TJ vs. JK

The listed curb weight from Chrystler for the JK Rubicon w/ Auto tranny is

Thank you, Matt. I not only remember att news, I AM att news. really. I have not gone away, I have just been in an undisclosed location., but not with that ignoramus, Dik chainey. I am using a friend's computer, as I no longer have access to Outlook express, and people with narrow minds...Ha ha.. Time was, having a Jeep identified one as being just a little bit different, a little bit daring, perhaps. It certainly meant one was not a follower, or one who wanted to be just like everyone else. Chrylser never cought on, the dummies, that trying to make their so-called Jeeps just like all the other land barges would dilute and ruin the pedigree, somewhat like crossing a sleek Greyhound with a fat hippo. which is what krysler has done. (See "Liberty.")

Krysler's dunces thought they could build any old thing and paste on the letters J and ee and P and make a Jeep. No way. Chrysler engineers (?) and stylists (?) were jealous (and rightfully so, considering their other poor-selling junk) of AMC's artistically and skillfully designed wide product line. Chrysler borrowed Ford's famous slogan, "Cheap is job One," and ruined amc's XJ in oh, so many ways. The Liberty looks like a fat, bloated Bulldog with long legs, and handles like one as well. "Tippy-over-easy," as consumer reports, bleated. If Chrysler bought the Empire State building they would put aluminum awnings on its windows, and would brag about their improvements. The new, so-called wrangler, is a grotesque, cartoon-like jeep. It is a mucked-up charicature. over-blown, over-stuffed, over-priced, clumsy-looking, and a sad attempt by chrysler to seem "progressive."

I could go on, but I don't want to get started. No serious sportsman, off-roader, or anyone sensitive to good esthetics and beautiful proportions and intelligent engineering would even consider one of the new Jeep "thingies." The more people that "Jeep" appeals to, the weaker the Jeep "blood-line " becomes.

Es Verdad.

The above opinions are not necessarily subscribed to by the owner of the computer that att-news has temporarily hi-jacked.

You almost had me convinced! :-)

Yeah, Bill H found one site with someone who converted a TJ to rear leaf springs and called it a mass exodus!

About what? It really was from ATT News who is a longtime friend, but someone who I constantly disagree with.

Looks like no one is interested in responding to your question, so I'll give it a shot. You may have been quoting me below, but I'm sure there are others with sentiments in that direction among the Jeep crew. Let me qualify that statement by saying the new JK will never REPLACE my current SWB Wrangler. I could see owning one of the 4dr models to compliment the TJ, but one of the things I love about the TJ is that it has largely held on to the CJ7 size which I enjoy on/offroad. The JK is bigger and less appealing to me, but it also depends on the size of the trails you are running as well.

tw

snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote:

I loved all of the new changes between the YJ and the TJ. That's what made me buy my '99 TJ back in the day. I'd had a 90 YJ and a couple of CJ7s previously. I've never felt the YJ was an improvement in any way except the soft top was better.

tw

Matt Macchiarolo wrote:

Yeah, that guy was a PIA. One subject, one focus, ad nauseum.

tw