2020 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara EcoDiesel Road Trip (and Fuel Economy Test) 

Thanks for watching and the kind feedback! It’s been a while since I drove the Gladiator. All of my travels in it were on-road, but nothing nearly as long as this Wrangler road trip. It was very similar in road feel, ride quality, etc. The two biggest differences were the Gladiator’s length made parking a little trickier and it got WAY more attention from other drivers and people in parking lots than any Wrangler I’ve ever driven.

I agree... just be prepared for the maintenance. Oil change alone is $250, new bosch fuel injectors $3,000, new diesel particulate filter $1,200, etc.

Congratulations!

As did I .....waiting for it to be built...just read an article saying Jeep will phase out of the diesel engine by 2030 as they are going more towards electric......hope that's not true...

How was your experience with EcoDiesel ram !? I just bought EcoDiesel wrangler Rubicon

@@DannyRc The truck has 158,000 miles. I have used Host Shots Secret fuel additives. And also the Stiction Eliminator in the oil every 3rd oil change (30k miles). If the fuel economy drops, check the MAP sensor for being clogged. The truck is used mostly on Interstate highways. I usually cruise 62-70 mph. Get 33mpg @ 70 mph, but as high as 52mpg @ 50mph. The truck is soooo nice to drive over the high mountain passes. And has just the right power in the snow. My wife has a 2018 Ram 2500 Crewcab 4wd 6.7L 3.42 ratio. It was bought to pull our travel trailer. The VGT engine brake is awesome, and gives plenty of confidence on roads like Tioga Pass (CA-120). But the Cummins engine is such a beast. That it can be tricky on icy roads or offroad. If Ram put the Ecodiesel in the Powerwagon. I would buy one in a heartbeat!!!

@@DannyRc The engine is mostly stock. The only changes are the Bank's silencer delete, and a Flowmaster 50 series Big Block muffler. It has all the software updates. And passes the California smog inspections.

Thanks for watching and the feedback! I see you have experience with the new Wranglers, too. I’m back in El Paso again - this time in a Ram Rebel EcoDiesel. Review of that coming soon.

There Will Be Cars Ahhh The Rebel. I rode in the Classic Rebel. I found it habit forming. So isolated, insulated, dampened for a truck of that size. And I have considered it. Hummmm. Considering... - Wranglers...I go back to a CJ5 Golden Eagle witha a 304 and a 3 spd stick. Some YJ and X J experience. Still digesting your Sahara Driving video. We rented a Sahara in Denver followed. Rubi around trails out side of Montezuma Co. Above the tree line most of the day. Everything on the trails lifted with big tires....the stock Sahara did it all. (blue level trails) I LIVED I. EP for 2 years and loved it. The world was different then.👍😎🇺🇸

Wow, that Denver drive sounds epic. Not surprised the Sahara performed well. 😎

You bet! Thanks for watching. The JL rides smoother than the JK, but there’s no getting around the fact that it’s still a body-on-frame 4X4. The Wrangler Unlimited Sahara EcoDiesel I reviewed in the video had an as-tested price of $56,750.

My pleasure! Thank you for watching. I’m 5’10”. The driver’s seat was fine. No frills, but my legs and back didn’t hurt after all of that driving.

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Thanks for watching!

Ha ha. Thanks!

Not true! The tires effect on steering is influenced by the internal structure and aspect ratio of the tire. Tread design may change the rubber quantity touching the road. Because of the groove void volume. A General Grabber ATX will give better handling than the cheap stock Goodyear Wrangler found on many new trucks and SUV's.

This was just a media test vehicle that Jeep let me evaluate for a week. If I had been doing 65-70 mph for most of my trip to and from El Paso, I’m sure I would’ve hit 25 mpg or higher, but I was going 85 mph for several hours in a row in both directions. Definitely brought my numbers down, but it sure got us where we needed to go a hell of a lot faster.

It will hold its value and be sought after in time. The ultimate big tire rock monster, 😀imo.

I drove a JL rubicon diesel from San Diego to El Paso and back. At 70 mph for most of it and got 28.6 mpg according to the dash and 29.1 hand calculated. Regardless, you don’t buy this engine because you’re a broke ass trying to save $30/month at the pump. You buy it because you want gobs of torque. I’m waiting for the diesel gladiator to be released. It’s going up on 38” tires literally the day it leaves the dealership. Know what my mpg will be? IDGAF.3 but I’ll be embarrassing V6 & turbo 4 jeeps on and off road

Because the speed is totaly different. 65-70 my truck get 25mpg, 75 21mpg, 80 19mpg, 85 16mpg. It's just too slow to drive interstate highway below 80mph.

The feedback I received on this video made me more aware of the need to do that, which I did in my Ram Rebel EcoDiesel video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-skipQnyWuJU.html

Not sure of your typical driving speeds or habits, but in my case, headwinds and high speeds (80-85+ mph for several hours at a time) certainly affected my mpg.

@@ThereWillBeCars I’m doing 60-65

That definitely helps. Ha ha.

Yep I get just over 28mpg at 65-70mph in Colorado, lots of hills/mountains and temp swings depending on time of the year. But over the 70ish mph mark the MPG drops drastically I have noticed.

I just remembered I drove a Gladiator Rubicon off-road at an event. Click the link below. You’ll find my drive of it starting at 16:59.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cuXHb0ZxiUQ.html

Yes, I just used the dash readout.

padistedor bingo

It is if you drive at 85.

it is in Texas

Are you driving miss daisy?

@@BillyTpower I didn't know Texas had a 85mph speed limit. Florida needs to up its game.

I drove the 2.0L (Rubicon) from Austin to Dallas and back. By the end of my week with it, I had put 525 miles (mostly highway) on it. I averaged 19 mpg.

Never took it down to empty, but if I remember correctly, at one point I had gone a total of 321 miles (126 miles of city and highway driving and 195 miles of mainly highway driving, most of which was at 85 mph) and had a little less than a quarter tank left.

According to my research, we started at 489 feet above sea level in the Austin area and ended up at an altitude of 3,740 feet in El Paso. One of the cities we drove through, Fort Stockton, has an elevation of 2,972 feet.

I appreciate you watching, Bill. If all goes according to plan, I should be taking an out-of-state trip in a Ram 1500 Rebel EcoDiesel in a few weeks. I will do my best to manually calculate its MPG for that video review.

Nothing get em what

If I drove to and from El Paso as much as I used to, the EcoDiesel would be great. Outside of that, I’ve found a lot to like about the eTorque 4-cylinder. What about you?

In hindsight, I should’ve hand-calculated the fuel economy. I made sure to do that during my road trip in the Ram Rebel EcoDiesel: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-skipQnyWuJU.html

Thank you very much!

Didn’t hand calculate mpg for this road trip, but I’m doing that for my trip from Austin to Phoenix and back in a 2020 Ram Rebel EcoDiesel. I’ll be publishing that video in the next few weeks.

I know the computers can be off a littler

Congrats! The first thing that comes to mind is aerodynamics. The Wrangler is not exactly sleek.

chris are you really comparing an 85mph brick to a Jetta? Tard

@@HBSSTC the fact is the mpg is shit and it uses shitloads of def so you are the tard VW tdis transplanted get better mpg its a shit engine

chris YOU’RE MISSING THE FUCKING POINT, THE WRANGLER IS LITERALLY A BRICK (no aerodynamic whatsoever) AND YOU’RE COMPARING IT TO YOUR SLEEK (better aerodynamic) VW.. YOU DO KNOW THAT AERODYNAMIC PLAYS A BIG ROLL ON THE MPG RIGHT? ACTUALLY DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT AERODYNAMIC MEANS? I did the google for you: Automotive aerodynamics is the study of the aerodynamics of road vehicles. Its main goals are reducing drag and wind noise, minimizing noise emission, and preventing undesired lift forces and other causes of aerodynamic instability at high speeds. Air is also considered a fluid in this case.

Note to Chris: the Wrangler is not for you.

She doesn’t want to be on camera, but she’s fine with being behind it.

Jk, while the top has reduced cabin noise markedly over the years... it’s still noisey af

So true!

You should ride in a TJ with a soft top lol or maybe you have.