Running half / no doors and no windows, pulling up to a buttoned up Jeep at a stoplight

[freedom_in_4low]

I'm old enough to know better, and though I assign a high value to the trait of humility in every situation; I can't help but experience a sense of superior Jeeper status when I'm the open Jeep in this situation. The open Jeep is inherently more badass, and therefore, the winner of the encounter. Current weather conditions, or complexity of build, are not considered. I'm committed to this perception strongly enough that I once arrived at an October morning visit to my physician with a mild case of hypothermia. Lest you get an impression that I think I'm too tough to be affected by weather, I do have relatively normal limits and will dress my LJ in attire to avoid torrential rain, excessive sweatiness, frostbite, etc. The day I got hypothermia felt waaaay colder than the 45° it was and it caused me to raise my minimum open Jeep temperature. But if close it up and encounter another Jeeper with an open Jeep, I'll be mad about it for the rest of the day.

 

[BC Moto]

That might be you, I dont think of it like that especially you dont consider the build

 

[MountaineerTom]

I drove through McDonald’s on the way to work this morning to get a coffee and a biscuit. At 7am it was about 48°. The girl said aren’t you cold!? I said nah, not cold enough to matter.

 

[JMT]

Seat heaters, jacket, beanie are my go too to keep the top off as long as possible. Wife takes a blanket too!

 

[freedom_in_4low]

I drove through McDonald’s on the way to work this morning to get a coffee and a biscuit. At 7am it was about 48°. The girl said aren’t you cold!? I said nah, not cold enough to matter.

haha. I'll still do that if it's a short drive. The day I went to the doc's office I also went out to the county hazardous waste disposal place to get rid of some used antifreeze. Ended up being about a 30 minute drive at 50mph. I dreaded the drive home during the visit and then I switched vehicles before I went to work.

That might be you, I dont think of it like that especially you dont consider the build

build can be a tie-breaker if both Jeeps are open. But I still feel shamed if I pull up in my LJ on 35s with full doors and windows next to an open stock TJ SE on 28s.

 

[eastbloc]

is your favorite movie "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" by any chance?

 

[PRNDL]

100% agree. The more naked jeep wins. Fortunately for us, JK/JL owners are super soft and probably haven't ever removed the hard top. I win a lot of these encounters in my area.

I carry a blanket for the kids. My son has started referring to it as The Jeep Blanket.

 

[freedom_in_4low]

is your favorite movie "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" by any chance?
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it's a close tie with Dumb n Dumber.

 

[R3ID05TJ]

If I'm running around with just the half windows off my Jeep and I see another Jeep with the top off or all the windows off I'm like damn. What a piece of shit I am. But then I see the guys that their Jeep is 24.7 365 topless like they don't even own a top and I don't feel as bad.

My Jeep ain't that. It's a daily driver kid hauler with low miles AC and heat and still looks brand new. I'll buy an old CJ8 or something like that before I tear up a nice TJ.

I've been topless off roading in the afternoon with the wife and kids in the canyons then head up the mountain towards the evening and they just start freezing and get miserable.

 

[freedom_in_4low]

is your favorite movie "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" by any chance?
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The Martian is another good one, featuring a Mars ascent with just a bikini top!

 

[TJ Jim]

Still riding around window less. 48°, but the most distance I drive is fifty miles round trip. The full doors are on with windows rolled up and the heat on. When you come up and stop at at a red light it’s a bit too hot.
My dog just doesn’t like the windows in and he’s pretty sure it’s his Jeep and his rules. Not too sure when he is going to let me put his windows back in

 

[freedom_in_4low]

is your favorite movie "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" by any chance?
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also Apollo 13.

I worked really hard yesterday and now I'm kindof out of stuff to do.

 

[BlueC]

45°

At that temp, I'm not even going to crack the window with a fart floating around. Me and the cold don't get along. The colder it gets, the further South I want to move. Y'all can think your looking tough with blue lips. I'll sweat it out with doors and a top.

 

[BC Moto]

Ive actually been thinking about selling my hard top for a soft top so it would be easier to take it all off

 

[freedom_in_4low]

At that temp, I'm not even going to crack the window with a fart floating around. Me and the cold don't get along. The colder it gets, the further South I want to move. Y'all can think your looking tough with blue lips. I'll sweat it out with doors and a top.

hahaha not me. I reckon I can always put on another layer, but there's only so many to take off. The older I get the less tolerant I am to heat.

I do have a line. I wouldn't do well in the upper midwest where they get that 30-below-for-a-week crap and they're out golfing in shorts the first spring day it gets above freezing. Those guys are nuts.

 

[BlueC]

The older I get the less tolerant I am to heat.

I seem to be going the opposite way.

I do have a line. I wouldn't do well in the upper midwest where they get that 30-below-for-a-week crap and they're out golfing in shorts the first spring day it gets above freezing. Those guys are nuts.

That's how we know who is a yankee transplant around here. On those Spring and Fall days when it's in the 50s, all the Northeast yankees come out dressed in shorts and Hawaiian shirts, while everyone else is in pants and long sleeves.

 

[Irun]

Get out of my head!


I make it a personal quest to not install the back or side windows until Thanksgiving, then pull them off again in mid-March. I do however install the full doors, largely so I can roll up the windows when it rains. Of course I mumble to myself about all the Jeeps with their tops on, windows up, seat and steering wheel heaters on, even when it's a beautiful 75°. I'm now a cranky old man and refuse to wave at them!

 

[Viking Jeeper]

I drove through McDonald’s on the way to work this morning to get a coffee and a biscuit. At 7am it was about 48°. The girl said aren’t you cold!? I said nah, not cold enough to matter.

48 is pretty cold with no doors or half doors. I dont know what my limit is but its higher than that.

 

[freedom_in_4low]

Get out of my head!


I make it a personal quest to not install the back or side windows until Thanksgiving, then pull them off again in mid-March. I do however install the full doors, largely so I can roll up the windows when it rains. Of course I mumble to myself about all the Jeeps with their tops on, windows up, seat and steering wheel heaters on, even when it's a beautiful 75°. I'm now a cranky old man and refuse to wave at them!

When I finished my half doors, I put them on and installed the nuts on the door pins. I'm shooting to run them year round.

Thanksgiving seems like an achievable goal for me to shoot for. In Colorado it was usually mid October but it stays warmer a lot later here. This morning was in the low 30s but we'll have warm streaks through winter. It was 90 on Saturday.

 

[freedom_in_4low]

the real limit will be the kids. I could probably run uppers without back or side windows all year but I couldn't put the kids through that if I'm using a window to stay warm up front.