631_Islander
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- 2020 Unlimited Rubicon with 8 speed and 3.6L Pentastar without eTorque
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Finally been talking to our dealer and he asked me to send a configuration wife and I will like for our second Jeep. We already have a 4 door JLUR with everything in it except for ACC. Wife wants the next one to be a 2 door as the 4 door can haul two kids if needed. I want a base sport for the nostalgic feeling of hand cranked windows. She agrees also.
So far we are decided on a 2 door with 3.6 Pentastar w/ eTorque and 8 speed automatic with side steps and an A/C. This Jeep will be a daily driver, stay fully factory stock and will never see dirt. This allows me to eliminate the need for an LSD and the switches. I drive a lot for work and also plan to use this Jeep for my long work road trips from Long Island to far away places like Northern New England, Baltimore, Virginia, Western PA, Upstate NY, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal in both summer and winter.
The only part that I am genuinely thrown off about is whether to keep the soft top or spend the extra money on a hard top. This was not an issue for our JLUR as we got dual top with it.
I want the hard top due the fact it comes with needed plumbing/wiring for rear wiper and the heating element. Soft top
On the other hand is easier for me in the summers and I have no more room to store an additional Hard Top. But I am concerned how the soft top will hold in the cold/snowy Long Island winters and the copious amounts of snow salt they use in the Northeast and Canada (my driving territory for work). Appreciate if someone living in the Northeast, Midwest or Canada can help guide me. If I can get away with just the soft top, Iād rather save the money and have me ease of access to topless driving in the Spring/Summer. If the Northern Winters I will be driving in during my business travel and the Snow Salt will wreak havoc on the soft top then by all means I intend to put the money into a Hard Top.
Someone help me decide so that I can send a copy of the build request to the dealer and then start to negotiate price please!! Also, in addition feel free to recommend anything that I am not getting for this base Sport and should consider getting given my use case of always being on pavement and driving very long distances in both the Summer heat and the Winter Snow.
So far we are decided on a 2 door with 3.6 Pentastar w/ eTorque and 8 speed automatic with side steps and an A/C. This Jeep will be a daily driver, stay fully factory stock and will never see dirt. This allows me to eliminate the need for an LSD and the switches. I drive a lot for work and also plan to use this Jeep for my long work road trips from Long Island to far away places like Northern New England, Baltimore, Virginia, Western PA, Upstate NY, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal in both summer and winter.
The only part that I am genuinely thrown off about is whether to keep the soft top or spend the extra money on a hard top. This was not an issue for our JLUR as we got dual top with it.
I want the hard top due the fact it comes with needed plumbing/wiring for rear wiper and the heating element. Soft top
On the other hand is easier for me in the summers and I have no more room to store an additional Hard Top. But I am concerned how the soft top will hold in the cold/snowy Long Island winters and the copious amounts of snow salt they use in the Northeast and Canada (my driving territory for work). Appreciate if someone living in the Northeast, Midwest or Canada can help guide me. If I can get away with just the soft top, Iād rather save the money and have me ease of access to topless driving in the Spring/Summer. If the Northern Winters I will be driving in during my business travel and the Snow Salt will wreak havoc on the soft top then by all means I intend to put the money into a Hard Top.
Someone help me decide so that I can send a copy of the build request to the dealer and then start to negotiate price please!! Also, in addition feel free to recommend anything that I am not getting for this base Sport and should consider getting given my use case of always being on pavement and driving very long distances in both the Summer heat and the Winter Snow.
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