I’m not sure I want to deal with diesel repair prices and finding diesel when we are out exploring.
2012 JK8
1958 FC170 (Jeep Forward Control)
We own the "problematic" diesel GC, and we are about to click over 90,000 miles. We had never had ANY issues with anything drivetrain related. The only issue was an axle recall that we replaced (didn't actually have any issues) during a routine oil change. All this was withOUT the green diesel engineering tune which really cleans up the carbon deposit by a massive margin and with all emission systems in place. We do have the maxcare 120k warranty on it, but never had to use it (knock on wood.) As for finding diesel, the range, even with a small spare fuel rotopax is probably double of a gasser, so I wouldn't worry too much about that. I will concede parts cost and complexity, but I'm still holding out, despite the fact that eddie doesn't make it easy lol. Owning a JK definitely helps since I still have a jeep to play with. Having said all that, me personally, I'll take the diesel over the 2.0 any day of the week....Im much more comfortable with the diesel over the 48v system. (talking about the JL)