Is buying your teen daughter one of these a parenting status symbol?

[Anonymous]

I don't see how it would be an impressive status symbol in the DC private school crowd. I would think that lots of those parents could easily afford to buy their kid a $45K Jeep, even if they choose not to.

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Anonymous wrote:My 12 year old DD is obsessed with Jeep Wranglers. Why so popular? Curious.

Social media influencers on instagram and snapchat are brainwashing your kid.

My 13 yr old doesn't do any social media and a Jeep is her dream car too. I think she was influenced by Lorelai's car in Gilmore Girls. I will not be buying her a Jeep (or any other car)

[Anonymous]

G wagon is a status symbol

Jeeps are for the commoners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know that kids like the look of jeeps in general but that one is a super fancy, pretentious jeep. How much would that set you back?

Cars can’t be pretentious.

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Anonymous wrote:Most uncomfortable car ever.

+1

My first thought.

I know you can spend $80k+ on a Jeep, but WTF in their right mind would? It's a MFing Jeep!

[Anonymous]

This must be a new money thing

Philistines the lot of you

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Anonymous wrote:Ha!!! Now you are making me feel bad about my Wrangler - which I love. Can fit 8 people - can drive over 2 feet of snow so I never had to shovel - great in flooding. Also one of the few cars that you can still get in stick. Turns into a convertible in the summer. Yeah...gas mileage sucks but I live in DC and drive less than 5-7K a year. And my friends call me when it snows or bad weather threatens to be the carpooler.

Definitely can't get for under 30K -even used. Tried to buy a used one but they hold their value. My kids don't' realize how lucky they are that this will be their car when they are old enough to drive and I can go back to a tiny one again.

Oh...and did I mention for all you killjoys - how fun they are to drive?? I used to hate them...way back when...but I love, love, love mine. Makes me happy every time I clamber in.

Jeep Wranglers can seat 8 people? There's a third row?

Custom third row - can fit three - gets harder as they get bigger but still works and is safe. But I love not having to drive a min-van or a typical SUV.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank God my DH got that out of his system in his 20's. Worst car ever. Totally unreliable, uncomfortable, gets mysterious rattles in the first few 1000 miles. And very unsafe - I'd never let my teenager drive one.

Okay - old Wrangers were. I've had mine for five years and never had a problems. Someone rear ended us on the highway once after a sudden stop. Their car had to be towed - ours didn't have a scratch on it. As long as you buy a relatively newer Jeep - it's a normal car from a safety perspective. The rollover concerns are with older models. AND - big and - they do not go that fast - hard to accelerate in so you'll have less speeding. Harder to weave in so your driver will not feel so zippy. I find that it makes me drive calmer then I do in a smaller car.

Read this:
So, whether you were told as a child that Jeeps roll-over easily, or you are looking into getting a Jeep for yourself or child, know that Jeep’s are actually fairly safe. CJ and YJ Wranglers are the least safe, as they came with no safety features other than their standard roll-cage. But, to be fair, most SUV’s before the 2000’s were also lacking in safety features.

Go drive a current one!

[Anonymous]

I'm 35 now, but that was the car to get in high school. My BFF had one and we always tried to get it to ski (on two wheels) on empty roads. yes looking back we were rich idiot a-holes

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know that kids like the look of jeeps in general but that one is a super fancy, pretentious jeep. How much would that set you back?

Cars can’t be pretentious.

They can be pretentious looking. Oh, yes, they can.

[Anonymous]

Wow. How eighties!!

[Anonymous]

Any car that is new and above an entry level is a status symbol, IMO.

[Anonymous]

Not interested in my teen driving a car that has the highest roll over risk of all consumer vehicles out there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My 12 year old DD is obsessed with Jeep Wranglers. Why so popular? Curious.

Social media influencers on instagram and snapchat are brainwashing your kid.

Too funny, she doesn't have Insta or Snapchat. But I saw the Gilmore Girls reference and now I can see where idea came from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This isn't new...remember the movie Clueless? In the 90s a Jeep was THE car to have in high school.

Hopefully safety is better. I personally know quite a few people who flipped these in the 90s.

Yeah, it seemed like some kid rolled one pretty bad every year in my hometown, sometimes fatally. I think it's a terrible car to give to a teenage driver.