Is a jeep good for a first car?

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid can’t be trusted to drive a Jeep safely, they probably can’t be trusted to drive anything else safely, either.

Agree. The kids driving is equally as important as the vehicle, if not more.

+1. Anyone who’s dangerous in a Jeep is just as dangerous driving anything else.

A safe driver is a safe driver regardless of what they’re driving, whether it’s a 1988 Volvo DL 240 wagon, a lifted Jeep with 40” tires, or a Lamborghini. Doesn’t matter. They’ll drive it safely. Conversely, you can put an idiot in the safest car out there and they’ll still find a way to wreck it or crash into someone else.

Don’t put another idiot behind the wheel.

Agreed. That said - I'm teaching my teen to drive my stick Jeep Sahara Wrangler right now - and it definitely is more of a challenge. I love my Jeep - but it does not handle as well on turns and braking. For me - I conversely feel like it is safer as I know I can't drive it like a sports car. I'll do my best to teach my kids to drive it responsibly. One good thing is it is built like a tank!

Mine will learn on my Rubicon as that's what we own for me. Mine turns really well compared to my old suv and the brakes actually work and we ordered it with all the safety features. We got the steel bumpers to to make it as much of a tank as we can. It also has parental monitoring on it (and monitoring for parents - it beeps when you go over the speed limit). But, mine will not be driving alone till they can handle it even with a license and we'll use the parental controls.

I probably wouldn't buy one for a teen because of cost. The sport is very basic and you cannot get all the safety features and if you do you might as well upgrade and that will run in the 40's and lots of other options for much less. However, mine plans to take mine over at some point, which is fine as I'll get the new one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For this area?

Why would a jeep be needed for this area? https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/best-cars-for-teens

Rain, snow, pot holes, speed bumps. But, again, it depends on the model. There is a huge difference between the sport vs. sahara vs rubicon. The sport is similar to a very basic SUV and there are much better options for that price range.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For this area?

Why would a jeep be needed for this area? https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/best-cars-for-teens

Rain, snow, pot holes, speed bumps. But, again, it depends on the model. There is a huge difference between the sport vs. sahara vs rubicon. The sport is similar to a very basic SUV and there are much better options for that price range.

Why would you need a Jeep for any of those things?

Rain?!?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For this area?

Why would a jeep be needed for this area? https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/best-cars-for-teens

Rain, snow, pot holes, speed bumps. But, again, it depends on the model. There is a huge difference between the sport vs. sahara vs rubicon. The sport is similar to a very basic SUV and there are much better options for that price range.

Why would you need a Jeep for any of those things?

Rain?!?

If you don't like them fine, but when we get heavy storms its nice to have.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely. They are easy to drive. Great visibility. Solidly built and fun. Teach your kid to drive it correctly. I handed one down to my daughter for her first car. A manual JKU. Feel 100% confident with the decision. Come summer, we will be teaching her to off-road it.

[Anonymous]

Jeeps are also too loud on highways. You can barely have a conversation with a softtop on. Also, despite the commercials, jeep aren't great off roaders without mods. Be careful going through creeks or mud.

My brother wrecked his girlfriend's jeep on a trail. A friend of mine blew and engine going through a stream that was too deep (too cheap to get a snorkel.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What kind of Jeep?

We have a Wrangler Rubicon and I love it. I don't think its any more or less safe than any other care or SUV but I wouldn't get a Rubicon or Sahara for a new driver as they are high up and you can more easily flip it. Plus they aren't very bit. If you aren't DIYing your own mod's I think a sport is a waste of money as they are expensive for the base model compared to other vehicles. Realistically most people aren't going to take off the hard top or off road, which is the appeal to them.

I would buy one for 24+ but agree with PP about not buying for the new driver crowd but partly price and features. To get all the safety features, you generally have to special order (which we did) and it really adds up.

I'd get a bigger car or SUV first.

Ours was cheaper to insure than my previous SUV which was much older so it depends on the insurance. We expected it to go up but it went down slightly.

What a worthless statement based on nothing more than your thoughts. Let's try some data, shall we?

https://www.iihs.org/ratings/vehicle/jeep/wrangler-4-door-suv/2021

In both of the Institute's tests, the vehicle tipped onto its passenger side after striking the barrier. The partial rollover presents an additional injury risk beyond what the standard criteria are intended to measure in small overlap frontal crash tests. A vehicle tipping onto its side is not an acceptable outcome for a frontal crash and, as a result, the Wrangler's overall rating was downgraded to marginal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For this area?

Why would a jeep be needed for this area? https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/best-cars-for-teens

Rain, snow, pot holes, speed bumps. But, again, it depends on the model. There is a huge difference between the sport vs. sahara vs rubicon. The sport is similar to a very basic SUV and there are much better options for that price range.

Why would you need a Jeep for any of those things?

Rain?!?

You don't. PP is just trying to justify poor decision making. Pot holes and speed bumps as a reason? GMAFB.

[Anonymous]

No. Teenagers are idiots. A 5+ year old very uncool sedan of some sort would be better.

[Anonymous]

They’re terrible cars period.