My peeves with the TJ

All the door bantering aside, my two biggest pet peeves are:

- doors and a tailgate that constantly close on you
- stepping into a bath tub that's 3 feet off the ground

On the latter, I'm 6' tall and consistently catch my foot either getting into or out of the cabin. The deep footwell is really a problem for my much shorter wife!
 
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AndyG said:
Yep, I like to run the air on recirc with the top off too- just to get the entire experience - keeps my airfreshener in the vehicle, keeps Covid out, and the entire time I drive I’m outside but inside, and moving but sitting still.
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Does everyone wear a mask when going topless. I don't want to chance being exposed to covid while driving. :)
 
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Zorba said:
VERY true. I've found that EVERYONE is "odd" or "weird" in their own way. As it should be - living one's life by the dictates of "what will other people think?" isn't living at all.
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That’s for sure and most people are not as preoccupied with them as they would like to think- That’s the problem right there- they think they have more impact than they do.

We all do stuff like wear our wife’s lingerie when she’s out of town, I mean we’re just normal guys here.
 
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williambmac said:
Does everyone wear a mask when going topless. I don't want to chance being exposed to covid while driving. :)
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I like the way you think- I’ll be watching you. I’m channeling my inner Sam Kinison from back to school.
 
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Irun said:
All the door bantering aside, my two biggest pet peeves are:

- doors and a tailgate that constantly close on you
- stepping into a bath tub that's 3 feet off the ground

On the latter, I'm 6' tall and consistently catch my foot either getting into or out of the cabin. The deep footwell is really a problem for my much shorter wife!
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These are my only 2 issues also, stepping over the rocker panel to get in aggravates me every time I get in/out, and it's one of those things you never would notice until you have to do it. Other than that everything else is a known "jeep thing" IMO. If ya don't like certain doors the good news is there's more alternatives out there than any other vehicle offers. I personally love my half doors for summer time, I don't think I'll even buy uppers for them, then in fall and spring I'll switch back to the full doors. Granted my opinion is based on all the mall crawling I do so I don't have the credentials to participate in the trail door debate.

I will say that for all the full door love this thread has gotten, I can't believe there's not more mention of the fact that there's no where to rest your arm and it makes it uncomfortable and awkward to drive for me.
 
dmbeck said:
I will say that for all the full door love this thread has gotten, I can't believe there's not more mention of the fact that there's no where to rest your arm and it makes it uncomfortable and awkward to drive for me.
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How is that even a question? Right elbow on the center console, right hand about 3 o'clock lightly gripping the steering wheel and go.
 
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Plumber1 said:
Well I disagree, I enjoy driving my wife's normal weekend car

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The good news is that for every seat there is an ass. We all like what we like and all I see is someone ruint a perfectly fine automobile by cutting the top off of it.

I do however have to giggle at their version of the Jeep 5 spoke rims though. Passenger car equivalent of "when you're happy and you know it", well, you know the rest.
 
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dmbeck said:
I can't believe there's not more mention of the fact that there's no where to rest your arm and it makes it uncomfortable and awkward to drive for me.
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fuckin A right, that's the primary reason I can't stand driving doorless. My natural driving position in the TJ is mostly left elbow on half door & right hand at 6 o'clock, mainly while cruising, which is mainly all I do anymore. When in traffic or other high shift frequency situations it's right elbow on console/hand on shifter & left hand at 6 o'clock. With no option to rest my left elbow on the door I get really uncomfortable really fast. Worse, every November when I put those miserable ass full doors back on I bang my left elbow into it at least 20 times before it sinks in that it's there
 
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Westtown Willy said:
fuckin A right, that's the primary reason I can't stand driving doorless. My natural driving position in the TJ is mostly left elbow on half door & right hand at 6 o'clock, mainly while cruising, which is mainly all I do anymore. When in traffic or other high shift frequency situations it's right elbow on console/hand on shifter & left hand at 6 o'clock. With no option to rest my left elbow on the door I get really uncomfortable really fast. Worse, every November when I put those miserable ass full doors back on I bang my left elbow into it at least 20 times before it sinks in that it's there
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See, that's not a problem with a manual transmission Jeep... Left hand on about 11 o'clock, right elbow on console with right hand just lightly resting on shift knob...
 
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Artsifrtsi said:
See, that's not a problem with a manual transmission Jeep... Left hand on about 11 o'clock, right elbow on console with right hand just lightly resting on shift knob...
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Exactly. That's why I'm on my 3rd steering wheel re-cover, as the leather at the 11 o'clock position just cannot stand up to the sweat of my palm. Sure, I could run the a/c except I need the fresh air.
 
Artsifrtsi said:
See, that's not a problem with a manual transmission Jeep... Left hand on about 11 o'clock, right elbow on console with right hand just lightly resting on shift knob...
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I'm learning a lot from this thread - I've never been bothered by lack of arm rests. My wife's car has one that I fold up out of the way, and the old MBZ has one that I never use (But my wife does). Interesting.

Getting in and out isn't a problem as I never step into a vehicle, I sit my butt in the seat and swing my legs in. If its too tall to do that, I use a hybrid approach with one leg only - but that is seldom a problem.
 
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