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[tobyw]

Whew, I'm pooped

[White trash]

If you decide to peel those trail rated emblems off I call first dibs...

[TJDave]

Whew, I'm pooped

[OldGreen]

Badass.

[iaccocca]

Whew, I'm pooped

Those stickers alone will give you a 10% increase on your RTI score.

[Optiskate]

How are you liking the JK?

The more and more I think about it the more I wished I would have pushed the wife harder into considering a 4 door JK over a Commander... Something about Wrangler screams unpractical to her though.

[tobyw]

From the outside, it's hard to come up with anything I hate more... They are disgusting to look at

On the inside, however, it is the polar opposite. The interior space is fantastic, the layout is great, the materials are fine for my needs (it's not a luxury machine), and overall I really would not change much. The only thing I'm not real pleased with on the inside is the lack of a good location to mount a CB. It's not an 18-wheeler, so I refuse to hang it overhead, and it's not a police cruiser so I also refuse to mount it on the top of the dash. Unfortunately, these are about the only two places that are even remotey practical...

Ride and drive is also great. It's insanely quiet for what it is, and although everyone else that has one seems to gripe about the power, I'm actually quite happy with ours. No, it's not a fire-breathing 400hp small block pumping away under there, but it has more than ample power. Economy thus far has also been surprisingly good, with an average just over 17mpg for my first two tanks.

I guess the bottom line is, for an open-top Jeep, it is light years ahead of any models before in terms of being daily driver friendly. However, it is not what I would recommend as a dedicated full-time mommy mobile if you have access to something more suited (like a sedan, mini-van, or a typical SUV). But if you are looking for something dual purpose as we were, I think it's pretty damn great!

[Rottwheeler]

...The only thing I'm not real pleased with on the inside is the lack of a good location to mount a CB. It's not an 18-wheeler, so I refuse to hang it overhead, and it's not a police cruiser so I also refuse to mount it on the top of the dash. Unfortunately, these are about the only two places that are even remotey practical...

Tobyw... Here's an idea for mounting a CB in your JK: http://www.jkowners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8747

I also agree that the 3.8L is not as terrible as some people might think... at least with the manual trans.

[tobyw]

Yeah, I have seen those all-in-one units before, just haven't been able to justify the $$ compared to a good ol' Uniden or something like that. That said, I've always been able to find a place to mount said Uniden, so...

[erslll]

Do NOT......I repeat.....DO NOT spend money on one of those piece of crap all in one Cobra's. You may think it is the greatest thing since sliced bread but everyone in your group will hate you. They are notoriously weak transmitters. No one will be able to hear you so they will turn there CB up, then someone with a real CB will talk and blast them out of there jeep.

Mine went directly in the garbage.