RE: Jeep Wrangler: PH Trade-Off!

RE: Jeep Wrangler: PH Trade-Off!

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flatso

1,240 posts

128 months

Monday 4th March 2019
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Brynjaminjones said:
C.A.R. said:
Read this and thought, na, no way can that be true in this day and age.

Shock horror

https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/jeep/wrangler/...

Don't crash one or get hit by one eh!
I find that crash test interesting if you look at it in greater detail. In the actual crash parts of the test it didn't do terribly. Not terribly well either, but fairly acceptable.
A lot of the low score comes from the lack of crash-prevention technology, which I personally think should be given a separate score independent to the crash rating.

Also interesting is that a pole-test was simply not conducted. There is no explanation as to why, and that knocks a whole 8 point of the adult occupant score for no apparent reason.

I appreciate that it's not the safest score, but I don't think the one-star headline is truly representative.
Thanks for the details....it really is ungair in this case!

Rudolph Hart

72 posts

61 months

Monday 4th March 2019
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flatso said:
Brynjaminjones said:
C.A.R. said:
Read this and thought, na, no way can that be true in this day and age.

Shock horror

https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/jeep/wrangler/...

Don't crash one or get hit by one eh!
I find that crash test interesting if you look at it in greater detail. In the actual crash parts of the test it didn't do terribly. Not terribly well either, but fairly acceptable.
A lot of the low score comes from the lack of crash-prevention technology, which I personally think should be given a separate score independent to the crash rating.

Also interesting is that a pole-test was simply not conducted. There is no explanation as to why, and that knocks a whole 8 point of the adult occupant score for no apparent reason.

I appreciate that it's not the safest score, but I don't think the one-star headline is truly representative.
Thanks for the details....it really is ungair in this case!
The occupants of this Wrangler walked away with minor bruising. Heavy collision....

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/another-serious-c...

MarkGolf

48 posts

204 months

Saturday 9th March 2019
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Dollyman1850 said:
So then.. Gay and Expensive!! hehe
Hi dollyman,
About to buy an old car of yours and wanted to ask some questions but it doesn’t let me email you on here. Have you got an email I can contact u on?

Thanks
Mark

Hairymonster

1,419 posts

104 months

Sunday 10th March 2019
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unsprung said:
Andy83n said:
Hairymonster said:
New Suzuki Jimny - £16k
Plus £500 to get the rear window emblazones with your salon details
laugh

loads of fun when you find that some colloquialisms are well traveled

a friend, visiting the US from Down Under, made a similar remark about another car with questionable credentials

"You guys call it a hairdresser's car, too?" he said

we laughed and laughed -- probably more about our discovery of shared culture than about the car
Have you actually seen the new one?

Rudolph Hart

72 posts

61 months

Sunday 10th March 2019
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Hairymonster said:
Have you actually seen the new one?
Yes, it’s £16k and it looks OK for a small chunky thing and....well that’s it really.

300bhp/ton

41,030 posts

189 months

Sunday 10th March 2019
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Zed Ed said:
rallycross said:
All of the cars quoted in this article are utterly rubbish to drive on a normal road so unless you live on a farm or have a desire to drive around in knee deep mud they are not worth bothering with ( and yes I have driven one of the new Wranglers when they first came out in Australia it was laughably bad as a road car.
Jk and jl wranglers fine on road; not sure where this view comes from
Ignorance and a chip on the shoulder about such things.

300bhp/ton

41,030 posts

189 months

Sunday 10th March 2019
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DomRoePhotography said:
Can't help but think it's a pointless article... but then it's a pointless vehicle over in the UK anyway! Same as any Defender argument, the type of people spending £45k on one of these are unlikely to go smashing it around a pay and play every weekend, and anyone else who actually goes off road on a regular basis will buy a Ranger/D-Max/Hilux etc...

This new "Chelsea" Wrangler (same as the posh Defenders) is just for looking flash. This new one looking even more "Kahn" straight from the factory, IMO.
There are other types of off roading and other benefits to 4x4’s, even those driven on the roads mostly.