[Sven7]

Yep, if it's for image get a 2WD 4cyl manual Ranger and make an aero topper. You'll be able to get into the 30's MPG wise. With a Jeep... good luck. $4000 truck... um. Buy a $500 economy car with a manual and drive that for a year while saving back up for the Jeep.

I drove my '65 F100 for two months last winter averaging 15mpg, even highway. It was painful. The Probe, though, will get 40+mpg tanks all day long. And it's rated for 24mpg combined. Get something economical and smart first, then buy the toys.

Of course this is assuming you don't need the Jeep for, say, carrying four people and towing something. Otherwise a Ranger will be so much better.

Edit: EPA combined is 17 or 18 mpg. That means with some pretty involved hypermiling you could see mid 20's. And I mean, pulse and glide all the time on the freeway.