RE: non-audi jeep advice

[Ed Kellock <EKELLOCK@ECS-INC.com>]

Twain,

I must agree.  If the only motivation is to avoid piling miles on the A4
while commuting on the highway, a Jeep just isn't a good choice for many
reasons, including but not limited to: comfort (ride, noise), safety (going,
stopping, turning, rolling over), and economy (mpg, repairs, tires,
insurance).

No matter what scenario is chosen to argue the point, a Jeep has a higher
CofG and will be more likely to rollover.  You may understand this and drive
in such a manner as to avoid rolling over, but it is _still_ more likely to
roll over.  For instance, you are driving along legally minding your own
business and someone plows into you and sends you spinning out of control.
You hit a rut or a curb or a lower car like a Honda or a Triumph Spitfire.
You will be more likely to roll over than if you were in a 4kq (for instance
;-)).

Back to the original statement.  IF the _only_ motivation is to avoid
putting more miles on the A4 while commuting, then a much better choice
would be a CGT or 4kq.  These have proven to be much less daunting to
maintain, they have proven to be quite safe in accidents, they will be much
less likely to rollover, they are Audi's  ;-), the 4kq would be much more at
home in power slide through mud bogs than your A4 Avant ( I still can't
believe you actually _did_ that to your new car), they are cheaper to
acquire, they are Audi's, and we won't secretly snicker behind your back
that you own a Jeep :-)....  

Besides, they are Audi's...

Just my 22 cents worth..

Ed
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David Coleman [SMTP:dcoleman@blackrock.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, July 22, 1998 10:21 AM
> To:	quattro
> Subject:	Re: non-audi jeep advice
> 
> buy something else.
> - a jeep w/ 27k is an audi80 w/ 60+k, or a beat-up corolla w/ 90k.
> - while swell highway "cars", to start modifying jeeps to better fill
> the bill is dumping $$$ down the toilet that could be used to either pay
> the extra on the A4 lease, or on nine '78 c-10 chevys, gun racks
> included.
> - jeeps suck... btdt.
> 
> hope this helps.
> dave
> 
> 86 4kq
> 73 landcruiser (150k, no highway miles)
> 
> >Sorry for the non-audi question, but I am fast
> >exceeding my lease mileage on the A4. To "remedy"
> >this, I am buying a '90 Jeep Wrangler with only
> >27,000 miles on it. I will be using it mostly to
> >commute on the freeway about 40 miles a day.
> 
> >Of course, the thing that worries me most is the
> >Jeep's tendency to roll. It comes with pathetic
> >205/70/15's on 15x7 rims and I am thinking of
> >increasing tire and perhaps wheel diameter and width.
> >I was thinking of 15 x8's with 225 or 235x70's. Do
> >you think this will flatten the handling and reduce
> >it's tendency to flip? Or will the larger sidewall
> >simply give it more flex and exacerbate the
> >situation? Or since it will be driven mostly on the
> >street, should I go for some sort of low profile
> >solution--like a 60 series tire?