Right? I’ve been thinking this for years, but sadly, no can do. Interestingly, not only wouldn’t this help, but it would actually make matters worse. Setting aside questions of equipment, physics, judgment, sight lines, etc, it turns out that the most dangerous thing isn’t speed, it’s differences in speed. So if you…

That’s a cool suggestion, man, but...no, thanks. I’ve had a Wrangler: I sold it to buy this. I prefer this - though there are days I miss being able to pull the roof, too!

Not this one, but I did once have a car without a windshield! I do not recommend it. They use pea gravel where I live. I do not recommend it. 😁 Also drove my old Wrangler with the windshield down in the winter. Again: not great.

It’s fun! I really enjoy driving, and I really enjoy being outdoors. I don’t enjoy being in a pod insulated from my environment. I spend as much time outside as I can, and this helps me do that. It’s definitely not for everyone - particularly considering that it gets awful cold and snowy here - but it’s great for me.

Ugh. That seems really boring, though. Plus, they’re all the way out in the shed, and that seems like a lot of work just to make my car worse.

It does kinda feel like we ought to all chip in and get David a hi-lift and some shackles and some yank rope or recovery strap, etc. Not just for his own safety - he’ll never be safe! - but because part of Jeep ownership is your responsibility for (safely) yanking everyone else out of the ditch in winter. When they’re…

After struggling to start the Willys in the cold, I froze my ass off driving it over half an hour in 40-degree weather...

Yeah, man, it was a rhetorical question. :) “The idea that hundreds or thousands of dollars isn’t worth a few hours of messing about is absurd to me,” is what I was saying.

I’m sorry, I’m not familiar with that word. What’s a “dealer”?

See, everything you’ve described I would still refer to as “selling a car”, so we’re broadly in agreement, I believe.

We get a couple hundred inches of snow a year where I am, so it’s just not that much of a fuss for us - though I’ve lived down south, so I totally get why it’s a fuss for other people! Northerners who are assholes about how winter-awesome they are bug the hell out of me.

It’s not worth the effort to sell a vehicle any longer.

Shout out to the admin of the Two Track Jeep Club in Michigan’s beautiful Upper Peninsula, where I did this.

A producer for a syndicated radio show in Grand Rapids has been known to fly with entire Wrangler fenders - which are substantially lighter, but...a little unwieldy. Still, he had absolutely no problems, other than car-loving airline employees wanting to happy chat with him about it.

David was literally the first person I messaged - not counting the people I messaged for a winch out. 🤣 I figured if anyone would appreciate the terrible things I’d done, and the terrible things I’d have to do to fix it, it’d be him. Sadly, there’s usually a very long bridge between the two of us, because he lives in…

And would you believe? Still my daily driver (and indeed, only car). Changed all the fluids, replaced the front brakes, good to go.

You hear that, baby? You’re collectible now!

“Real” jobs almost NEVER pay you to fly across the country and return home with an awesome car you’ve always wanted, plus a bunch of adventure and hardship along the way. My job hardly EVER pays for me to go to Moab, the jerks.

You’ll be shocked and perhaps somewhat distressed to find that there are many of us who do this sort of thing all the time, without any clicks at all. Honestly, it’s more terrifying to think of what people like David would do if you all weren’t watching. :)

It’s called “driving”.