What Car Do You Drive? (26 Viewers)
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Only the upper tier models of the new Bronco are good off-road. The Bronco Sport in all its iterations performs pretty poorly off-road for what it claims.
But the Badlands and above for the new Bronco give some pretty great off road performance. Starts at $70ish K all in and up though. The top tier Bronco Rapter is up above $115k iirc.
Jeeps do well off road, but they’re so cheaply built outside that. I’d want to be an amateur mechanic if I had one.
G-Wagon would be the dream vehicle if I had $200k plus to burn on a vehicle.
But the Badlands and above for the new Bronco give some pretty great off road performance. Starts at $70ish K all in and up though. The top tier Bronco Rapter is up above $115k iirc.
Jeeps do well off road, but they’re so cheaply built outside that. I’d want to be an amateur mechanic if I had one.
G-Wagon would be the dream vehicle if I had $200k plus to burn on a vehicle.
Depends on how you mod it. Most of these vehicles are perfectly fine for rough road approaches to hikes and outdoor rec spaces as stock models. But to do proper overlanding, you either need to buy something that has optional tiers set up for that like the upper tier models of the Bronco marketed specifically for this, though they get expensive very fast. Or you need to mod it for off-road with a specialty business for this/do it yourself if you have the expertise. It’s very expensive to set up if you can’t do it yourself.
Most people, including myself, don’t need that sort of capability though. ~10 inches clearance and above with decent approach and departure angles, good final drive ratio, off-road tuned suspension, 4wd/decent AWD obviously, AT Tires, a bush bumper and skid plates do enough for the average person who wants to get out most logging/gravel roads into the mountains. You could also add rock sliders and a winch.
Most people, including myself, don’t need that sort of capability though. ~10 inches clearance and above with decent approach and departure angles, good final drive ratio, off-road tuned suspension, 4wd/decent AWD obviously, AT Tires, a bush bumper and skid plates do enough for the average person who wants to get out most logging/gravel roads into the mountains. You could also add rock sliders and a winch.
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jeep wrangler is one of the only ways to get a convertable SUV that you can take the roof and doors off of.
funny enough most people that buy these don't do any off roadiing that needs a jeep. they just like the look and the cool factor of them
btw jeep wranglers hold their values pretty well
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their off road tries and the boxy shape of them make them terrible everyday cars for daily driving imo.
not to mention above 80 km/40 miles range the noise inside the cabin is unbearable, even with music.
but they are so cool looking. especiallly in the higher spec models like the rubicons
funny enough most people that buy these don't do any off roadiing that needs a jeep. they just like the look and the cool factor of them
btw jeep wranglers hold their values pretty well
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their off road tries and the boxy shape of them make them terrible everyday cars for daily driving imo.
not to mention above 80 km/40 miles range the noise inside the cabin is unbearable, even with music.
but they are so cool looking. especiallly in the higher spec models like the rubicons
First time I took my new car out before beefing it up a little I took it up a very steep and rough road into the mountains with some pretty heavy cross ditching. Came down one of them just a wee bit too quickly and managed to bend the rad support up which caused the hood latch to be pushed up by a good 3/8”. 