If you used the hill descent feature too much.ok thanks, yea i would never do it on pavement. I was actually in some fairly rocky steep terrain.
I was just surprised i couldn't stop.
Not a tough crowd at all - just more-so some straight talk. Some people can't handle that....but again, it's an internet forum.Wow, tough crowd! As a fellow soon-to-be Jeep newbie, some of these posts make me feel like we showed up in our new Wranglers like this: (Totally kidding, and no offense intended if this is someone on the forum or their daughter... )
Ultimately, we buy vehicles to enjoy them--regardless of how we obtain that enjoyment--so the girl in that video is actually making the best possible use of a Wrangler given how happy she seems to be. Even if she never goes offroad. She certainly seems to be having more fun than arguing online about reading manuals.Wow, tough crowd! As a fellow soon-to-be Jeep newbie, some of these posts make me feel like we showed up in our new Wranglers like this: (Totally kidding, and no offense intended if this is someone on the forum or their daughter... )
She's 18. I'm glad the internet wasn't around when I was 18. Comments are turned off probably from all the toxic idiots.Wow, tough crowd! As a fellow soon-to-be Jeep newbie, some of these posts make me feel like we showed up in our new Wranglers like this: (Totally kidding, and no offense intended if this is someone on the forum or their daughter... )
Nah bro you aren't any of that... There are those of us that have spent there life in the dirt like you and I and when we step into something new there are always those that have been around much longer that want to treat you that way.... I just go out and press all the shiny buttons and whistles? LoL yea never knew those existed.... LoL but anyway glad to see you have more and better toys than me you must have been blessed in your life.... I will say that these Jeeps have come a long way since days of old and that they do have a bunch more bells and whistles shiny or not... just take your time get used to them (I had a new learning curve) but most of all have fun doing it with a smile on your face.....Ah here we go, i expected this.
Another "get out my sandbox " the toys are all mine person coupled with the assumption i have no off-road experience of skill!
You know, i can relate, because as a life long dirtbiker, i am sick and tired of dipshits in RZR's tearing shit up in the trails, not respecting the trails, driving around with a 30 pack of budlight in the cooler driving like maniacs. And you know what, I hate them all, so i got out of the game after 30 years.
Now i come to jeep land and its the same thing only im the unwelcome new guy who doesn't have a clue right? And I must be a jackass because i was screwing around with something that i just paid my money for, MY money, not yours, MINE
So no surprise that you dont like new comers. But i assure you, im not the type to end up "on my lid" because i have respect for things despite my joke about pushing buttons.
But hey, whatever makes you happy. if shitting on me does it for you, cool, who am i to stop you from being happy. Just dont project your shit onto me.
Here is a certainty for you to just get over.
New people buy Rubicon's everyday!! Tuff shit, get over it. There are millions of them on the road and you are just gonna have to share your toys.
Secondly, No matter how much i complain about morons in RZR's, its not going to change the fact that more and more are sold every day and it is not going to stop the idiot parents from letting the 12 year old drive the 2000 pound 200 horspower turbo rzr into the front of my jeep some day in a trail.
So feel free to do what i did about dirtbiking. Get out of the game. Go do something else. Because those two things above are not gonna change and you can be as pissed at the world about it as you want.
Again, this is Command-trac, shift on the fly, mechanical transfer case . Be moving a little. I know it says you can be at a standstill. But it's shear luck, if the teeth align, that way. Trust me , be moving. I think lots of people come from electronic pushbutton, 4x4 world.This happened to me until I read the manual.
It stated you can shift into and out of 4H at up to 45 MPH.
BUT
WHEN shifting to 4 LOW you should do it while rolling at 1-3MPH. NOT at a dead stop.
1. Get rolling (forward or back)
2. Pop trans into neutral
3. While rolling at 1 to 3 MPH (but not over 3) shift transfer case into 4 LOW
4. Do NOT PAUSE IN NEUTRAL, make one swift shift from 4Hi to 4Low
If you do it this way it’ll never pop out again once you get it right.
Something about the teeth don’t line up most of the time while your stopped. Stupid that Jeep made it like that
Popping out of 4Low is straight forward and doesn’t seem to be an issue while stopped. But I typically just do it at 1 to 3 mph now also while driving
You can’t learn to wheel from the manual, but you can and do learn to operate your vehicle.Learning to off-road by reading the owner’s manual is like trying to play doctor by reading the side of the medication box.
If you have zero brakes because of all the torque it’s making in 4lo just do what I do, push in the clutch. The brakes work great then.Ok so i took my jeep rubicon on its first outing on saturday.
Mind you im new to jeeps and wheelin.
Jeep is a totally stock JL Diesel rubicon
I tried 4 wheel low with lockers on for kicks. Wow did it make a racket. Is that normal?
The other thing i notices was, wow i had like zero brakes. Why did i all of a sudden have a mushy brake pedal? This was a very mild trail.
I also tried the 4X4 offroad cruise control, wow that thing is strange as hell. The jeep made even more groans and noise with that on.
The other thing that happened was, i noticed it popped out of 4 wheel drive twice and kicked itself into neutral.
What the hell did i do wrong?
Lighten up dude. He didn't ask you to pay damages for him, and you don't have to read the thread. I think you're short on hugs.In all seriousness - you just bought a $50K + vehicle. For what you're doing, you've basically just turned it into a toy that you're playing with and not knowing what's going on.
Sit down, read the manual. Then read it again. If you have a specific question after or during reading the manual then either look it up on YouTube or ask it here.
I'm all for helping people out, but I shake my head at people who pay all this money and then just start pressing buttons and pulling levers.