Our WJ was totaled in a five vehicle crash three months after we purchased it used in 2006, and was replaced with a Jeep Commander while the WJ sat in the driveway waiting to be parted out. Michelle had fallen in love with the WJ in the three months and just did not enjoy driving the Commander as much, so we rebuilt and resurrected the WJ building it into the rig that she still drives today. Now that we will never be able to pry it out of her cold dead fingers, I really hope that it does not have to repeat history again, if so we would change nothing on it except for wishing we could reset the mileage back a few years from the 230k it currently has.
Eeyore the JKU might be a different story, love the Wrangler platform as it is super capable and loves challenging trails, however I could do without some of its quirks, i.e. constant chasing of why there is water on the front floor boards and where did it get in this time, and rather anemic 3.6 liter engine that combines very little power with poor fuel mileage. The lack of storage space was a known factor, but a worthwhile tradeoff for its off highway agility. If we went with the same rig again, would build it virtually the same, but likely with a manual transmission or a V8 conversion or maybe both. Alternate platforms would be a 392 Wrangler or Gladiator, A a 79 series L/C diesel with left hand drive if they were a readily available option here.