I love my jeep.
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' post='805665' date='Mar 3 2006, 04:39 PM
you cant drive a jeep everyday, they are toys, not transportation
I do. And so do thousands of others. Wranglers are not the perfect stop/go vehicle...but it is transportation. Bad *** transportation when it gets messy outside! I a huge rotary fan...but I can't drive an rx7 in the snow....
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' post='806092' date='Mar 6 2006, 07:38 AM
you like punishment then, they are not the most comfortable things to drive
I didnt mean you CANT, I meant it sucks
I agree. I have ridden in a friend's Wrangler, and going over the expansion joints on a decent stretch of concrete interstate got really old, really fast.
There's no doubt that some people actually drive these things on the roads, but they are all masochists.
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Oh I agree w/ the punishment thing... but I still do it as it's the most reliable winter vehicle I have. I almost sold it a month after buying it because my back was killing me on a lot of the construction roads around where i live and going into DC doesn't help..their roads suck!
Our found a good seat position though and it's pretty good now...I also like being able to drive onto curbs, medians, etc when jackasses forgot how to drive....
Our found a good seat position though and it's pretty good now...I also like being able to drive onto curbs, medians, etc when jackasses forgot how to drive....
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Originally Posted by One320B' post='806032' date='Mar 5 2006, 08:57 PM
NOT true. The hardtops offer no additional protection in an accident vs. the soft top. It even states this on the hard top when you get one
So a flimsy metal frame and a fabric top provides more protection than a fiberglass shell?
I highly doubt that.
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Originally Posted by Dave 88 A.E' post='806105' date='Mar 6 2006, 10:27 AM
So a flimsy metal frame and a fabric top provides more protection than a fiberglass shell?
I highly doubt that.
Ummm, the wrangler chassis is pretty ******* tough. It's not the top itself, but the actual steel rollbar that is welded into the frame of the car.
And I agree with the punishment of the ride, but you don't buy a wrangler to expect the ride of a caddy or a benz.
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Yeah i know what a wrangler is like I drove my brothers for over a year. Most of the winter i only had the bikini top on it. The bracing for the soft tops are shitty. I have had the bars break on me before.
I don't know how they are on the Trendy Jeep, but on the Yj my brother had they were bolted not welded.
I don't know how they are on the Trendy Jeep, but on the Yj my brother had they were bolted not welded.
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Originally Posted by rowtareh' post='806146' date='Mar 6 2006, 02:46 PM
And I agree with the punishment of the ride, but you don't buy a wrangler to expect the ride of a caddy or a benz.
Oh, please! It's an oxcart. Caddy or Benz? Let's be reasonable.
"you don't buy a wrangler to expect the ride of a Plymouth Reliant or a Yugo."
There. Fixed.