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With sarcasm....
I have an idea.
Given all the valuable things under the hood of the JL[U] I'm going to design it with a standard hood lock like every other freakin vehicle out there today.
Or at least make it a purchasable option.
No, no, I can't do that. That would eliminate a "tip of the hat" to Wranglers of yesterday, and how you'd pop the latches to such a rig's overheated engine, twist this knob, turn this dial, and say to your better half behind the wheel, "try startin' her up now hun," to which your better half would crank the engine and succeed at turning her over, and the engine would purr like a kitten from your fix, as your drive into the sunset.
Nevermind that today your most important diagnostic tool is a computer with diagnostic cable hooked up to one of the rig's ports. I accept these changes. But seeing that less and less of us are popping the hood, less frequently, to do less of the rig's maintenance--because this isn't the old days--would have adding an interior hood opener have really gotten in the way of those who do their own maintenance, or just reduced FCA's profit? Sure, many of us pop the hood to do mods.....mods we don't want stolen!
And yet, I can accept I'm riding the only thing out there, much that I love it, where you have to buy the hood lock. But put down my money in February, and Quadratec (no fault of their own) is STILL waiting on MOPAR to come through with their hood lock, with by no means guarantees that the 12/9 shipping date, moved up several times already, will be met.
Of course this gear promises to work with the Key that's part of the FOB. That takes time to develop...unless of course MOPAR steals the work they did on the door key locking gas cap for the JL they already have out!
C'mon MOPAR/FCA, you make us wait forever to resolve a needed component that's standard with just about all other vehicles.
@JeepCares
I have an idea.
Given all the valuable things under the hood of the JL[U] I'm going to design it with a standard hood lock like every other freakin vehicle out there today.
Or at least make it a purchasable option.
No, no, I can't do that. That would eliminate a "tip of the hat" to Wranglers of yesterday, and how you'd pop the latches to such a rig's overheated engine, twist this knob, turn this dial, and say to your better half behind the wheel, "try startin' her up now hun," to which your better half would crank the engine and succeed at turning her over, and the engine would purr like a kitten from your fix, as your drive into the sunset.
Nevermind that today your most important diagnostic tool is a computer with diagnostic cable hooked up to one of the rig's ports. I accept these changes. But seeing that less and less of us are popping the hood, less frequently, to do less of the rig's maintenance--because this isn't the old days--would have adding an interior hood opener have really gotten in the way of those who do their own maintenance, or just reduced FCA's profit? Sure, many of us pop the hood to do mods.....mods we don't want stolen!
And yet, I can accept I'm riding the only thing out there, much that I love it, where you have to buy the hood lock. But put down my money in February, and Quadratec (no fault of their own) is STILL waiting on MOPAR to come through with their hood lock, with by no means guarantees that the 12/9 shipping date, moved up several times already, will be met.
Of course this gear promises to work with the Key that's part of the FOB. That takes time to develop...unless of course MOPAR steals the work they did on the door key locking gas cap for the JL they already have out!
C'mon MOPAR/FCA, you make us wait forever to resolve a needed component that's standard with just about all other vehicles.
@JeepCares
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