Anyone own a JEEP Wrangler???

[LVSteve]

When you get use to the standard you will ask, “why have I ever driven an automatic!?” I have vehicles that are both—ironically both my Jeeps are automatics—and I much prefer the standard other than in stop and go town driving in heavy traffic.

I grew up in England and learned to drive on a stick like we all did back then. Then in 1991 I was given an automatic rental because they had run out of manuals. After driving it I asked myself, "Why on earth do I drive a stick". YMMV.

 

[Jack Flash]

I grew up in the greater Detroit area and I loved sports cars. Everyone knows that
A SPORTS CAR HAS TO HAVE A STICK!

Besides, we all knew that
MANuals are MANly!
Automatics are Girly!
Any guy who preferred automatics was likely to have his other preferences questioned as well.

Then you finally get older and wiser. You become tired of rowing the car through traffic, trying not to slip the clutch when stopped on a hill, hearing your wife grind the gears when she drives it, and on and on.

 

[SuperMan]

Great thread.... I have two motorcycles at this point but when my "riding" ends would like to get a Jeep....

Looked at 2005 Unlimited with 83K on it a few weeks ago...really clean and never run in the winter so zero rust issues. Had three tops...they wanted $14K for it but being an automatic not sure if I want that...

Bob

 

[Jack Flash]

...they wanted $14K for it but being an automatic not sure if I want that...

If you want a good one, you're going to have to pay for it.

 

[peterGun]

Since 95 all I’ve owned has been Jeep, first Cherokee then when the kids left Wranglers.

My preference has been soft top, standard shift, 6 cylinder.

I keep them stock and for the most part run the piss out of them.

Currently I have a 2004 X my son bought new, it’s getting a little raggedy but still runs and is close to 200k. Plugs, brakes and water pump are all I’ve changed besides tires.


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[6518John]

hearing your wife grind the gears when she drives it, and on and on.

My 14 year old, who is learning to drive a stick, drives by the rule “if you can’t find ‘em, grind ‘em!”

I figure the transmission man has to eat too!

 

[LVSteve]

My 14 year old, who is learning to drive a stick, drives by the rule “if you can’t find ‘em, grind ‘em!”

I figure the transmission man has to eat too!

We used to shout:

"Sort one out, you've got a box full"

at learner drivers grinding the gears back in England.

The best story I heard about stick shifts came from my driving instructor. He told me that some folk were more difficult to teach than others. One lady was particularly difficult. Halfway through a three-point turn he had to explain, for the third or fourth time, why she needed to press the clutch pedal to engage forward and reverse gears.

 

[JSR III]

Well here is a photo from the sellers website, I hope. Looking forward to getting it in the next few days.

hearing your wife grind the gears when she drives it, and on and on.

Like that is EVER going to happen. She has her own car that's an automatic and not even sure if she knows how to drive a stick. My first car was a 1963 Corvair with 4 on the floor. It was black with red guts and I added a red painted on racing stripe from front to back on the drivers side. I thought that I was Mario Andretti. Spent more time on my back under the rear end pulling the valve covers and replacing rocker arms than I care to remember. That little engine was never designed to wind out the way that I thought that it should. Fond memories from 50 years ago.......

 

[white cloud]

James, that is a good looking Jeep. I have a one ton diesel pickup and it is an automatic but Jeeps should be manuals IMHO. In my experience you are either a Jeep person or not. I have done some accessorizing of my Wrangler but sort of kept a lid on it. I need a light bar. Jeep heads lights are pretty dim. When coming back from the sticks in the dark this shortcoming becomes real apparent.

 

[Jack Flash]

"Sort one out, you've got a box full"

...

I love English car terms. "Gear box" is a favorite.

... Jeep heads lights are pretty dim. When coming back from the sticks in the dark this shortcoming becomes real apparent.

Well, it helps if you clean the mud off the headlights first.

 

[white cloud]

One other bit of Jeep humor. If the you let the accessorizing bug bit you too hard then Jeep stands for "Just Empty Every Pocket". Fortunately for me, I prefer the look of a stock Jeep.

Also it pays big $$$s to research replacement tires carefully. Some of those large lugged tires have amazingly short life spans.