631_Islander
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- Nov 17, 2020
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- Area Code 631, NY
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- 2020 Unlimited Rubicon with 8 speed and 3.6L Pentastar without eTorque
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- #16
Wife and I wanted our second Jeep to be a 2 door as she prefers driving smaller vehicles. She loves my Rubicon but finds it too big for her driving tastes. Currently she drives an old 2009 Civic Sedan as she likes small cars. instability in the Snow is a huge dent in that purchase plan of ours....Similar thing happened to me on my LSD sport, 2 door rubicon suspension. But in this case it was a snowplow and a pickup truck. I was in mammoth, in the middle of a wet snowstorm. Windy ass road, the road was covered in a solid sheet of ice. I had my oem A/T tires, no chains. We were sliding extremely easy under 20 mph, so I got out and drop the tire pressure considerably and obviously turned 4HI. The high center of gravity, and the short wheelbase makes the 2 door wrangler perhaps one of the worst vehicle I've driven in winter conditions. Great traction, can't really get stuck, but at speeds, stability is horrendous.
I lived 10 years in Vermont and had a half an hour commute to work on rural roads, drove on blizzars, NEVER had an accident. I know WHAT is safe and what isnt, and it is all about speed. You can feel what speed you can drive at based on the vehicle. It makes 100% sense on a light 2 door Wrangler, on a windy icy road, it will be extremely unstable.
Anyway, we were driving 20~25. And I had a snowplow tailgating me badly, and of course I wanted to let the snowplow pass for the guy to do his job! but I had to wait until I could find a safe area to slow down and stop, braking abruptly is the worst thing!. Anyway, I start slowing down slowly and turn my signal to get on the side of the road and let him pass, he accelerates and passes me on the right, starts sliding all over the road and almost falls through a f!king cliff!. His buddy behind, on a pickup truck has the balls to stop next to me and tell me I am driving very dangerously.... People these days.... I wish everyone drove slower on snow.
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