"Outatime" <Outatime@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
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I think Kate would agree that while the Liberty is a capable off-road
machine,
there are other 4X4's that are more suitable, while other cute-utes should
never leave pavement. Mechanically, the Liberty falls somewhere in the
middle, in my opinion.
*Yep, I agree completely.
To get up the occasional steep, unpaved rough mountain road, mud-bogging
or
snow-runs, the Liberty is well-suited. If you're looking for the ultimate
rock-crawler that's able to take nearly any kind of brutal punishment that
Nature can possibly dish up, choose something else. I drive an '05 TJL,
and
while I consider it bulletproof and very capable offroad, I would never
venture into serious rock-crawling Rubicon territory destined only for
seasoned professionals and heavy-duty machines designed specifically for
that
task.
*Again, you've said it all in my book. Much more eloquently than I could.
Which is why I only kept my Libby for 6 months, and after modding it as
far
as I could go without ripping it apart, I traded it in on a Wrangler
Rubicon... that I have modded as well.
Will your Liberty break if you make that mountain road run every day? I
seriously doubt it. I haven't yet seen a steep, rough mountain road that
any
Hyundai or even an AWD Minivan couldn't tackle.
*If a cute-ute that's a good weekend plaything is what you want, you've
got
it. I on the other hand want to go do some playing in mine that concerned
me
with the Liberty.
Even with my 4" lift, my TJ rides better than the Libby did... and I can
go
topless anywhere I feel comfortable going. (The JEEP topless, not me!)
Kate
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