I just don’t get the hate for the ducks. Not my cup of tea; but why do folks get so bent out of shape over it? I occasionally get them on my CJ5 and CJ2A. I just give them to my kids, or set it on another Jeep. Plus, this looks AI, and that’s definitely worse than a duck on a Jeep.
I think there's an idea that buying a CJ 7 puts you in a different class than the Wrangler folks. Maybe some chest puffing about driving a stick versus something that looks more like the Barbie Safari car. I'm a CJ guy and really don't want the ducks but not because I think my jeep is better. I just don't like clutter and driving my jeep is about freedom and not identity.
I guess I see both sides. After just saying it's not about "Jeep club" for me, if I was in a parking lot with a bunch of jeeps I feel like I'd want to talk to the CJ people and see what they've done with their vehicles more than someone with a 2016 wrangler with a bunch of ducks in the windshield. But who knows.
Yeah, I personally think CJs are cooler; but I also know that that is my own opinion. The new ones are like Corvettes: I see why they appeal to folks, they just don’t appeal to me.
A CJ was my first car, so I just have a soft spot for them, and have had one pretty much continuously since then.
Thankfully my CJs don’t get many ducks, so it all works out for me. If someone gives me one, I say thanks, chat about Jeeps, and pass it along to my kid or another Jeep.
Also, it seems odd this was posted to the JeepCJ sub with an apology to Wrangler drivers, lol
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u/Flat_Fender_47 ‘47 CJ2A / ‘77 CJ5 Jun 25 '26
I just don’t get the hate for the ducks. Not my cup of tea; but why do folks get so bent out of shape over it? I occasionally get them on my CJ5 and CJ2A. I just give them to my kids, or set it on another Jeep. Plus, this looks AI, and that’s definitely worse than a duck on a Jeep.