I think I loose about 1/2 mile to the gallon when using awd. Not nearly as much as the remote start, but my fat cold @$#% likes it. I live in Minnesota, when it snows I put it in awd and sometimes leave it in for a week, I really don't know why Jeep would sell a part time 4 wheel drive system except in a off road package,(I>E> cheaper to make and could charge a premium for it).

Dave

Because some of us actually take our Jeeps offroad and fulltime 4wd is utterly useless when offroad since it sends all the power to the axle with the least amount of traction and where parttime 4wd has a major advantage since it locks both F/R driveshafts together so they supply equal amounts of torque to the F/R axles for more traction then fulltime can ever supply.

Plus learning how to drive helps drive around in snow/ice in only 2wd,good tires helps also.

I could be all wrong, but I respectfully disagree with you. At least the owners manual describes Selec-trac as ordinarily 42% front/58% rear with the ability to send up to 100% of torque to the axle with the most traction. Unfortunately I don't have the manual in front of me to quote it, but if someone wants to look it up, I'm almost positive that is what it says for Selec-Trac. Also the manual mentions that the Low range in the Selec-Trac does infact lock the two axles together...so considering the Low range is most often used for heavy off-roading, I don't see a problem with that transfer case.

Further supporting this is the fact that the Liberator II was a Selec-Trac model. Also, when Jeep did the little off-road excursion found on youtube, the vehicles were Selec-Trac models (as described by at least one article that showed the video). I can't imagine Jeep would modify the less capable model for SEMA and off-road propaganda, or use the less capable model to show case the vehicle's off-road prowess to critics and media.

ahhhhhh thank God for the lifetime warranty!!!! =)

Yes on a flat,straight stretch of road when in fulltime the torque split is about 42/58,until you turn,hit a bump,or "get on it" while on gravel.Then the fulltime option sends torque to the path of least resistance(open diff).The t-case your talking about is the QuadraDriveII which is in the Grands.

It is known that the selecttrac,I or II,is by it's nature slightly weaker then it's commandtrac counterpart.More parts and a fragile center diff to worry about,not that the 3.7 will fry one to easily though,but have fun with the electronic shifter since GM still hasn't gotten them to be very reliable either in the last 15 years.

But seriously, it's hard as heck to turn the steering wheel with 4wd engaged, for obvious reasons.

is that a lightbar on your KK?

I sometimes pull into my sloped front yard if there are a lot of cars in my driveway, i needed 4wd a couple of times to back out to avoid ripping up the grass when we had some snow. KK backs out easily after slipping in 2WD. But as soon as I hit the pavement, the vehicle seems to 'bind' in reverse. Since I am backing into the road, I need to finish a K turn and get out, but the KK seems like it is resisting my reverse motion even after I flip it back into 2WD. Now I know that it is probably still in 4WD after I flip the switch, but why the resistance in reverse? I am sure there is a logical reason, just not in my knowledge base.