Flat towing with my Class C
I was torn as to which forum to put this in but since the question is more regarding how the motorhome will do I decided to put it here. I have a 2016 Coachman Freelander, 33', Ford Chassis with th...
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I also agree.
A Wrangler is a real "Jeep". For most people, it is not a domesticated vehicle for every-day use.
My wife loves the Wrangler, so much that she thought she wanted one as her every day vehicle. I warned her about them being rough and tough and not very ergonomic, and so we went to a Jeep dealer and had her kick the tires on a new one. It took all of about 10 minutes before she said that she should consider something else. Her 1st runner up was a 1st generation Jeep Liberty and so we bought a lightly used 2006. That was almost 9 years ago and she still loves her Liberty so much that I think she'll never let it go. It has only 76,000 miles today so it has lots of life left.
Our 2006 Liberty with street tires does a lot better off-roading than we both expected. We have been in Canyonlands via Potash, and Long Canyon nearby and it did great. It does have it's limits which we learned trying to get to Tower Arch via the primitive trail, in Arches National Park. We had to turn back when the steps got higher than the front axle. With that experience, we never tried getting down to the Colorado River off Schaefer's Trail in Canyonlands.
My point to this is that a Liberty, 1st or 2nd generation, is a good alternative to a Wrangler, if the Wrangler is too much "Jeep" for you for every day use.
A Wrangler is a real "Jeep". For most people, it is not a domesticated vehicle for every-day use.
My wife loves the Wrangler, so much that she thought she wanted one as her every day vehicle. I warned her about them being rough and tough and not very ergonomic, and so we went to a Jeep dealer and had her kick the tires on a new one. It took all of about 10 minutes before she said that she should consider something else. Her 1st runner up was a 1st generation Jeep Liberty and so we bought a lightly used 2006. That was almost 9 years ago and she still loves her Liberty so much that I think she'll never let it go. It has only 76,000 miles today so it has lots of life left.
Our 2006 Liberty with street tires does a lot better off-roading than we both expected. We have been in Canyonlands via Potash, and Long Canyon nearby and it did great. It does have it's limits which we learned trying to get to Tower Arch via the primitive trail, in Arches National Park. We had to turn back when the steps got higher than the front axle. With that experience, we never tried getting down to the Colorado River off Schaefer's Trail in Canyonlands.
My point to this is that a Liberty, 1st or 2nd generation, is a good alternative to a Wrangler, if the Wrangler is too much "Jeep" for you for every day use.
