Had a little light damage done to my F150 back in August, Enterprise put me in a Jeep. I've been driving it for 3 weeks. Sahara.
#1 - It's about the most uncomfortable little bugger I've driven in a while. This is a very stripped down model (I assume - since it doesn't even have power seats) and maybe that impacts it, but the drivers seat is just plain uncomfortable.
#2 - it gets about 23.5 MPG on the highway, and seems to get the best at about 75 mph. Around town and in traffic, much lower. Maybe 19. I was kinda impressed at what it gets on the highway. I'm going by the dash here. No hand calculations. It does have 4 highway tires on it, and 1 of them is an oddball Bridgestone while the other 3 are some brand I've never even heard of. Extra extra cheap here, Enterprise.....
#3 - It's a peppy little machine. It's got a whole lot of giddy up and go from a stop. I've hammered down on it a few times getting on the interstate and it's fun.
#4 - road noise. Yes, I know the fiberglass top is the reason. But man, it's loud.
#5 - off road. Even on the cheapo highway tires, it handled a road that I will not take my current F150 down (no skid plates and 20 inch factory wheels), but I last travelled circa summer 2021 in my FX4 F150. This road is nothing but a trail that might have last been regularly travelled last in the '40's. I search out old cemetery's and I had to try it out since Google maps has it named as "Beaver Creek Cemetery Road". It's got plenty of spots in the washout that runs pretty much the 2.5 mile length that would go 2 feet deep, and washboards that would loosen up the spine of the Statue of Liberty. This little rental had zero problems. Had to engage 4WD twice, and probably only really needed it for the one mudhole on the old road, but I had to cross the washout and figured with those tires I wasn't going to risk it.
#6 - did I mention how peppy it was? I really like the torque way down low. It also passes with ease, even if the car in front of me is running a respectable 70mph or so.
One thing that really stands out is the start push button. It's almost completely bare. At 40k miles, that's just ugly. I've seen some rough push buttons before, but mostly on older high mileage vehicles. This one is bad. I'd be grumpy if it was mine. The window buttons (which I also hate) are flaking badly too.
So would I buy one? Not unless I wanted a Jeep and was going to use it like a jeep (off road). Not unless I could do something about that drivers seat. After an hour behind the wheel, my behind and back are both killing me, and it's wayyyyy too noisy. These things are so popular around here, and yet I rarely see a muddy one - I would never want one as a DD. Mine is pretty muddy right now
#1 - It's about the most uncomfortable little bugger I've driven in a while. This is a very stripped down model (I assume - since it doesn't even have power seats) and maybe that impacts it, but the drivers seat is just plain uncomfortable.
#2 - it gets about 23.5 MPG on the highway, and seems to get the best at about 75 mph. Around town and in traffic, much lower. Maybe 19. I was kinda impressed at what it gets on the highway. I'm going by the dash here. No hand calculations. It does have 4 highway tires on it, and 1 of them is an oddball Bridgestone while the other 3 are some brand I've never even heard of. Extra extra cheap here, Enterprise.....
#3 - It's a peppy little machine. It's got a whole lot of giddy up and go from a stop. I've hammered down on it a few times getting on the interstate and it's fun.
#4 - road noise. Yes, I know the fiberglass top is the reason. But man, it's loud.
#5 - off road. Even on the cheapo highway tires, it handled a road that I will not take my current F150 down (no skid plates and 20 inch factory wheels), but I last travelled circa summer 2021 in my FX4 F150. This road is nothing but a trail that might have last been regularly travelled last in the '40's. I search out old cemetery's and I had to try it out since Google maps has it named as "Beaver Creek Cemetery Road". It's got plenty of spots in the washout that runs pretty much the 2.5 mile length that would go 2 feet deep, and washboards that would loosen up the spine of the Statue of Liberty. This little rental had zero problems. Had to engage 4WD twice, and probably only really needed it for the one mudhole on the old road, but I had to cross the washout and figured with those tires I wasn't going to risk it.
#6 - did I mention how peppy it was? I really like the torque way down low. It also passes with ease, even if the car in front of me is running a respectable 70mph or so.
One thing that really stands out is the start push button. It's almost completely bare. At 40k miles, that's just ugly. I've seen some rough push buttons before, but mostly on older high mileage vehicles. This one is bad. I'd be grumpy if it was mine. The window buttons (which I also hate) are flaking badly too.
So would I buy one? Not unless I wanted a Jeep and was going to use it like a jeep (off road). Not unless I could do something about that drivers seat. After an hour behind the wheel, my behind and back are both killing me, and it's wayyyyy too noisy. These things are so popular around here, and yet I rarely see a muddy one - I would never want one as a DD. Mine is pretty muddy right now
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