It's the little things

[Tethmes]

Your Jeep is foreign.

Shh... I didn't say the rules made sense.

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[Dyolfknip74]

I've never understood why car companies don't just make it so we can drop a jug of washer fluid in and screw in a pump.

 

[40Caliber]

back to the little things (since it seems everyone has gotten hung up on washerfluid-size matters!)

It's every time I get in the jeep and I feel like a little kid driving a toy. It's like it's not a real vehicle

even my 80 year old dad said it to me when he was riding with me. "kinda like a toy isn't it? "

 

[RubiSc0tt]

The fact that my JLUR is basically easy mode.
I came from TJ’s, and while I loved them- it was basically just a overgrown 2 seater with no room for extra gear or trail essentials, let alone daily driver duty with kids or a week long vacation. And the stuff I had all my trail tools, etc in? Just barely didn’t fit. Oh, and if you wanted to go 35’s get ready to spend a bunch of money or do a ton of Fab work…. Maybe both.
My JLUR?
Can it easily haul more than 2 people? Yes
Can I fit all my basics? Yes
Trail gear? Yes, and if you do it right, you won’t even know it’s there every day.
Did I have to do a bunch of work to get on 37’s? Nope.
Is it capable? You bet your ass.
Bonus: is it an offensively bright color? Hell yes.

I say it all the time, but I love this Jeep. It’s my favorite so far. My only real complaint is it doesn’t have a Hemi under the hood, which…. Can be remedied, eventually, maybe.

 

[bthomp]

@40Caliber ?Agreed, and that's why I've now owned 3 Jeeps. First time driving a wrangler was as a rental car and the first day I was like "this has no frills, I should have picked literally any other car". The next day I started looked at how easy it was to take off the freedom top, remove the doors, and saw the plugs to drain water out. That was when I discovered that a Jeep really is a Tonka truck. How cool to grow up and drive a Tonka truck!

Regarding my "little things that I appreciate" about a Jeep - I'm going to go with the Jeep wavers I see driving around. When you can drive around town and give a wave to people you don't know just because you share a love for Jeeps (and presumably) the outdoors. I've gotta say, as divided as everything is these days, I really like how a Jeep wave is just a way to be friendly in an often unfriendly society.

 

[No IFS]

V6 oil change takes exactly the 5 quart jug with filter. Perfect.

 

[dragoneggs]

All the little mods that personalize and make it yours.

 

[AFD]

Every car I've ever owned has taken between 2/3 and 3/4 gallon of washer fluid. My Jeep takes exactly 1 gallon. This satisfies my soul on a level that I could never truly express.

Hmm, that's weird. I'm almost certain that mine was bone dry when I added a gallon. Got to within a half-inch of it spilling out at the neck and still had another inch or so left in the bottle.

Remember thinking the on-dash warning was a nice, albeit completely unnecessary touch, but having that much extra left over kinda torqued me off. Especially coming from my Evo X with the huge reservoir buried in the trunk, which fit well over a full gallon with room to spare.

Maybe I'm just getting senile and filled it up at the warning?

 

[jjvincent]

I've never understood why car companies don't just make it so we can drop a jug of washer fluid in and screw in a pump.

Probably because the washer solvent companies would have to meet SAE and NHTSA specifications. Thus a gallon of the blue stuff would cost $50.

I like the idea because if I worked for a manufacturer, I'd spec out something like that (get a patent first) and then use it as another revenue stream. I'd also RF ID chip it and if you don't use the official jug, the washer alarm goes off and that alarm is integrated into the instrument cluster where there's no way to disable it. If the aftermarket comes up with a bypass, there will be a flag sent up if you go into the dealer and thus all warranty is gone. Also, that RFID chip will time out, thus you are forced to get a new bottle every 6 months.

On the other hand, what got me thinking of that, is my GE fridge. The water filter is around $50. I can buy the same one without the RFID chip for $8. When I install it, a warning comes up and the water does not work. So I had to buy the water filter bypass (for $20), cut out the RFID chip and tape it to the inside of the fridge. Now I can use the $8 filters. GE obviously looked at the printer industry and said, "We can do that".

 

[jjvincent]

What I like is that the 2.0T is the easiest thing to change oil in. Lots of room to slide underneath and they figured it out that just sticking the drain plug right next to the filter means (like a Honda), you can pull both at the same time. Then there's no way to break that plastic V6 oil filter housing (what got me thinking about that is I just changed one out the other day as it was over tightened and cracked the housing).

 

[Dyolfknip74]

Probably because the washer solvent companies would have to meet SAE and NHTSA specifications. Thus a gallon of the blue stuff would cost $50.

I like the idea because if I worked for a manufacturer, I'd spec out something like that (get a patent first) and then use it as another revenue stream. I'd also RF ID chip it and if you don't use the official jug, the washer alarm goes off and that alarm is integrated into the instrument cluster where there's no way to disable it. If the aftermarket comes up with a bypass, there will be a flag sent up if you go into the dealer and thus all warranty is gone. Also, that RFID chip will time out, thus you are forced to get a new bottle every 6 months.

On the other hand, what got me thinking of that, is my GE fridge. The water filter is around $50. I can buy the same one without the RFID chip for $8. When I install it, a warning comes up and the water does not work. So I had to buy the water filter bypass (for $20), cut out the RFID chip and tape it to the inside of the fridge. Now I can use the $8 filters. GE obviously looked at the printer industry and said, "We can do that".

True on the safety issue.

It's funny. On my LG fridge, I can just reset filter warning and keep going. We have some of the best city water in Canada, there is no requirement for me to filter it, nevermind come upmwith a bypass. That's crazy. Does yours not dispense water if the filter light it's on?

 

[aldo98229]

The biggest “little thing” that amazes me every time, even after owning this Jeep three years, is the 8-speed automatic transmission.

The thing is amazing: it downshifts with a gentle tap on the throttle or with a gentle tap on the brakes, it holds the gear on steep declines, it responds instantly and shifts smoothly; it is always in the right gear. The transmission is perfectly calibrated to throttle input and to the power of the Pentastar V6.

Coming from a 2019 Toyota Tacoma with arguably the worst automatic transmission ever engineered, I appreciate and enjoy this “TorqueFlite” 8-speed on my Jeep every single day.

 

[Mikester86]

The little things like auto down windows with a manual up.

The little things like XR bump stops extended so long the Jeep is into them traversing even the lowest mall curb.

The little things like loose bolts from the factory on the 2.0 Turbo water pump inlet tube.

The little things like bubbling paint.

The little things like an aux battery system that causes more issues than it’s worth.

All the little things add up to one bad ass vehicle despite its faults and shortcomings. Love my Jeep.

 

[21 Willys]

On the other hand, what got me thinking of that, is my GE fridge. The water filter is around $50. I can buy the same one without the RFID chip for $8. When I install it, a warning comes up and the water does not work. So I had to buy the water filter bypass (for $20), cut out the RFID chip and tape it to the inside of the fridge. Now I can use the $8 filters. GE obviously looked at the printer industry and said, "We can do that".

I also have a GE fridge that uses the $50 filter. Could you possibly share more details about the water filter bypass and the $8 filter? Thanks in advance!

 

[aldo98229]

The little things like auto down windows with a manual up.

The little things like XR bump stops extended so long the Jeep is into them traversing even the lowest mall curb.

The little things like loose bolts from the factory on the 2.0 Turbo water pump inlet tube.

The little things like bubbling paint.

The little things like an aux battery system that causes more issues than it’s worth.

All the little things add up to one bad ass vehicle despite its faults and shortcomings. Love my Jeep.

You left out the loose fuses, the loose steering and an utterly incompetent dealer network. The Jeep experience wouldn’t be the same without them. ?

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