Worst thing to happen with top/doors off?

[NewJLU2019]

I'll be right back. OK, just put my top and doors back on. Reading all this has scared poop right out of meeee.

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[TheBirdie72]

I'll be right back. OK, just put my top and doors back on. Reading all this has scared poop right out of meeee.

Now you know how the birds feel!

 

[LuvHydro]

So no ones ever found chewing gum, spit or a drink tossed in their open Jeep when they park it on the street for an hour or two.

Our local small cities where I will park naked are relatively crime free, but I'm paranoid some ahole will vandalize it simply because it's a Jeep.

My friends, who have owned numerous Jeeps think I'm crazy.

 

[Dad Rad]

Not in my jeep, but in an old TR-6 back in the '80s. Crossing the old Howard Franklin bridge from St. Pete to Tampa. It had light poles in the middle, and would go bumper to bumper full stop during rush out. Stopped in traffic. Giant pelican let one fly, and it hit exactly on my forehead and exploded everywhere.

The only thing worse than bird poop in your face is when it (a) is a VERY large bird, which (b) has a diet of only fish.

 

[TheBirdie72]

I just found this pic online and it now has me scared to ever remove my Jeep's hardtop... A good power wash would take care of the outside... but the interior... oh lord...

 

[Heimkehr]

I was driving around in the summer and stopped in front of a hotel at a red light. A small old Asian lady got in my back seat and asked to go downtown. She seemed to think I was some sort of hotel shuttle and didn’t speak enough English to get out. I dropped her off at the stores downtown. At least it was a nice day. No tip though.

I've often wondered what reactions I'd get if I removed the tonneau cover and attached a magnet like this one to the outward-facing sheet metal.

 

[Overwatch]

I've often wondered what reactions I'd get if I removed the tonneau cover and attached a magnet like this one to the outward-facing sheet metal.

That is literally the only time I would use ride sharing. I would request you every day!

 

[Themistocles]

Even with the JLU in Warm Summer Day mode, I still get the sensation of being in a cocoon of sorts. The truth is that riding motorcycles has spoiled me for convertibles, no matter how enjoyable the experience of the latter.

With the foregoing in mind, the truly worst thing that I've had happen while out and about is catching a live yellowjacket in my full-face helmet while riding at speed. All the bird droppings or carelessly discarded brassieres in the world can't compare with that event.

After struggling to safely pull the bike over and remove my helmet -- to say nothing of nursing the fresh sting on my face -- I might choose to take a chance with an uninvited passenger at the drive-thru rather than repeat my experience with Vespula maculifrons.

Agree...30 years on a motorcycle and the jeep, even topless and doorless, feels like riding in a safe. Took a huge June bug the shoulder at about...well lets say way, way over the speed limit on a CBR 929. Damn near took me off the back of the bike and knocked my arm free of the hand grip. I first though I had been shot, then seriously thought I had broken my shoulder. Ended up with a black and purple bruise the size of my hand that lasted weeks.

My bee in the helmet experience ended much better. It hit my jacket, bounced up under my helmet, landed on my nose for a couple seconds, then flew to the face shield and walked around on the shield until I could get pulled over and set it free.

 

[DarkAardvark]

So no ones ever found chewing gum, spit or a drink tossed in their open Jeep when they park it on the street for an hour or two.

Oh yeah that reminds me. I parked at a hiking trail head and had an asshole throw granola bar wrappers, empty water bottles, and a bag of dog poop in the back of my TJ

And I remembered this one awful first date I went on. The girl was absolutely psychotic. Like literally. Doors off and she was in the passenger seat. We hit rush hour traffic. Turns out she had intense road rage. She was literally leaning out of the side of the jeep and screaming at people on the road. I'm like... Holy shit, now I'm stuck in traffic with this lunatic. We're going to get shot. Fuck. Yeah, most awkward first date...

Our local small cities where I will park naked are relatively crime free, but I'm paranoid some ahole will vandalize it simply because it's a Jeep.

Yeah all of my stuff happened in and around Baltimore. I mean, nobody stole the thing, even when it was parked in Sand Town with no doors. I'm guessing they either couldn't drive stick or they thought it was a bait car haha

 

[Frank R.]

Agree...30 years on a motorcycle and the jeep, even topless and doorless, feels like riding in a safe. Took a huge June bug the shoulder at about...well lets say way, way over the speed limit on a CBR 929. Damn near took me off the back of the bike and knocked my arm free of the hand grip. I first though I had been shot, then seriously thought I had broken my shoulder. Ended up with a black and purple bruise the size of my hand that lasted weeks.

My bee in the helmet experience ended much better. It hit my jacket, bounced up under my helmet, landed on my nose for a couple seconds, then flew to the face shield and walked around on the shield until I could get pulled over and set it free.

+1 on the notion that years of motorcycling will ruin you for anything else. I'm on a hiatus from riding since 2008, however, so my jeep is how I get my fix for now.

Junebugs...one of my best/worst riding memories was zipping over a mountain pass one evening about 60mph when I saw one coming towards me at eye level. Using my cat-like reflexes, I moved my head to the right at the last possible moment and he zipped right past me. It was as that exact moment that I remembered that my wife (girlfriend at the time) was sitting right behind me. Her reflexes were somewhat less cat-like than mine. That was a l-o-n-g weekend...

 

[Jhawth]

Not in my jeep, but in an old TR-6 back in the '80s. Crossing the old Howard Franklin bridge from St. Pete to Tampa. It had light poles in the middle, and would go bumper to bumper full stop during rush out. Stopped in traffic. Giant pelican let one fly, and it hit exactly on my forehead and exploded everywhere.

The only thing worse than bird poop in your face is when it (a) is a VERY large bird, which (b) has a diet of only fish.

There's a eagle nest on top of my office building. I've never seen so much poop come out of a bird before

 

[music293]

A few years ago I was doorless in my JKU. I picked up a 24 pack of beer and put it on the passenger seat. I took a corner a little quick and it flew right out. It was tragic…

I'm so sorry for your loss...

 

[Egralia]

Someone (guessing a thirteen year old) scratched the word, SORRY, in my passenger dash and rifled through my purposely unlocked compartments but didn’t take anything.

The tire jack compartment will fill up with water with the back windows off and the top on so take out that plug.

That just happen to me the other day but they only took the tool kit. They left the sunglasses, coins, cab cover, ducks. Just took the tool kit.

 

[Sidspider]

Tragic?
Tragic is an understatement !!!
You do realize of course that is alcohol abuse, right?
Honestly, I'm not sure I could admit to doing something so hideous!!!
(I jest of course ... that is funny AF )

I offer my tale as a public service announcement. Hopefully I can spare someone from the experiencing the heartbreak I endured. Please, put your beer in the trunk!

 

[Egralia]

One of your doors falls off the wall storage mount and it cost you 3k to get it fixed.

And that's why I have them on a cart. Even the hard top.

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