TOAD Question

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zman-az wrote:

Passin Thru wrote:
My best friend had one and got rid of it because when it rained in Fl she got wet, a 1 yr old Jeep Wrangler. I'd buy a Nissan or Toyota, will go farther, better built and just as much traction I could go anywhere a jeep does with one but I was raised in the Rockies.

Ya gotta put up the soft top when it rains.

If you out in AZ I hook up with me, I would love to watch a Nissan or Toyota follow my Wrangler.

Yeah really.
Actually they did have a leaking hard top problem with some, but ours has been good. Still never take out the roof panels anymore.
Hey, it's a Jeep thing and you can't expect a non conformist to understand. Again, they do resale well so that says something about them.

Pass42 wrote:
We tow a 2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, with auto... excellent!!! The steering wheel lock is gone in 2011 or before... Jeep has come out with an "upgrade" kit to fix the nylon washer/clip that fails on the transfer case... I found out the hard way.....

When was this and why didn't they install one in ours last summer, then?
I even bought an extra for this 10 cent item that they charged me $3 for. They certainly are not going to do a recall on it, so hopefully they'll replace it again if needed or at least if it has some kind of warranty left on it.
I thought the steering lock left us in 09, but did find one missing in an 07 also, so don't know what to think now.

Passin Thru wrote:
My best friend had one and got rid of it because when it rained in Fl she got wet, a 1 yr old Jeep Wrangler. I'd buy a Nissan or Toyota, will go farther, better built and just as much traction I could go anywhere a jeep does with one but I was raised in the Rockies.

Ya gotta put up the soft top when it rains.

If you out in AZ I hook up with me, I would love to watch a Nissan or Toyota follow my Wrangler.

They made ATVs and Mules so I don't have to buy a PO******Jeep. Go ahead and buy them. Your dollar but http://www.jeepz.com/forum/general-chat/22225-11-worst-cars-consumer-reports-3-jeeps-make-list.html is an informing read. I don't really care just passing on info. My best friend had one and got rid of it because when it rained in Fl she got wet, a 1 yr old Jeep Wrangler. I'd buy a Nissan or Toyota, will go farther, better built and just as much traction I could go anywhere a jeep does with one but I was raised in the Rockies.

We tow a 2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, with auto... excellent!!! The steering wheel lock is gone in 2011 or before... Jeep has come out with an "upgrade" kit to fix the nylon washer/clip that fails on the transfer case... I found out the hard way.....

Check the used-car section of the latest Consumer Reports Car Edition at the library. If you're interested in reliability, you might choose something else like we did. Our Honda Fit is four-wheels towable, gets good mileage, and is reliable.

xctraveler wrote:
When we went full time I gave my Prius to my son. He loved the mileage, hated the cost to replace one headlamp. The car was beat to pieces just getting up and down the road to his back country farm. 2 miles of Virginia dirt road from the back road approach. Jeep just eats that road for an appetizer :) We love our 2011 Rubicon, no steering wheel lock. It is comfortable for interstate when necessary (changed to a less aggressive tire) and seems to love rock crawling in its factory standard configuration

We have a special edition with the Islander and which they made very few of in 2010 with the JK series.
It came with Rubicon tires, shocks,...etc. and like you, with knowing full well it would live most of it's life, as a mall crawler, I had the tires switched with those from a Sahara. Even at that, it would take some heavy terrain to bog it down. Only thing is with using them as a toad and constantly moving the transfer case back and forth, there's a cheap little plastic washer in there, that is easily broken, so DON'T FORCE IT people.
(Maybe redesigned by now) Then you need to get down under under to put it where it needs to be, until you can get it fixed. My time was under warranty and if I ever find myself in there, I can assure Jeep corp. that there will be some mods done. Then again, I mod a lot of things, rather than just fix them same ole same ole.

When we went full time I gave my Prius to my son. He loved the mileage, hated the cost to replace one headlamp. The car was beat to pieces just getting up and down the road to his back country farm. 2 miles of Virginia dirt road from the back road approach. Jeep just eats that road for an appetizer :) We love our 2011 Rubicon, no steering wheel lock. It is comfortable for interstate when necessary (changed to a less aggressive tire) and seems to love rock crawling in its factory standard configuration

tropical36 wrote:

Passin Thru wrote:
Go buy a Jeep. They have the lowest quality rating of any vehicles. I've met a lot of people who have a Prius and use a dolly. Can't be that bad if that many use the dolly an Prius is 1st quality. We are on our 3rd, it has 100000 on it and will keep it for another 100K.

It's an off road vehicle for chrissy sakes and have a very high rating in that regard. Still ready for any other kind of terrain, including the interstate. Try taking your Prius over the Rubicon trail one time and you'd be lucky for even making it to getting there. Also try matching the Wrangler's resale value vs cost, with most any other vehicle on the planet.
As for towing 4 down vs the use of a dolly, you gotta be kidding me. That many dollies in use, you say? Try a comparison count on any given day and then look and see how many used ones there are on the market for sale.
That's just my rant and opinion on the subject and hope that it won't be taken out of context..:B

Or we all could have just said....It's a Jeep thing....You wouldn't understand..lol
Since 1941, in fact!