Yea yea off roader BUT who enjoys driving their JL onroad?

[jeepoch]

@thegame81,

I like driving my lifted on 35's JL Sport S anywhere on or off-road, especially with this ZF8 speed automatic. It just rocks! Best daily driver I've ever owned.

I call the Colorado Front Range home, so I have literally only 20 minutes to start hitting fairly decent back roads and less than an hour to be on some pretty seriously difficult US Forest Service trails up to 10 to 12,000 ft in altitude. And just over an hour to get to some very high mountain passes and peaks up to near 14,000 ft.

Still I do most of my driving in and around the North Denver Metro area. This is by far the best and most fun vehicle I've ever owned. It's a blast, I enjoy every minute I'm piloting this thing.

I especially like the 'Autostick' feature on this auto transmission. It really should be called 'ManualStick' instead. I can row all eight gears anytime I want (which is a lot), without any of the left foot calisthenics. Or I can let the ZF8 shift almost impercetively better than I can ever do. I do like trying to outsmart it however whenever I want.

Of course when off road in 4Lo, I'm almost never in Drive. This tranny gives me the absolute best of both worlds. While on the highway with my stock Sport 3.45 gears and the 35's, I have an 8th speed overdrive gear on steroids. Routinely get better than 22 mpg driving around town and over the flat land highways.

I wouldn't rather be driving anything else.

Jay

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[IQ_imbalance]

It's a Jeep Wrangler...you don't drive it on-road, you make suggestions about which way it should go and it usually eventually moves that direction.

 

[dr.dirty]

I drive mine daily 196 miles round trip. I have had it a few months and just hit 10k miles.

 

[4LOW]

Lil 2dr with the 2.0T feels like a sports car.

I second this. I have a 2.0 JLR and it's zippy with the turbo and short wheelbase. It replaced a BMW M340i and I'm not at all disappointed. My first go at offroad vehicles was a 2014 Tacoma which I hated and traded in several months later. Given my experience with the Tacoma and the Wrangler stories I'd heard, I was prepared to buy a second economy/electric car for daily driving. Nope.

I've put 10K (trouble free) miles on the Jeep in less than six months, and I work from home. Some of those are offroad miles + round trip but most are just daily driving and taking the long way or exploring AZ. I'm usually a 6K/year driver.

It's also a targa or convertible and has personality in spades. What's not to like besides the occasional cross breeze? Yes it has some on road quirks but they don't get in the way of enjoying the total package IMO

 

[rkwfxd]

I second this. I have a 2.0 JLR and it's zippy with the turbo and short wheelbase. It replaced a BMW M340i and I'm not at all disappointed. My first go at offroad vehicles was a 2014 Tacoma which I hated and traded in several months later. Given my experience with the Tacoma and the Wrangler stories I'd heard, I was prepared to buy a second economy/electric car for daily driving. Nope.

I've put 10K (trouble free) miles on the Jeep in less than six months, and I work from home. Some of those are offroad miles + round trip but most are just daily driving and taking the long way or exploring AZ. I'm usually a 6K/year driver.

It's also a targa or convertible and has personality in spades. What's not to like besides the occasional cross breeze? Yes it has some on road quirks but they don't get in the way of enjoying the total package IMO

Im pretty blessed right now with my two dream cars in my garage, Porsche 964 and JLR. If I could only have one it would be the JLR. EASY choice for me.

 

[Jnez2006]

How about the quick trip to Home Depot.

Edit: I'd have put it all the way up on the curb but there was a Ford Escape parked on the other side.

You must live in Florida…

 

[JLAFAKASI]

I like driving my jl so much I decided to put all-terrain tires back on.

What lift? And tire size?

 

[JLAFAKASI]

I love driving mine around! I love the 8 speed transmission, I think it rides very smooth, and sometimes look down at cars and think, "I could drive over you if I wanted."

You on ig? I’ve been trying to find more pics of the paramount fenders on the jl.

 

[BJACK]

What lift? And tire size?

4.5" long arm with 39"X13.5 BFG KO2's on 17X8.5 Hardrock wheels.

 

[snapper692]

I definitely do…more than I anticipated. And I’ll enjoy it even more once I get my steering stabilizer upgraded!

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