Article Comments - Long-Term Test: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara 4x4

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Article comments for Long-Term Test: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara 4x4 - One 4x4 leaves the Inside Line long-term test fleet and another arrives in its place. Welcome the 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara. Let the one-year road test begin. (more)

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#31 of 32 Re: Know what you are writing about before keying it in... [jeepnotansuv] by roadburner Jul 13, 2009 (10:43 am)
Replying to: jeepnotansuv (Jul 12, 2009 7:59 am) Excellent points. I never can understand why people expect a Wrangler to handle like a Boxster S and ride like a Park Avenue. That said, I have a 1999 TJ fitted with Bilstein HD shocks and I don't think it rides all that bad- and neither do my wife and son. To hear some people talk you'd think Wranglers came with tires filled with concrete, and that simply isn't the case. Yes, it's a bit noisy at speed, but the heater easily copes with sub-zero temps and the A/C works equally well in the summer heat. The only thing I'd even remotely consider replacing it with would be a Defender 90, and they are simply too expensive for my 4X4 needs and tastes. Replies to this message: mac24 (Jul 14, 2009 2:31 am)
#32 of 32 Re: Know what you are writing about before keying it in... [roadburner] by mac24 Jul 14, 2009 (2:31 am)
Replying to: roadburner (Jul 13, 2009 10:43 am) The only thing I'd even remotely consider replacing it with would be a Defender 90, and they are simply too expensive for my 4X4 needs and tastes. I agree. The Defender 90 is probably the most similar in terms of both size and spec out there. Both have evolved in a similar manner, with a transition to coils after many years on leaf springs, and the options of large and small gas engines but with the Land Rover having also had the option of a diesel for many years. The Defender is only expensive here because of its rarity. In the UK they're as common and comparably priced to the way Wranglers are here.

#31 of 32: Re: Know what you are writing about before keying it in... [jeepnotansuv] by roadburner; Jul 13, 2009 (10:43 am)

Replying to: jeepnotansuv (Jul 12, 2009 7:59 am)

Excellent points. I never can understand why people expect a Wrangler to handle like a Boxster S and ride like a Park Avenue. That said, I have a 1999 TJ fitted with Bilstein HD shocks and I don't think it rides all that bad- and neither do my wife and son. To hear some people talk you'd think Wranglers came with tires filled with concrete, and that simply isn't the case. Yes, it's a bit noisy at speed, but the heater easily copes with sub-zero temps and the A/C works equally well in the summer heat. The only thing I'd even remotely consider replacing it with would be a Defender 90, and they are simply too expensive for my 4X4 needs and tastes.

mac24 (Jul 14, 2009 2:31 am)

#32 of 32: Re: Know what you are writing about before keying it in... [roadburner] by mac24; Jul 14, 2009 (2:31 am)

Replying to: roadburner (Jul 13, 2009 10:43 am)

The only thing I'd even remotely consider replacing it with would be a Defender 90, and they are simply too expensive for my 4X4 needs and tastes.

I agree. The Defender 90 is probably the most similar in terms of both size and spec out there.
Both have evolved in a similar manner, with a transition to coils after many years on leaf springs, and the options of large and small gas engines but with the Land Rover having also had the option of a diesel for many years.
The Defender is only expensive here because of its rarity. In the UK they're as common and comparably priced to the way Wranglers are here.