Can't Understand Jeep's Popularity

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Yikes. I didn’t realize I touched such a nerve. I feel like I see crvs and other cuvs getting towed all the time. I’ve spent a lot of time out west driving the highways.

Sorry for not giving your ignorance the proper deference. You may "feel like you see crvs and cuvs getting towed all the time" but you don't. In fact, most "cuvs" are too heavy for most class A RVs. You generally need a rear-engine diesel for those, and most of the RVs you see are gas with a Ford V8 in the chassis -- the same thing you would find in your basic pickup truck.

Just got done with traffic in the 495 bridge over the Potomac. Saw an rv towing a Chevy equinox.

My equinox was a death trap. It was determined to kill me. My jeep has been great.

It takes no more gas than a car or other SUV. And, how much you drive is equally important. You can be driving 1000 a month with a small car or 100-200 a month with a Jeep and you'd still have less enviromental impact with the Jeep. I don't get why people care what others drive.

Off topic, but what issues did you have with your Equinox? I have had issues as well; two costly fixes later, and it currently seems OK.

[Anonymous]

I loved my Jeep Cherokee but it was in the shop all the time the first year we had it. Had to sell it. I’ll never buy another Jeep, although I love the design.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^ I see rvs rowing other cars all the time. How is jeep neutral different than regular neutral? In regular neutral the transmission isn’t engaged so the engine doesn’t spin when the wheels do. What am I missing?

Jeep made up propoganda

Do you design automatic transmissions? An automatic transmissions actively pumps fluid through the bearings. If the output shaft is turning without the input shaft turning, you can get oil starvation.

https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/35720/flat-towing-in-neutral

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ I see rvs rowing other cars all the time. How is jeep neutral different than regular neutral? In regular neutral the transmission isn’t engaged so the engine doesn’t spin when the wheels do. What am I missing?

Jeep made up propoganda

Do you design automatic transmissions? An automatic transmissions actively pumps fluid through the bearings. If the output shaft is turning without the input shaft turning, you can get oil starvation.

https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/35720/flat-towing-in-neutral

Interesting. Not the pp, but I was unaware of this. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Even though they are owned by a European company, they are made in Ohio, OP. Some of us want US-made vehicles.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^
Yikes. I didn’t realize I touched such a nerve. I feel like I see crvs and other cuvs getting towed all the time. I’ve spent a lot of time out west driving the highways.

Sorry for not giving your ignorance the proper deference. You may "feel like you see crvs and cuvs getting towed all the time" but you don't. In fact, most "cuvs" are too heavy for most class A RVs. You generally need a rear-engine diesel for those, and most of the RVs you see are gas with a Ford V8 in the chassis -- the same thing you would find in your basic pickup truck.

Just got done with traffic in the 495 bridge over the Potomac. Saw an rv towing a Chevy equinox.

My equinox was a death trap. It was determined to kill me. My jeep has been great.

It takes no more gas than a car or other SUV. And, how much you drive is equally important. You can be driving 1000 a month with a small car or 100-200 a month with a Jeep and you'd still have less enviromental impact with the Jeep. I don't get why people care what others drive.

Off topic, but what issues did you have with your Equinox? I have had issues as well; two costly fixes later, and it currently seems OK.

It would lose accelleration on the highway, leaked constantly, head gaskets, and I forget what else. I got rid of it as the brakes and the accelleration issue and it wasn't safe at all. We made it through 12 years, but we usually keep our cars longer. Love the Jeep. No issues so far. I did get the extended warrenty after the equinox issues but never had to use it in 4 years.

[Anonymous]

wah, I miss my Jeep!!! I wish I had fixed the transmission but instead sold it to my mechanic. I had one of the early Patriots and we used to call it my Cheep as I got it new for 14K in 2008 (average car price was 2X that back then)

It looked good and worked great until my transmission blew in 2021 at 140K and we already had too many cars sitting in the driveway.

[Anonymous]

Jeeps meet our needs and we just plain enjoy to drive them. I genuinely love the jeep wave on the way to work--so few things that connects total strangers in such a positive way. Other than regular maintenance, they haven't been in the shop. We drive in snow a lot and they handle beautifully.

Honest question--it seems like you haven't owned one...so how would you really know what they are like to own?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^
Yikes. I didn’t realize I touched such a nerve. I feel like I see crvs and other cuvs getting towed all the time. I’ve spent a lot of time out west driving the highways.

Sorry for not giving your ignorance the proper deference. You may "feel like you see crvs and cuvs getting towed all the time" but you don't. In fact, most "cuvs" are too heavy for most class A RVs. You generally need a rear-engine diesel for those, and most of the RVs you see are gas with a Ford V8 in the chassis -- the same thing you would find in your basic pickup truck.

Just got done with traffic in the 495 bridge over the Potomac. Saw an rv towing a Chevy equinox.

My equinox was a death trap. It was determined to kill me. My jeep has been great.

It takes no more gas than a car or other SUV. And, how much you drive is equally important. You can be driving 1000 a month with a small car or 100-200 a month with a Jeep and you'd still have less enviromental impact with the Jeep. I don't get why people care what others drive.

Off topic, but what issues did you have with your Equinox? I have had issues as well; two costly fixes later, and it currently seems OK.

It would lose accelleration on the highway, leaked constantly, head gaskets, and I forget what else. I got rid of it as the brakes and the accelleration issue and it wasn't safe at all. We made it through 12 years, but we usually keep our cars longer. Love the Jeep. No issues so far. I did get the extended warrenty after the equinox issues but never had to use it in 4 years.

Thanks. I said the same thing about it being a death trap bc the two failures happened without warning while driving and rendered it undrivable. I actually like how it drives and handles, when working...

[Anonymous]

The new Wranglers with the power convertible top thing are really cool. It’s just a fun vehicle with some semblance of personality vs. everything else on the road is a blob crossover you couldn’t identify without badging.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even though they are owned by a European company, they are made in Ohio, OP. Some of us want US-made vehicles.

+1. The Jeep Grand Cherokee and Grand Wagoneer are also all made in Detroit or in the Detroit suburbs. That’s very cool, to us.

[Anonymous]

Jeeps are POS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jeeps are POS

So insightful. You’re clearly an expert on this.

[Anonymous]

They’re still coasting off the Jeep name. Eventually people will figure out that they are crap. The last real Jeeps were made up until about 2003.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^
Yikes. I didn’t realize I touched such a nerve. I feel like I see crvs and other cuvs getting towed all the time. I’ve spent a lot of time out west driving the highways.

Sorry for not giving your ignorance the proper deference. You may "feel like you see crvs and cuvs getting towed all the time" but you don't. In fact, most "cuvs" are too heavy for most class A RVs. You generally need a rear-engine diesel for those, and most of the RVs you see are gas with a Ford V8 in the chassis -- the same thing you would find in your basic pickup truck.

Just got done with traffic in the 495 bridge over the Potomac. Saw an rv towing a Chevy equinox.

My equinox was a death trap. It was determined to kill me. My jeep has been great.

It takes no more gas than a car or other SUV. And, how much you drive is equally important. You can be driving 1000 a month with a small car or 100-200 a month with a Jeep and you'd still have less enviromental impact with the Jeep. I don't get why people care what others drive.

Off topic, but what issues did you have with your Equinox? I have had issues as well; two costly fixes later, and it currently seems OK.

It would lose accelleration on the highway, leaked constantly, head gaskets, and I forget what else. I got rid of it as the brakes and the accelleration issue and it wasn't safe at all. We made it through 12 years, but we usually keep our cars longer. Love the Jeep. No issues so far. I did get the extended warrenty after the equinox issues but never had to use it in 4 years.

Thanks. I said the same thing about it being a death trap bc the two failures happened without warning while driving and rendered it undrivable. I actually like how it drives and handles, when working...

It was nice when it worked well... much prefer my Jeep now.