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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What kind of Jeep?

We have a Wrangler Rubicon and I love it.  [b]I don't think its any more or less safe than any other care or SUV [/b]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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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