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It was very fun having a lifted V8 ZJ, as inefficient as it was.  I could always just power through - never got stuck in a variety of very hair situations. 

  Having the automatic push-button lockers and push-button sway bar disconnect is pretty freaking awesome.  I think our next mod will be on-board air so that we can air down and air back up really quickly.

Yeah you're definitely not buying and driving any of these vehicles for the sake of efficiency.  The JK consumes a tank of gas per week on a good week.

But we've already taken it rock-crawling a few times now, and even with only the slightly lifted factory suspension that comes standard with the Rubicon package, and standard Rubicon 33" Mud Terrain tires, it's remarkable how easily it handles some very technical trails and obstacles.  Having the automatic push-button lockers and push-button sway bar disconnect is pretty freaking awesome.  I think our next mod will be on-board air so that we can air down and air back up really quickly.

I can see it if I lived a bit out in the boonies.  Which I don't.  I live in in the boonies.  What are boonies anyway?

I think the GTI is a near ideal "city car".  It has decent room, it's maneuverable, it's fairly small, it has good acceleration, it handles well, the doors don't come off (easily) not would I want them to (normally).

The expression was introduced to English by U.S. military personnel fighting in the Philippine–American War (1899-1902).^[3][4] It derives from the Tagalog word "bundók",^{[note 1]} which means "mountain".^[5][6][7] According to military historian Paul A. Kramer, the term originally had "connotations of bewilderment and confusion", due to the guerrilla warfare in which the soldiers were engaged.^[4]

In the Philippines, the word bundók is also a colloquialism referring to rural inland areas, which are usually mountainous and difficult to access, as most major cities and settlements in the Philippines are located in lowlands or near the coastline.^[6] Equivalent terms include the Spanish-derived probinsiya ("province") and the Cebuano term bukid ("mountain").^{[note 2][8][9]} When used generally, the term refers to a rustic or uncivilized area. When referring to people (taga-bundok or probinsiyano in Tagalog; taga-bukid in Cebuano; English: "someone who comes from the mountains/provinces"), it acquires a derogatory connotation of a stereotype of unsophisticated, ignorant, and illiterate country people.^[10]

That Hemi term strikes me as pure marketing, fairly successful I think.

If they start showing severe fade due to sun damage, there's an easy and cheap fix--a heat gun.

My fender flares and the bumpers were basically turning not only gray, but almost white in areas. I bought a $15 heat gun from Harbor Freight or Amazon (or wherever--I don't remember) and with light application it turned everything back to black. You're effectively re-melting the plastic, so you need a light hand and can't leave the heat gun over one area too long, but it works.

That said, I don't really like the look of the stock ones so I want something more minimalist.