View Poll Results: Wrangler: Pavement Only Thoughts
Any Reason is a Good Reason; We're Family
45
91.84%
Waste of a Good Jeep; Posers
4
8.16%
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Wrangler: Basic Transport or Off-Road Fun
05-13-2010, 05:40 AM
#11
i'm not sure why one would really buy a wrangler without either off-roading it, or using it in the snow. If i didn't off-road mine, i'd be complaining on all the wind noise, creaks, squeaks, ride quality, mileage, etc, etc. I certainly dont see why soccer mom's would want one. But thats just my opinion. However it does keep the model selling, which is a good thing. 
The 'posers' I do have a little hard time understanding. Buy bumpers, winch, knobby tires, etc, etc to just mall crawl.
The 'posers' I do have a little hard time understanding. Buy bumpers, winch, knobby tires, etc, etc to just mall crawl.
05-13-2010, 06:24 AM
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JK Super Freak
how many people have trucks and only use them as cars. you know the 4 door 1/2tons that never see gravel in fear of getting a rock chip. what about the guy with the supercar that never goes over 2500rpm or 65mph, does that count?? its not only happening in the jeep world.
05-13-2010, 08:07 AM
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I've noticed some posts that poke fun at those JK (or any other model year) owners who keep their Wrangler on the pavement or at most, some very light off-roading. For sake of argument we will say dirt trails and the front yard. Now being on this board long enough, I realize there is a lot of tongue-in-cheek banter when it comes to mall crawlers and soccer moms and the like driving the JK around. But it got me thinking . . .
What are your real opinions of JKs purchased for reasons (convertible, looks, etc) other than off-roading?
IMHO, no matter what reason your purchase a JK is a good one for the most part. Few if any purchase for MPG, ride quality, or driving dynamics. People who drive in a lot of snow buy Subarus. People who want to haul gear buy F-150s or Minivans. If you want a commuter car, you buy a Civic. But if you want a vehicle that looks cool, has a convertible top, removable doors, and can handle inclement weather. Well, those people buy a JK, even if they have no interest in off-roading. And I think they have a good head on their shoulders.
Except the ones who "bling" their Jeeps. Just awful *smacks nose with rolled up paper*
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What are your real opinions of JKs purchased for reasons (convertible, looks, etc) other than off-roading?
IMHO, no matter what reason your purchase a JK is a good one for the most part. Few if any purchase for MPG, ride quality, or driving dynamics. People who drive in a lot of snow buy Subarus. People who want to haul gear buy F-150s or Minivans. If you want a commuter car, you buy a Civic. But if you want a vehicle that looks cool, has a convertible top, removable doors, and can handle inclement weather. Well, those people buy a JK, even if they have no interest in off-roading. And I think they have a good head on their shoulders.
Except the ones who "bling" their Jeeps. Just awful *smacks nose with rolled up paper*
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As for the mall crawlers, I've got a fairly new sister-in-law. Not a wheeler but not scared, either. Before she married brother-in-law she had a JK. After looking around, the only convertible vehicle available with three seatbelts in the back was a JK. The three young ones are bigger now so the JK is gone. To her credit, the hard top came off the day she bought it and didn't go back on until she traded in two years later. Taking it to the dealer, she said she forgot how quiet it could be with top and almost reconsdered.
Jeeps are tough, easy to work on and will last a lifetime. The CJ2A I first drove 36 years ago still sits at the ranch. No telling how many non-Willys parts keep that thing alive.
05-13-2010, 08:49 AM
#17
Our JKU is a soccer mom vehicle during the summer weekdays taking my kids to soccer games and practices. during the winter it takes my family upto the skihill and on weekends it's an off-roader getting me to secluded area's be it through mud, rocks or snow! It's our fun summer travel vehicle with the top down and sometimes the doors off
05-13-2010, 10:57 AM
#18
JK Super Freak
Mine's the ultimate SUV. It's replaced my motorcycle, replaced my minivan, my friends and their kids love it, my kids love it, I love it, it seats 7, it carries all our gear, it tows, I've only offroaded a few times though. It's an excellent all around vehicle. I've been w/o doors for a month, even in the downpours.
05-13-2010, 02:03 PM
#19
JK Super Freak
I have had a lot of fun teasing the 4 dr and slush box jk owners but it is all in jest. I used to run two vehicles, a subaru for winter and a solstice GXP for summer. I wanted to go back to a single rig, "had to be 4x4, and convertable" that was my total requirement. guess what in Canada there is only one, literally one the jk. I have grown to like it and it's quirks, handles the snow great, the deep mud, hauls the hay and chases the cows 
on top of all that it is about 10 rigs in one with all the configurations you can set it up in. I'm not into hard core offroading but my job takes me off road almost every day. the jk is the right vehicle for me and its a real jeep "2 drs row your own gears" not one of those slush box mall crawlers.
on top of all that it is about 10 rigs in one with all the configurations you can set it up in. I'm not into hard core offroading but my job takes me off road almost every day. the jk is the right vehicle for me and its a real jeep "2 drs row your own gears" not one of those slush box mall crawlers.
05-17-2010, 03:47 PM
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take your subaru and put it in two and half feet of snow and see what thet does for you.we live in north eastern canada and when the snow hits the wife still has to go to work, and i get to pull nurses out of snow banks and bring them to work. so the subaru would not do much for us. far as the soft top goes i rented a soft top in florida this past spring, mom couldn't fit her purse in the trunk, lots of room in the wrangler though. best basic transportation i have owned in a long time. mom has the patroit for subaru snow storm days she likes to drive around them.