Most reliable/easiest to hookup 4 down toad?
Hey good folks, I'm ready to get a toad and I like Jeep vehicles. Jeep vehicles really get slammed on Yahoo and other car sources for poor reliability and/or workmanship. Besides the Jeep vehicle...
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We currently flat tow a Honda Fit. I cannot say enough good things about this car. It gets great gas mileage and has lots of room in back. It is also reasonably priced.
However, we go on some trips where we need something more capable on dirt roads. I had a Subaru Forester that I loved but it was automatic so would need to be towed 4 up. I spent a good part of a year looking at various options: getting a trailer for the Subaru, getting a manual transmission Subaru, and purchasing a Jeep. For me, the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon won out in the end. I expect delivery next week so I cannot talk about reliability personally. But in my quest to make a decision, I stopped every Jeep owner I could find and asked them what they liked and did not like. They are very well loved vehicles! Most of the folks I talked to were retired people. About half were motor home owners and the other half were people that were just driving the Jeep.
At the end, my concern with the Jeep was not reliability. The negatives are the poor gas mileage and the higher purchase cost. However, you are purchasing a vehicle that can go off road so you are paying for those capabilities. We go off road by ourselves so the lockers were important to us.
You really need to decide what you will use the car for. If you are driving the car around on paved roads when you get where you are going, I would go with a CRV, Fit or a manual Subaru. They are all great cars that get better gas mileage than the Jeep. If you want to do some off roading and exploring on dirt roads, I would go with the Jeep.
However, we go on some trips where we need something more capable on dirt roads. I had a Subaru Forester that I loved but it was automatic so would need to be towed 4 up. I spent a good part of a year looking at various options: getting a trailer for the Subaru, getting a manual transmission Subaru, and purchasing a Jeep. For me, the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon won out in the end. I expect delivery next week so I cannot talk about reliability personally. But in my quest to make a decision, I stopped every Jeep owner I could find and asked them what they liked and did not like. They are very well loved vehicles! Most of the folks I talked to were retired people. About half were motor home owners and the other half were people that were just driving the Jeep.
At the end, my concern with the Jeep was not reliability. The negatives are the poor gas mileage and the higher purchase cost. However, you are purchasing a vehicle that can go off road so you are paying for those capabilities. We go off road by ourselves so the lockers were important to us.
You really need to decide what you will use the car for. If you are driving the car around on paved roads when you get where you are going, I would go with a CRV, Fit or a manual Subaru. They are all great cars that get better gas mileage than the Jeep. If you want to do some off roading and exploring on dirt roads, I would go with the Jeep.
