No flames, please!

I figured since all of you love that top down driving, was wondering if any of you here are 4-wheeling Wrangler fans. I thought S2000 fans were loyal, but Wrangler fans are something else!

Are the new ones pretty nice? I heard chicks dig this car. haha

Fun in an un-S2000 way?

 

I know where you are coming from VTEC. 15 years ago I bought a Suzuki Samurai (4wd) simply because it was the chaepest convertible I could buy (I could have afforded better).

I owned it for 3 years before my first child came along and the pain of strapping him in the back (together with a max speed of 65mph - it only had a 1 litre engine!) became too much and I traded it in on a 4 door turbo sedan.

It was a real fun vehicle while it lasted though.

 

The image a Jeep portrays is something rugged and laid back and down-to-earth with a lot of masculinity involved... I think that's why girls like guys in a Wrangler.

Doors off with the top down ready to go anywhere. I think that's really cool. Way more affordable, too.

S2000 is for the performance junkies. I'm of both worlds.

I can't believe you had a Suzuki Samurai. That's like the only car my Civic can beat off the line. I've heard the new Wranglers with the V6s are pretty refined for a Jeep.
Great resale, too. Maybe I'm starting to understanding something...



[This message has been edited by Vtec (edited November 28, 2000).]

 

Samurais...maybe I'm wrong, but weren't those discontinued here because people kept flipping over in those and dying?

 

When I sold hondas ten years ago, I also worked the used lot. One day, who should appear but my ex-wife, looking for a vehicle to pull her boat. Well, it was a small boat and she was convinced that a little Suzuki Samarai would tow it. I didn't argue, I just sold her the damn car. I still don't know if she ever successfully towed her boat or not. Have I ever felt bad about this? Naaaaah!

 

Hey guys, you are both right,

Yep, they are about the slowest piece of machinery around (however, I think in the US you only got the 'big' 1.3 and 1.6 litre versions - my 4 speed,1 litre put out a heady 48hp at 5,000 revs)

There were also cited because they were so tall, narrow and slab sided, with a high centre of gravity, that they rolled more easily than any other vehicle!

I had a very intersting experience there - I taught my wife to drive in the Samurai - she wasn't used to a manual (shift) and took her first street corner at around 30mph without changing down from 4th gear - that took years off me!

You know what though, I bought that little beast for $AUS5,999 brand new and traded it 3 years later for $AUS7,500 - best resale of any vehicle I have ever owned.

 

They make great hunting lease vehicles. Tow it out there. Treat it bad. Bring it back covered in mud.