Fozzie4
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Heated steering wheel without a doubt! I couldn't live without it now. My hands get cold fast from poor circulation and it's great to have on those chilly summer nights when the top is off
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It was a must-have for me. It's just super nice to be able to put my key in my pants pocket in the house, and just... not think about it until I get back home.Had this on our cherokee that I sold. Been driving around a beater that I have to press the fob to unlock and it's truly something you don't miss until you lose it.
Yes it does trigger the auto off icon but it doesn’t bother me. Better than having to remember to hit the button every time I start the Jeep imoThink i've read on this board that doing that will trigger a dashboard light to come on?
Wait until you learn the favorites button allows you add a song or group and no matter what channel it comes up it will let you knowI did not know this about the XM radio --- very cool and will be used!! Thank you!!!
Wait...what?? I clearly have not looked into this enough.....Thank you!Wait until you learn the favorites button allows you add a song or group and no matter what channel it comes up it will let you know
Andy
Even when the radio is "off". Took me weeks to figure out what all the beeping was about. (The radio is never "off".)Wait until you learn the favorites button allows you add a song or group and no matter what channel it comes up it will let you know
Andy
If you have an automatic, moving your shifter to to manual mode disables ESS and you don't have to press the button. Comes in very handy when you're offroading!The disable ESS button. Without it, I would need to spend cash money on some device to disable it. I can live with pushing the button right after the start button.
My half doors on my YJ were lighter HAHACompared to a JK yeah it's easier. In a way it's probably also slightly easier than a TJ (4 bolt along the header for the JL vs 8 on the TJ plus the two on the side). But having that structure still in place you don't get the same open feeling that Jeeps of the past had. Also the windshield sits very high on the dash actually decreasing visibility. I'd also say that compared to a TJ they made removing the wipers much more difficult. The TJs had a sort of collar that you moved aside then lifted off the wiper. On the JL the nut is not difficult to remove but I seem to almost always need to grab my pulling tool to separate the wiper from the shaft. Overall, I prefer the TJ's windshield.
And really that's kind of the story I have for every feature of the JL compared to my TJ. The JL is more comfortable and probably better in every way, but when it comes to unique features of the Jeep there isn't much I can think of that wasn't the same or better on a TJ. Lighter doors? That's about all I really got. But while the doors are noticably lighter weight, for me I don't seem to find it to be much of a "life changing" improvement because they're still just as awkward I haven't been able to change how I carry or store them. Not needing to pull a fuse is nice, but pulling two sets of wires and undoing the bolt for the check strap is probably more of a pain than the fuse was.
I guess I'm just being very negative today? Why did I even buy this Jeep?
EDIT: It just came to me! I'm an idiot... The swaybar disconnect button. That is truly a huge improvement over messing with disconnecting the end links all the time (or just removing the sway bar entirely which is what I ended up doing on the TJ).
I also enjoy that feature. Being in Michigan, I enjoy the fact that if you use the remote start, the heated seats and heated steering wheel turn on when the temp drops below 40 degrees.
It's in the uConnect Settings>Seats & Comfort:Is that an automatic thing or does one have to search through to enable this feature. I hope it's not the latter, 'cause, I just can't find it.