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[quote=Anonymous]I LOVE my wrangler.  I would not buy one for a teen, except the base model.  The safety ratings are a bit misleading as which models did they test.  We custom ordered ours and got every available safety feature.  Our roof does not come off either but is basically a big sun roof.  Most wranglers, not custom ordered don't have all the safety features.  Also, we got metal bumpers so if we are going up against someone's plastic bumpers I'm assuming our metal ones would win.  I've seen lots of posts in groups about accidents and many are doing very well and walking away.  You can flip any vehicle.

The base model is really no different than a car or SUV.  It's no higher off the ground than something like a RAV 4, the Sahara is higher and the Rubicon or a lifted Jeep is the issue.

If anything with heavy rains and when it does snow, given commuting and other things its been a huge help.

With that said, when my teens drive, they can drive it with us in the car but I wouldn't hand it over to them to drive alone nor would I buy them one (mainly price vs. I feel its unsafe).

I'd buy another in a heartbeat except the prices have gone up another $10K and I don't think I'd spend that for a second one given I'd custom order it again with the bumpers and all the safety features.

I'm assuming those ratings did not include all the available features because they aren't standard nor the steel bumpers.

Also, I've heard about reliability issues but we've only had a battery issue (second battery) twice.  After having a nightmare on my last SUV (not Jeep) we got the extended warranty but its been very reliable.[/quote]

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