Kate

I'm going to take the leap here...
I say buy an automatic.

It may be easier for you to get used to in the beginning.

Kate

Mike Romain

>
> hi thank you for your responce. i am new so i do not know much i have
> only had small cars, never a truck or jeep, i will be doing a lot of
> city driving as well as some off roading, trails, and mudding and
> eventuly some rock crawling so i am stuck on the trany decession. and
> what kind of gass milage can i expect out of the six cylinder
>
>

I think 'both' the auto and standard are good, so I would recommend you
get what 'you' like to drive.

It depends on what year you get, but they have the aerodynamics of
flying bricks so the mileage isn't great.

I have a fiberglass (read light) CJ7 with a manually tweaked (no
computer) 258 carburetor engine with the 5 speed and can get a decent
enough 23 mpg highway. I have a few friends with YJ's and CJ's with the
same setup in their engine as mine and they also get over 20 mpg. One
friend with a CJ like mine and automatic is about 4 mpg lower.

The newer Fuel Injection engines compromise this good mileage for the
convenience of not having to tune up quite so often so they seem to get
just below 20 for the standard and closer to 16 for the automatic.

If you are not comfortable around carbs, you want a post 91 Wrangler
with the FI engine.

Here is what the Canadian branch of this newsgroup users do with our Jeeps:

Canadian Off Road Trips Photos:
Day Trip Misc.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291902217
Aug/01 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4292076845
Jan/02 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4292141347
Easter/02 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291929351
June 16/02 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291718705
Aug02 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291402603
Jan03 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4290887779
Aug 03 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4289239511
Summer 04 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=3697290093
Jan05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2132336104
Aug/05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2120343242
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590

Mike

Mike Romain

>
> hi thank you for your responce. i am new so i do not know much i have
> only had small cars, never a truck or jeep, i will be doing a lot of
> city driving as well as some off roading, trails, and mudding and
> eventuly some rock crawling so i am stuck on the trany decession. and
> what kind of gass milage can i expect out of the six cylinder
>
>

I think 'both' the auto and standard are good, so I would recommend you
get what 'you' like to drive.

It depends on what year you get, but they have the aerodynamics of
flying bricks so the mileage isn't great.

I have a fiberglass (read light) CJ7 with a manually tweaked (no
computer) 258 carburetor engine with the 5 speed and can get a decent
enough 23 mpg highway. I have a few friends with YJ's and CJ's with the
same setup in their engine as mine and they also get over 20 mpg. One
friend with a CJ like mine and automatic is about 4 mpg lower.

The newer Fuel Injection engines compromise this good mileage for the
convenience of not having to tune up quite so often so they seem to get
just below 20 for the standard and closer to 16 for the automatic.

If you are not comfortable around carbs, you want a post 91 Wrangler
with the FI engine.

Here is what the Canadian branch of this newsgroup users do with our Jeeps:

Canadian Off Road Trips Photos:
Day Trip Misc.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291902217
Aug/01 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4292076845
Jan/02 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4292141347
Easter/02 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291929351
June 16/02 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291718705
Aug02 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291402603
Jan03 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4290887779
Aug 03 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4289239511
Summer 04 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=3697290093
Jan05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2132336104
Aug/05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2120343242
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590

Mike

Mike Romain

>
> hi thank you for your responce. i am new so i do not know much i have
> only had small cars, never a truck or jeep, i will be doing a lot of
> city driving as well as some off roading, trails, and mudding and
> eventuly some rock crawling so i am stuck on the trany decession. and
> what kind of gass milage can i expect out of the six cylinder
>
>

I think 'both' the auto and standard are good, so I would recommend you
get what 'you' like to drive.

It depends on what year you get, but they have the aerodynamics of
flying bricks so the mileage isn't great.

I have a fiberglass (read light) CJ7 with a manually tweaked (no
computer) 258 carburetor engine with the 5 speed and can get a decent
enough 23 mpg highway. I have a few friends with YJ's and CJ's with the
same setup in their engine as mine and they also get over 20 mpg. One
friend with a CJ like mine and automatic is about 4 mpg lower.

The newer Fuel Injection engines compromise this good mileage for the
convenience of not having to tune up quite so often so they seem to get
just below 20 for the standard and closer to 16 for the automatic.

If you are not comfortable around carbs, you want a post 91 Wrangler
with the FI engine.

Here is what the Canadian branch of this newsgroup users do with our Jeeps:

Canadian Off Road Trips Photos:
Day Trip Misc.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291902217
Aug/01 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4292076845
Jan/02 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4292141347
Easter/02 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291929351
June 16/02 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291718705
Aug02 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291402603
Jan03 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4290887779
Aug 03 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4289239511
Summer 04 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=3697290093
Jan05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2132336104
Aug/05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2120343242
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590

Mike

Mike Romain

>
> hi thank you for your responce. i am new so i do not know much i have
> only had small cars, never a truck or jeep, i will be doing a lot of
> city driving as well as some off roading, trails, and mudding and
> eventuly some rock crawling so i am stuck on the trany decession. and
> what kind of gass milage can i expect out of the six cylinder
>
>

I think 'both' the auto and standard are good, so I would recommend you
get what 'you' like to drive.

It depends on what year you get, but they have the aerodynamics of
flying bricks so the mileage isn't great.

I have a fiberglass (read light) CJ7 with a manually tweaked (no
computer) 258 carburetor engine with the 5 speed and can get a decent
enough 23 mpg highway. I have a few friends with YJ's and CJ's with the
same setup in their engine as mine and they also get over 20 mpg. One
friend with a CJ like mine and automatic is about 4 mpg lower.

The newer Fuel Injection engines compromise this good mileage for the
convenience of not having to tune up quite so often so they seem to get
just below 20 for the standard and closer to 16 for the automatic.

If you are not comfortable around carbs, you want a post 91 Wrangler
with the FI engine.

Here is what the Canadian branch of this newsgroup users do with our Jeeps:

Canadian Off Road Trips Photos:
Day Trip Misc.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291902217
Aug/01 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4292076845
Jan/02 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4292141347
Easter/02 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291929351
June 16/02 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291718705
Aug02 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291402603
Jan03 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4290887779
Aug 03 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4289239511
Summer 04 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=3697290093
Jan05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2132336104
Aug/05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2120343242
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590

Mike