nomographer
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Echoing that the JL is a luxury compared to the 94 YJ I had for 15yr. Being my first new vehicle, I really tried to approach it with a slightly detached attitude. I knew every hiccup in my old Jeep, every hesitant piece of dust in the throttle body, how could I expect the same of a vehicle that just came off the assembly line?
Instead I went out and practiced driving it around. Basically I expected that everything would fail in some way ("car manufacturing these days harrumph") and was happy when it didn't. My first four days were awful and then I fixed the throttle and all was better.
It's still a relatively light vehicle for its size, so it will be a bit bouncy depending on the road surface. Dropping the tire pressure can help, but you should also try to raise it again to make sure you don't have it too low. I personal don't like the feeling of highway corners at 25psi and probably run a bit hot compared to most people here: 37psi.
When I let go of the wheel it drives straight and true. When I notice an issue it's almost always because the highway has 3" deep tracks in it, so I just scooch over 6in and drive on top of them.
One thing I've never figured out.. I'm a two hands on the wheel driver. I can't really get my shoulder on the door and steer effectively (that was my default in the YJ). Also the important buttons are on the right side of the wheel. I find i don't use my left grip handle much. I guess I'm saying there isn't an "asleep pose" in the JL, in my experience.
Instead I went out and practiced driving it around. Basically I expected that everything would fail in some way ("car manufacturing these days harrumph") and was happy when it didn't. My first four days were awful and then I fixed the throttle and all was better.
It's still a relatively light vehicle for its size, so it will be a bit bouncy depending on the road surface. Dropping the tire pressure can help, but you should also try to raise it again to make sure you don't have it too low. I personal don't like the feeling of highway corners at 25psi and probably run a bit hot compared to most people here: 37psi.
When I let go of the wheel it drives straight and true. When I notice an issue it's almost always because the highway has 3" deep tracks in it, so I just scooch over 6in and drive on top of them.
One thing I've never figured out.. I'm a two hands on the wheel driver. I can't really get my shoulder on the door and steer effectively (that was my default in the YJ). Also the important buttons are on the right side of the wheel. I find i don't use my left grip handle much. I guess I'm saying there isn't an "asleep pose" in the JL, in my experience.
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