when I get my JT, I'll take some measure ments and let you know. I don't know about my configuration being the lightest though. My GVWR is meant to be 6200, where the manual trans Sport Base (with and without the regular tow package), and the manual trans Sport S with the tow package only get...
@5JeepsAz we're getting off topic but you're right... its too late and we're probably not going to stop putting carbon into the atmosphere. only way wel'l be saved is with a technology that takes a lot of the carbon out
i know that's not gator, but still it put me off. I live in the woods. A forest green would have been nice. I chose silver instead because it was metalic, and light to reflect heat.
i cheated and looked at iihs.org they've got a similar rating
i just don't want my left foot/leg to end up looking like this
also the whiplash looks worse in the JGC, the dummy moves around a lot and the 4runner controlls the dummy better = less whiplash.
all vehicles are going to have a...
meh, they make cute cars though. I love my 2.5L transverse 5 cilinder engine, sounds lke a mini V10, makes nice vroom vroom noises. all cars are bad for the environment... we're all lying to ourselves.
Seriously though what's the ASS argument?....
Wait I just figured it out. Auto Stop...
okay, this thread just got a lot more interesting. I would want to be in the Toyota 4Runner.
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would you rather be in a Fiat 500 or Smart Car?
You may be correct about the crumple zone of an aluminum car helping both vehicles in a crash. so Just hope you hit an aluminum car and not a tree, deer moose, or another wrangler or gladiator.
best thing would be to find a video of a steel body on frame veicle vs an aluminum unibody, with...
@MonkeySkunks 50% correct, be a very attentive driver and don't crash. Don't rely on nannys. you know, learn in a safeish (all driving is not safe) car you don't care about, knock on wood, hope you walk away from all your crashes as a learner with a few lesson learnt and avoid freak accidents...
I've heard that too about the auz and eu safety ratings, which I why I don't look at them nor the star rating.
Basically if you get hit or hit someone and the car is all steel and really solid... all that force will transfer to the ocupants. If the car can crumple a lot of deflect the force...
front of this vehicle is a Jeep, back is a ram 1500. look at the crash tests of those vehicels and it sould be the same.
I never look at the stars other than to talk a quick comparison. You're going to be better to look at the crash dummies, how much force/impact they took, where they took it...