Luckily we don't have to look at it while driving. I like the flexibility of being topless 95% of the time in the summer and not worry about a random rainstorm.
I don't understand why anyone thinks rolling the rear window up is a good idea with those rigid plastic tabs on the sides. I feel like those would deform quickly and lead to cracking. And the whole foggy window thing.
The velcro straps are for the metal frame to keep it tight against itself. The stretch straps are definitely NOT for the back window, they snap in just above the back window and stretch up to the soft top latches to keep it tight
Actually, proximity entry can be added to any model. https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/proximity-door-locks-retrofit-install-instructions-parts-links-on-jl-wrangler.49241/
There's a snap under where your roof folds back to and the elastic straps loop around the latches to keep the soft top tight. I can't believe nobody knew about this....?
It's not quite that simple - towing capacity is calculated based on several tests (0-60 time, handling, braking, etc). I've never seen the results of these tests but it could be that with the longer gears in the manual it failed 0-60 with 6k lbs of towing so they had to rate it lower