad, like through the woods where no one has driven before. My...