Steevr
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Today my wife and I took out a Rubicon for the first time. I ride in my coworkers ‘15 Sahara Unlimited a few times a week, so I’m familiar with the ride and comfort of the JK’s.
First thought as we climbed in the Rubicon was “what is it with the inside of the hardtop looking like you’re inside a styrofoam cooler?” The inside of the hardtop is hideous compared to the JK’s. Nothing a can of black plastidip wouldn’t fix. Not sure what FCA was thinking on this one. The red dash was not as ugly as it looked in pictures. It had a nice anodized metallic look to it.
JL was smooth and quiet. Nice performance with the new 8 speed. I’m 6’3” and no problems with my head hitting the roof bar. Visibility of the gauges for me was good too. Only problem was that the center console lid was to far back for elbow support when my wife was driving and her hands were on the wheel. Would be nice if it slid forward. Tilt and telescope wheel had a nice range of adjustments.
Ride was firm but not jarring over bumps. Almost a European feel to it.
Steering was a bit vague with the electric power steering. Definitely a lot of wandering down the straight road and a bunch of wheel correction to keep it going straight. I know others have mentioned this too. Maybe a wheel alignment was in order.
Overall better than I expected. We have another test drive scheduled when the weather is nice (cold and pouring rain today) and we can drop the soft top on another Rubicon.
Next decision will be to decide between the Granite Gray and Firecracker red.
Thanks for all the great info on this great forum. We learned a lot before we went for the test drive.
First thought as we climbed in the Rubicon was “what is it with the inside of the hardtop looking like you’re inside a styrofoam cooler?” The inside of the hardtop is hideous compared to the JK’s. Nothing a can of black plastidip wouldn’t fix. Not sure what FCA was thinking on this one. The red dash was not as ugly as it looked in pictures. It had a nice anodized metallic look to it.
JL was smooth and quiet. Nice performance with the new 8 speed. I’m 6’3” and no problems with my head hitting the roof bar. Visibility of the gauges for me was good too. Only problem was that the center console lid was to far back for elbow support when my wife was driving and her hands were on the wheel. Would be nice if it slid forward. Tilt and telescope wheel had a nice range of adjustments.
Ride was firm but not jarring over bumps. Almost a European feel to it.
Steering was a bit vague with the electric power steering. Definitely a lot of wandering down the straight road and a bunch of wheel correction to keep it going straight. I know others have mentioned this too. Maybe a wheel alignment was in order.
Overall better than I expected. We have another test drive scheduled when the weather is nice (cold and pouring rain today) and we can drop the soft top on another Rubicon.
Next decision will be to decide between the Granite Gray and Firecracker red.
Thanks for all the great info on this great forum. We learned a lot before we went for the test drive.
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