Man , first of all, take that trip. Nice country .
Second , for the money , buy that JKR , it will be nice on the road , then sell it later if you don't mesh with it .
On the hate /jk vs tj debate-
Before most of us were TJ lovers , we were Jeep lovers .
I drove a JKU ,and my first thought was " my wife would like this " and second was ,wow, you could sleep back there..."
What do I not like ? In the big scheme , I dont like the electronics, the angled side door , and I'd love to see a meatier engine and a little more of the original "no frills" jeep design the tj still retains.
I like that a guy can lay out 10-15k and get a solid , reliable , fun TJ , and if he likes to wrench and mess with things , he's in business .
It is wild that the JK landed jeep a different clientele, and don't kid yourself ...they certainly have .
When I see a TJ guy I wave , talk , etc.
Jk/jl? It's more like.... " Pardon me sir , have you got any grey poupon?"