Rico1111
Well-Known Member
I am on my 6th wrangler, the first 3 were 2 door soft tops and two of them were half doors soft windows. Then when the JK came out with the 4 door I decided to go for it. It was in many ways more civilized in its on road manners being longer wheel base etc.. but It never felt the same as the two door to me. I really felt like I was driving an suv. The feeling of driving a Jeep to me was gone!
So after a year of driving it I traded it in on a different vehicle. I would gravitate towards a 2 seat convertible every time I would leave the Jeep fold and then realize there really was no substitute for a do anything , go anywhere Jeep! So i subsequently always came back to one....but for me (because I did not need the space) realized it needed to be a 2 door. I am a big guy and you would think the 4 door suited me more but my taste is more def to be in the smaller easily toss able 2 dr. Even though there were more advances with top removal and refinements with the 4 .... I know the 2 dr will always be my choice and yes... if available, with the dual top. I live in New England I like that the top can be switched out for the winter months. We sometimes get a lot of snow and although the soft top is adequate for winter, some storms dump a lot of snow and i am more comfortable knowing the weight of the snow on the top won't be an issue (she is parked outside year long). Flip that to the spring and I get excited to be able to change the look of her to a soft top and be able to lower the top through the summer. So long story short, 2 dr for me and Dual top and of course manual. I purchased my JLR from a dealer second hand with 10,000 on the OD after searching for almost a year for one that was a 2 dr Manual ...my first purchase for it was the Premium soft top. Everyone has their specific needs and reasons why they buy what they buy. I know what floats my boat and if you are kicking around the what if's ..... you need to drive them and get a sense for what you need and will be using it for.
I can Tell you Once Bitten By Jeep ..you are a fan for life! I circulate this photo regularly on this site but it says a lot. My trade on this JL was my 981 ...2dr for 2dr!
So after a year of driving it I traded it in on a different vehicle. I would gravitate towards a 2 seat convertible every time I would leave the Jeep fold and then realize there really was no substitute for a do anything , go anywhere Jeep! So i subsequently always came back to one....but for me (because I did not need the space) realized it needed to be a 2 door. I am a big guy and you would think the 4 door suited me more but my taste is more def to be in the smaller easily toss able 2 dr. Even though there were more advances with top removal and refinements with the 4 .... I know the 2 dr will always be my choice and yes... if available, with the dual top. I live in New England I like that the top can be switched out for the winter months. We sometimes get a lot of snow and although the soft top is adequate for winter, some storms dump a lot of snow and i am more comfortable knowing the weight of the snow on the top won't be an issue (she is parked outside year long). Flip that to the spring and I get excited to be able to change the look of her to a soft top and be able to lower the top through the summer. So long story short, 2 dr for me and Dual top and of course manual. I purchased my JLR from a dealer second hand with 10,000 on the OD after searching for almost a year for one that was a 2 dr Manual ...my first purchase for it was the Premium soft top. Everyone has their specific needs and reasons why they buy what they buy. I know what floats my boat and if you are kicking around the what if's ..... you need to drive them and get a sense for what you need and will be using it for.
I can Tell you Once Bitten By Jeep ..you are a fan for life! I circulate this photo regularly on this site but it says a lot. My trade on this JL was my 981 ...2dr for 2dr!
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