Worth noting that all LJs had 44 in the back, and the TJ/LJ Rubicon had both LSD and lockers in the rear, unlike later generations.

Which reminds me: don’t spend time on your smartphone at red lights!

I watched an accident happen that way many years ago.

I have but one, which is a problem of both availability (given how often mine is in the shop) and satisfaction.

^——— More stars, people, more stars.

Unless you’re driving a naked Jeep and it’s pouring buckets of rain.

I keep hoping an early CJ will drop into my lap. Commuting in one of those in the summer would be about the highlight of my working day.

Post about it on Oppo. I’ll be curious how it works out.

No manuals or Rubicons available in 2004, on the other hand.

Mine is. Not to rub it in or anything.

I’ve been contemplating putting a 300 in my LJ, but I recently discovered someone makes an adapter to give me 2 low with my current transfer case, so I’ll probably go the cheaper route.

Also lots of classic Jeep photos from Toledo Jeep Fest: https://oppositelock.kinja.com/tag/toledo-jeep-fest

Thanks, David, for including my hand-wavy commentary!

There’s at least 1 that’s a stick, scanned the pics, but given there’s no way I’d actually make the trip to buy one I stopped there. 

If their website is to be trusted, and frankly it seems too bizarre to be true, Hoblit in Woodland has thirteen new 2018 manual Renegades on their lot.

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/lawn-art-1830204369

Speaking of Labor Day, NYC, and people doing crazy hard work...

At $2000 it would probably save me that much in a year in repair bills for my Jeep.

Nope, never been inside one. I’ve just been chasing the elusive manual XJ for so long I’m getting desperate.

I can find enough slow roads. Maybe. Disregarding the fact that my driveway is on a 35-mph busy street.