Episode 835 – No More Internal Combustion?

Jeep Stops Shipping NON-EV Jeep to 14 States

If you want a gas-powered Jeep Wrangler in Pennsylvania you’ll have to order it from a dealer!

14 States Have Their Own Emissions Requirements

The 14 CARB states are California (you guessed that one), Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.

Most states follow emissions guidelines set by the federal government. But 14 states and the District of Columbia follow a more stringent set of emissions rules set by the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

Prices are going up and you won’t be able to drive as far.

Worker fired, accused of rigging bids so husband could buy Jeep

An employee of Iowa’s largest public-transit agency was fired recently for allegedly rigging the bids on a vehicle so her husband could buy it for a greatly reduced price.

2013 Jeep Cherokee was to be sold at a public auction. Her husband and fellow DART employee Everett McGregor participated in the auction. When the bidding ended on March 10, Everett McGregor had placed the highest bid at $18,000 – which was $100 more than the next highest bidder.

Georisha McGregor spoke to her husband who, according to the testimony given at a subsequent hearing on the matter, indicated he still wanted the vehicle but was not willing to honor his bid of $18,000.

According to DART, Georisha McGregor then lowered the closing price to $11,200. Everett accepted the offer, and Georisha manually awarded the sale to her husband.

She was fired on March 29 for violating policies prohibiting conflicts of interest and “acting as a go-between or broker” for the benefit of a third party in any transactions involving DART. Her husband retained his job at DART.

“The record shows (she) used her position to extend a substantial discount to her husband from the going market price in the bid,”

Jeep owners are discovering EVERY model has a hidden ‘Easter egg’ animal

Shark 3D spider snake

first Easter egg appeared in the 1997 Jeep Wrangler TJ

Finding the Easter egg gives you something to do while waiting for a tow truck.’

Other Easter eggs that can be found in Jeep Wranglers, Cherokees, Renegades, and some other cars include an image of a Willys Jeep, original Jeep designs in the floor mats, gas cans X’s, and a map of Moab, Utah.

Newbie Nuggets with Wendy

Rivian R1T Truck 

Thoughts and review

An amazing silent truck that crawls over most anything and is silent – not sure I like that

Has about 320 miles MPG (?)

Sport mode: 0-60 in 3.3 seconds

Off-road mode: raise the truck’s 15” ground clearance

Rock crawl mode: Lowers it to 13.1 ground clearance – probably to give more articulation

No lockers – computer senses wheel spin – engages the other wheels automatically

Each wheel has its own motor

Off-road package includes: built-in compressor AND recovery gear (tow strap, kinetic rope, soft shackles, tree savers, traction boards, etc

Jeep Talk Show Gladiator Update

Slop Stopper

YETI XD™ JL/JT SECTOR SHAFT BRACE WITH FRAME SIDE TRACK BAR REINFORCEMENT BRACKET

The second part of the product is to reinforce the frame side track bar mounting location to help minimize any deflection of this bracket and ensure that the mount doesn’t break under extreme stress.

If you’ve had the TSB (technical service bulletin) work performed on your pre-2021 Wrangler or Gladiator, you will want to use the 4x short gear bolts. The fastener bag provides bolts for both aluminum and steel gear variations. The Aluminum box requires 2x short gear and 2x long gear bolts whereas the Steel box requires 4x short gear bolts.

Must-Have Stuff Pick-of-the-Week for your Jeep!

Element E50 Fire Extinguisher Stick 40050, 50-second discharge NO MAINTENANCE $89.95

Offering 50 seconds of firefighting protection

E50’s extremely small and lightweight construction allows for storage almost anywhere.

Internationally tested and certified. The unit does not automatically deploy when exposed to fire. Manual deployment.

More than 4X the fire fighting time of a 5lb fire extinguisher

MAKES NO MESS Leaves no residue. Non-toxic, non-corrosive & environmentally friendly

ZERO PRESSURE DISCHARGE Creates no thrust that can otherwise spread oil & liquid fires

SAFE & MAINTENANCE FREE Solid construction has no moving parts or compressed gas to ever service