(Photo by Dave)
Let's talk about the head rests in the Wrangler. You're saying, "Sara, do we have to do this again?" Yes, yes we do.
Because I was the one who complained about them in Caroline's entry and I'm here to say: they still kind of suck.
Here's the thing: the Wrangler isn't meant for city streets...
Not this one,
anyway. So, yes, if you try to lounge and get comfortable: you're going to smack your noggin on the head rests and they're quite stiff. (Bumping them with a hair clip in is even worse.)
Once you get off city streets and on to say... unpaved, rough, 4x4-required roads? You won't even notice them. Because you've got to sit up straight, see. Sitting up straight and watching the switchbacks and S-curves coming at you, you'll be all, "Head rests? What head rests?!"
(Photo by Dave.)
And the steering! Oh my. When I picked the Wrangler up last Wednesday (and by "picked up" I mean: got the key and drove it out of the garage), I was unnerved by what felt like loose steering. Keep in mind that my day-to-day car is a 2006 Civic Si. (: Just thinking about moving the steering wheel gets my Civic over 50 feet in either direction.
In a pretty short period of time: I was used to the Wrangler's steering and bus-sized steering wheel. Of course, the very second we got off paved roads in Death Valley: the Wrangler came alive. It perked right up and I'm pretty sure if it had a tail, it would have been wagging a mile a minute.
Over the rough roads and rocks, the Wrangler handles really, really well. Even Dave (again, the experience off-roader of the two of us) was surprised at how nice the ride is off pavement. He kept expecting to bounce about the cabin, but it never happened. Well, we did hit one patch that rocked us back and forth a little. "That was 4x4-ing." Hee.
So the moral of this story is: if you try to rock the Wrangler in the city only, you're likely to be disappointed. (Although, I know Caroline loves it anyway.) But you get it out away from pavement and it'll do pretty much everything you want and it's comfortable. Crazy. (:
And just for kicks: I thought you'd like a look at the Wrangler with the top half-way back.
(Photo by Dave.)
Once you get off city streets and on to say... unpaved, rough, 4x4-required roads? You won't even notice them. Because you've got to sit up straight, see. Sitting up straight and watching the switchbacks and S-curves coming at you, you'll be all, "Head rests? What head rests?!"
(Photo by Dave.)
And the steering! Oh my. When I picked the Wrangler up last Wednesday (and by "picked up" I mean: got the key and drove it out of the garage), I was unnerved by what felt like loose steering. Keep in mind that my day-to-day car is a 2006 Civic Si. (: Just thinking about moving the steering wheel gets my Civic over 50 feet in either direction.
In a pretty short period of time: I was used to the Wrangler's steering and bus-sized steering wheel. Of course, the very second we got off paved roads in Death Valley: the Wrangler came alive. It perked right up and I'm pretty sure if it had a tail, it would have been wagging a mile a minute.
Over the rough roads and rocks, the Wrangler handles really, really well. Even Dave (again, the experience off-roader of the two of us) was surprised at how nice the ride is off pavement. He kept expecting to bounce about the cabin, but it never happened. Well, we did hit one patch that rocked us back and forth a little. "That was 4x4-ing." Hee.
So the moral of this story is: if you try to rock the Wrangler in the city only, you're likely to be disappointed. (Although, I know Caroline loves it anyway.) But you get it out away from pavement and it'll do pretty much everything you want and it's comfortable. Crazy. (:
And just for kicks: I thought you'd like a look at the Wrangler with the top half-way back.
(Photo by Dave.)
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