Why Jeeps are overrated

mjncad · 04-14-2011, 12:31 PM

Reminds me of the time back in the mid-80's when a coworker got a new S-10 Blazer 4x4 and he thought it could go anywhere. We were working swing shift when on his lunch break he decided to scale a snow mound left by the plows in the parking lot. He got high centered and spent most of the evening digging his Blazer out to a point where he could get unstuck. After he came back in to warm up, he decided to try it again from the other side of the mound...yep, same result. This time another coworker went out with his F-250, hooked a tow strap to it and yanked him off. The F-250 owner said it was like pulling a turtle off a rock.

Fortunately for all of us it was a relatively slow night and we had time to watch this humorous event unfold from the comfort of the 2nd floor offices we worked in.

**Dougster** · 04-15-2011, 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by PaulChristenson

Why Jeeps are overrated

Looks more like a "well-lubricated" driver to me than a fault with the Jeep... although those tires don't look too awfully impressive!

Back in the late-80's and very early 90's, the poor old Dougster™ owned a Jeep Wrangler... and I could never get it stuck. I even TRIED to get it stuck in the oddest, weirdest places... just to see if it could get out!

It always got out.

Only problem was that I hurt my lower back rather badly in a fall down my icy front steps in December of 1988. The Jeep had a very stiff snowplow suspension and it was killing my back after that incident. I withstood it for a while... but ultimately the Jeep had to go. I traded it in for my famous 42 MPG (lifetime average) Ford Festiva and never looked back!

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