I think the air-cooled Beetle is right there with it. Maybe not in terms of American culture necessarily, but it's certainly an icon in automotive culture.
One of the main reasons I love these TJs
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Mazepam
TJ Enthusiast
My absolute favorite time to drive my TJ is on a warm summer night or really early in the morning when its dark out on backroads with the doors and top off.
I always say the Jeep is the only vehicle I’ve had where I don’t care how long it takes me to get somewhere.
And it’s a good thing, too since I’m not getting anywhere too quickly.
And it’s a good thing, too since I’m not getting anywhere too quickly.
Mazepam
TJ Enthusiast
I have about a 25-30 minute commute to work if I only take the highway, but i can also take backroads and its about 45-50 minutes. I more often then not take the backroads now especially during the summer.
brewtus98
TJ Enthusiast
Yes! gave up the Harley several years ago for same exact reason. Jeep is as close as you can get.Funny you mention the motorcycle part. I love riding a motorcycle, however, the roads around here and the asshole drivers really don't let me relax and enjoy just cruising. With the top down and doors off, I get pretty close to that feeling, without having to worry if I'll topside on the next pothole that wasn't there yesterday.
I’ve got a few bikes, one is a Harley. I may be the oddball here, but as much as I love the Jeep, if I have a choice I’m taking one of the bikes.
Having said that, I do love the Jeep and it’s the go to vehicle when my daughter is with me.
Having said that, I do love the Jeep and it’s the go to vehicle when my daughter is with me.
This post gets all the feels. I've been in and out of Jeeps since '92 and its always been an escape vehicle. Even with the world in shutdown last year the wife and I would routinely "socially distance" by ripping off the doors and going cruising in the N. GA Mountains. I'll have a Jeep in one form or another till the day i die. It's just part of my DNA now.
add me as another who just likes to get in a cruise. I can have the worst, most stressful day ever. Leave work pissed off at everyone. I throw the top off, hop in and start driving. Pretty soon, the corners of my mouth are twitchy and not long after, a full on smile takes over. I've had bikes too, but the jeep just does it for me.
It is, kind of funny , both borne out of the same conflict if you think about it.
I drive around the island I live on with my top and windshield down every day! Going for night drive with the cool air, sounds of nature and an unimpeded view is my favorite 
Don’t forget the smells as you drive along. Spring flowers. The chicken house. How about the hot weather and the cool air as you go through a thermal cool spot.
Selling my FLHTK Harley and moving back to a TJ was a no brainer. Riding two wheels for 55+ years was great, but being 70 and tooling around on a half ton bike was getting to be troublesome for me.
A cool night, top and doors off, a country road and some good music on four wheels =.
I worked with a guy who was decommissioning plants he helped build. He was missing a finger, so one day I asked him how (thinking industrial accident). He said, a couple of years ago riding his motorcycle. His wife of 50 years made him stop.
He started riding again after she passed away. He worked each year just long enough to pay for vacations, like the motorcycle trip He took across China at 80 years old.
I like fresh mowed grass. I don’t know what’s going on but it is in the high 70s in Alabama at night right now, it’s just unbelievable.
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He was one brave SOB riding in China. I spent considerable time in China and I wouldn’t drive a full size SUV there. Talk about a bunch of crazy MoFos!!!!
Yep. Putting his hand down to stop his fall after hitting a gravel patch and crushed an index finger up.
