• Bad_Engineering@fedia.io
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    7 months ago

    They’re terrible street cars but offroad there’s really nothing more capable unless you plan to custom build a rig. If you want a smooth ride offroad it will be way to soft for on the road and vice versa. Jeeps from the factory are designed on a compromise between the two so they’re not really good at either. The build quality on modern jeeps is absolutely terrible though and the majority of jeep owners never use them for what they’re intended for so I generally agree with you. But ride in a jeep that’s properly setup for strictly offroad driving and you’d be amazed.

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      7 months ago

      Are Land Cruisers not a thing in the USA? Because they are the ultimate off-road vehicle.

      I’m sure you have the Hilux and there is no place where I’d choose to take a Jeep over a Hilux.

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        7 months ago

        I don’t think they are available in the US but the Suzuki Jimny is the perfect off-road vehicle for me.

        It’s an extremely fun vehicle to drive!

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          7 months ago

          We call that car the “Sierra” in Australia. Perfect beach/dune car. Not ideal for rougher terrain, though. In fairness, the biggest thing it has going against it is the narrow wheelbase. It doesn’t fit right on the tracks made by all the other 4x4’s. If all those tracks had instead been made by narrower vehicles, it might not be so bad.

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      7 months ago

      A coworker bought a Jeep and I said “Oh wow, Jeeps are great vehicles! …unless you drive them on roads.”

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      7 months ago

      Nothing more capable provided it’s a Wrangler and one of the newer higher spec ones where they actually give you functional equipment like 37" tires and lockers. The old ones were build with crappy parts that needed to be swapped out before they could be truly capable and the entire rest of their lineup is pure garbage both on and offroad.