Is A Jeep Wrangler A Good Choice For Me?
I’m not quite ready to buy a car YET, but this is going to be my first car. I’ve been a slave to the bus system my entire life, and have finally found myself in a situation that I will most likely be able to get a car. I’ve had my eye on a Jeep Wrangler for a long time, I just love the outdoors-feel of it, yet its a convertible! I have yet to test drive one, but maybe some of the Jeep owners can shed some light as to whether this would be a good choice for me?
I currently live in a suburb outside of Atlanta, the traffic is light where i live, and I would rarely use it to drive into the city, which has horrendous traffic. The very flat roads get icy here sometimes in the winter, and we have rain once in awhile. My family lives up in Pittsburgh (12 hours away) Pennsylvania where there’s tons of snow, ice and hills in the winter. I’d like a car that would be good for the drive up there as well as driving where i currently live.
I love camping and all kinds of outdoorsy things, and would love a vehicle that would allow me to get into some back country areas.
I need a vehicle that is easy to repair, and extremely reliable – and a vehicle that I could learn to repair small things on. With the budget I currently have, I’m wanting to find one for under 10K if at all possible, so are Wranglers reliable cars to buy even if they have over, say, 100 thousand miles on it?
I would love something with acceptable gas mileage – i don’t need anything like a Prius gets (although that would be nice!) But compared to the wide range of vehicles out there, does the Wrangler get mileage that you can live with?
I need a vehicle that I can take at most 10 bags of groceries in to and from the store, and would like a car that I can keep a few things in the back (like my camping equipment) and not have to worry about it being stolen.
Also, I’ve read that the crash ratings are decent, would you agree?
If you don’t think a wrangler is a good choice, is there something else you can recommend?
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January 21st, 2010 at 11:29 am
My best advice for you is to invest in the annual consumer report for any higher dollar purchase. I am not talking about the magazine, but the actual book that comes out once a year. This book has saved me in many situations, from vacuum cleaners to cars, you really get the low down. I would also suggest, if one wasn’t provided, paying the extra $30 for a car-fax report and see where the vehicle hs been.
January 21st, 2010 at 11:30 am
anything 93 and above is great.i own an 88 and thats not to take anything away from it because i did spend alot of money in fixing my jeep thing with the 93 for is it will be perfect if u wanna hit the snow trails and if ur not drivin into the city very much u should be fine with gas mileage i have a gas hog on the other hand living in southerncali traffic on the highways do nothing good for my gas.id say good move with getting a jeep all around fun car
January 21st, 2010 at 11:52 am
Wrangler’s are excellent with a high resale value,high crash rating(full frame)and the outdoors feel.Not great gas mileage and not a whole lot of room inside but the rear seat does fold forward.My wife takes mine to the grocery store and gets a lot of bags in it.
January 21st, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Ok, I love my jeep (bigs tires, KC’s etc..)
1) Not a lot of room for really big items, but can fit bags in the front and back seat.
2) Gas milage sucks, stock your looking at approx 16 mpg on average.
3) Is great 4×4’s good in snow etc…(on ice 4×4 only gets you back on the road, nothing stops you from sliding off the rd)
4) Easy to break into with soft-top
5) Great resale (4th best car last year)
Not 100% (but will serve a lot of what you need) what your looking for, but you will love a wrangler. I really hope this helps!