I love our 2007 Jeep Wrangler sooo much, I even have a calendar of it (just kidding that's from our wall calendar ). And I couldn't really tell you why it's one of my favorite cars in our long-term fleet. It's a tie with the Mini Cooper S.
Maybe it's because of its light steering feel. Even though I'm not strapped into a heavily bolstered sport seat, I just lean with the car into the turn as I go quickly around the corner. There's none of the trepidation one usually feels driving sport-utilities. Such an easy and fun car to drive. And I hate to admit it but I love being so high up. So I feel like I have the best of both worlds: height of an SUV with the steering feel of a sporty coupe.
And a nifty thing I discovered about our Wrangler? You can record trails you go on! I was playing with the nav system and saw that it gave me the option to record a trail. You can save it, expand on the trail or discard it. How cool is that? I think the Jeep may be edging out the Mini in my heart.
Caroline Pardilla, Deputy Managing Editor @ 5,297 miles
Caroline Pardilla, Deputy Managing Editor @ 5,297 miles
estreka says:
12:53 PM, 08/23/07
Nice promo. ;-)
The trailblazer thing is pretty cool. I would definately want one of those.
freshzilla says:
07:33 AM, 08/24/07
I really like the idea of the new Jeep Wrangler, and went to the dealer to check it out. My main concern is quality - how do these things hold up? I don't want to be left stranded in the boondocks. I noticed that the Jeeps on the lots had a lot of small quality issues (foam insulation squeezing out of some under body panels, lame black electrical tape to cover wire ends, excess plastic flashing on some panels), but these could just be considered cosmetic. I don't care about that kind of stuff if the basic drive train is very reliable.