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Old 10-23-2004, 11:17 AM   #1
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Default Jeep plays Spider-Man up 30-storey building

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Old 10-23-2004, 11:37 AM   #2
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Why the Hell do they put complex 4wd systems in SUVs? Nobody uses them off the road anyway.
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Old 10-23-2004, 12:43 PM   #3
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sooooo true, Jeep is now seeing that with gas prices going the way they are here in the US, people are just going to have to stop buying SUVs. So they are trying to sell as many as possible before the dumb USA SUV buyers catch wind.
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Old 10-23-2004, 03:08 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by BADMIHAI
Why the Hell do they put complex 4wd systems in SUVs? Nobody uses them off the road anyway.
That's a big lie. Almost all the people I know who have trucks modify them for off-road use and then go off-roading. But maybe that's just a Texas thing.
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Old 10-23-2004, 03:28 PM   #5
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ha.. HA!

HOW IT WAS DONE: In reality, even a Jeep can't climb a vertical wall, silly, so the shell was fixed to a sled and a steel cable and the whole plot was pulled up by a crane.
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Old 10-23-2004, 03:32 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by BADMIHAI
Why the Hell do they put complex 4wd systems in SUVs? Nobody uses them off the road anyway.
horse crap!! i just did a used car check on an X5 that the owner had taken off-road..probably a little too far off road since the transfer case had been resealed once but was still leaking from being whacked on something that was sticking up a bit too far.

needless to say, that vehicle got wholesaled :x

BUT the funny thing is, he traded it in on an M3 SMG...in fact it was the red M3 in the background of the pic i took of the Z8

( What you saw today -> My dealer's Z8)

I"m wondering how long it will be until he fries the clutch with program 6 :roll:
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Old 10-23-2004, 09:48 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by gottacatchup
That's a big lie. Almost all the people I know who have trucks modify them for off-road use and then go off-roading. But maybe that's just a Texas thing.
i think its mainly from geographic area.. from your sig, you are from texas. and it is a vast land for offroading. so i can see why u object. but it seems rather obsolete for city use... and most jeeps i see driven are buisness people. probably the most difficult hill from a typical jeep owner will encounter is going up there own driveways..
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Old 10-24-2004, 09:23 AM   #8
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horse crap!! i just did a used car check on an X5 that the owner had taken off-road..probably a little too far off road since the transfer case had been resealed once but was still leaking from being whacked on something that was sticking up a bit too far.

X5 off the road! BWAHAHAHA! That's horse crap, my friend! An X5 can't go off road!
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Old 10-24-2004, 08:54 PM   #9
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I beg to differ, I say it can...........it'll just be found stuck a few hundred yards later.
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Old 10-25-2004, 11:26 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by BADMIHAI
Why the Hell do they put complex 4wd systems in SUVs? Nobody uses them off the road anyway.
blatent lies!
4x4 systems rock for both on road poor conditions, and off road good/poor conditions!
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Old 10-26-2004, 06:14 AM   #11
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not bad idea
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Old 10-26-2004, 04:17 PM   #12
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I know plenty of people who take SUV's and trucks offroading while camping and stuff. Not to mention them using them in the snow.
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Old 10-26-2004, 07:36 PM   #13
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Maybe BMW should do another marketing BS like this on the say day same time opposite building. Only BMW will arrive to the top much faster LOL!!!! There goes JEEP's marketing moeny down the toilet.
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Old 10-26-2004, 10:19 PM   #14
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what a gay market scam
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Old 10-27-2004, 06:50 PM   #15
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That is so stupid, if that accually gets people to buy one of those.
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