Jeep Wrangler for a teen

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These jeep wranglers all over the mid Atlantic are insane. I don’t get it. Nowhere else in the country are there this many wranglers on the road. Does your kid want to stack rubber duckies on the dash too! Dont do it.

That's the worst! The stupid ducks. I see so many mid 40s dads driving these jeeps all over Arlington. It's pathetic and they clearly only have them because it was their "dream" car as a teenager.

It definitely is the closest thing to DH's dream car, which is a Willy's Jeep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These jeep wranglers all over the mid Atlantic are insane. I don’t get it. Nowhere else in the country are there this many wranglers on the road. Does your kid want to stack rubber duckies on the dash too! Dont do it.

That's the worst! The stupid ducks. I see so many mid 40s dads driving these jeeps all over Arlington. It's pathetic and they clearly only have them because it was their "dream" car as a teenager.

It definitely is the closest thing to DH's dream car, which is a Willy's Jeep.

Going back to the nasty posts about dream cars...How is it so different from a dream vacation, a dream bag, a dream house...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it an atrocious choice? Would be a few years old. It is ds's dream car.

When he can afford it as an adult. No way would I get it for a teenager

[Anonymous]

I drive a Volvo now, but my last car and only car before that was a Jeep. I miss it so much. We recently went on vacation and rented a Jeep and I forgot what nice visibility the smaller ones have. I hate blind spots on modern cars and having to rely on a camera.

I have a DD and would actually consider one for her because they're good for learning how to drive properly *if* you're a responsible kid. They're actually limiting in a lot of ways, which is a positive. My Volvo is easy to get up to 100 without me thinking about it and has a lot of safety features that I realize make me pay less attention to my driving than I used to. I appreciate that my old Jeep imposed limits on my driving- it wasn't comfortable to drive over 60 mph, it didn't handle corners well unless I went slowly, and it needed to be driven with a gentle touch on rainy hills. I think of that whenever I see 16 year old boys in their parents' "safe" cars going 85 on a 25 mph road.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
1. All vehicles that sit high have terrible stats on collisions with pedestrians. The line of sight is all wrong to see shorter moving objects.

2. Rollover risk.

3. You really want to thumb your nose at environmental efforts? Don't buy that crap and be a hypocrite. Own the fact you don't care about global warming whatsoever, and don't care about people dying every year around the world from heat (direct cause).

Peds should GTF out of the road.

Do you know the history of Pedestrians and cars? This is an interesting read!

https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it an atrocious choice? Would be a few years old. It is ds's dream car.

When he can afford it as an adult. No way would I get it for a teenager

The days of 1k decent cars are gone though. Teens can't buy cars these days. So do you get a 20k car your kid likes or a 20k car they don't like? Ultimately what is the difference?

[Anonymous]

I would not get my teen their dream car regardless.

All downhill from there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
1. All vehicles that sit high have terrible stats on collisions with pedestrians. The line of sight is all wrong to see shorter moving objects.

2. Rollover risk.

3. You really want to thumb your nose at environmental efforts? Don't buy that crap and be a hypocrite. Own the fact you don't care about global warming whatsoever, and don't care about people dying every year around the world from heat (direct cause).

Peds should GTF out of the road.

Do you know the history of Pedestrians and cars? This is an interesting read!

https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history

Sorry, are you posting from 1920?

[Anonymous]

Jeeps are the worst cars on the road.

I'm fine if you want to get your kid an expensive or a cool car.

But don't get them a POS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jeeps are the worst cars on the road.

I'm fine if you want to get your kid an expensive or a cool car.

But don't get them a POS

I’m not “fine” with that. Those are the douche bag boys that speed and kill people.

[Anonymous]

Jeeps (and the ducks) are becoming symbols of the gay community.

Your kid may get made fun for driving a gay car

I know my 16yo DS would never be caught dead in one

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I drive a Volvo now, but my last car and only car before that was a Jeep. I miss it so much. We recently went on vacation and rented a Jeep and I forgot what nice visibility the smaller ones have. I hate blind spots on modern cars and having to rely on a camera.

I have a DD and would actually consider one for her because they're good for learning how to drive properly *if* you're a responsible kid. They're actually limiting in a lot of ways, which is a positive. My Volvo is easy to get up to 100 without me thinking about it and has a lot of safety features that I realize make me pay less attention to my driving than I used to. I appreciate that my old Jeep imposed limits on my driving- it wasn't comfortable to drive over 60 mph, it didn't handle corners well unless I went slowly, and it needed to be driven with a gentle touch on rainy hills. I think of that whenever I see 16 year old boys in their parents' "safe" cars going 85 on a 25 mph road.

You're rationalizing bc you want the jeep back in your driveway.

The newer models have scored better on safety tests but are still only getting a 3 or 4 out of 5 on safety tests. Prior years (assuming you would buy used) score even worse.

[Anonymous]

I drive a rubicon. I would allow a sport but not higher one and custom order with the extra safety features.

[Anonymous]

Go to the website and watch the test. Its a 2019 at the iihs crash test it flips over on the side. They are one of the last cars i would buy a teenage driver.
https://www.iihs.org/ratings/vehicle/jeep/wrangler-4-door-suv/2019
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."
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[Anonymous]

The redesigned Ford Bronco seems popular with teens.

Perhaps that is a safer option than a jeep?