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Gas guzzling maintenance pig. No thank you.
Really poor mechanical reliability too.
Wow, I’m really surprised rivian and Cadillac are that far down
Edit:Ah, the list is garbage
I hate jeeps as much as the next guy but glass transmission subarus being at the top of the list for reliability, as well as the fact that the rating is based off of “user predicted reliability” tells me everything I need to know about this list
Yeah, my Subaru was by far the least reliable vehicle I have ever owned. Within the first year of its life every O2 sensor had to be replaced, it went through CV axels like they were made of cheese, and I’m pretty sure the head gasket was in fact made of toilet paper. This isn’t even mentioning all the other constant annoying issues I had to deal with. I have had multiple Toyotas, a Chevy, a Volvo, a Honda, and 2 Mazdas and I had more trouble with the Subaru than all the rest combined. Any time I see one of these reliability lists with Subaru anywhere near the top I know I can just ignore it.
If Boeing made cars
The only brand I trust to handle off-road out of box is Subaru because its the only cars I see actually driving in the snow
Having pulled more than one 'ru out of a snow filled ditch with my tractor, I’m not overly impressed by their owners abilities to actually drive in heavy snow. Including one a Son in law of mined owned. He now owns an Audi and it’s somewhat better. I generally have found Subaru owners are only just a tiny bit more low key than Jeep owners about their unshakable belief in thinking they can go anywhere with that Ru. Hint: No, no you can’t.
For full disclosure: I do own a Jeep, a 2015 Patriot, that’s fair in snow. Where I live, we have long, cold, often snowy winters. And unless you live in a town or along a paved highway, snow plowing by a township or even county can involve a wait of a day or two before they can get to you sometimes. So 4x4 pickup trucks are the more common vehicle seen here. And they always have a snowplow mounted to them during winter. But very, very few Jeeps or Ru’s are to be seen here.
I don’t trust any driver based on the brand of their vehicle.
Jeeps are unbelievable pieces of shit, overpriced and unreliable. But at least I understand the appeal of the basic Jeep form factor with the 4WD and the removable top and doors and whatnot; I love driving with the wind in my face and it’s probably nice to be at least theoretically capable of a little offroading.
What I don’t understand is people buying Jeep-branded cars. Then you’re just getting an overpriced and unreliable piece of shit car.
What I don’t understand is people buying Jeep-branded cars. Then you’re just getting an overpriced and unreliable piece of shit car.
It’s a Jeep thing. You wouldn’t understand
I rode with someone who had one of their trucks and it was a very unpleasant ride. I don’t understand why anyone would choose to buy it.
That harsh ride mostly comes from the tire and shock absorber set they had than just being a bad ride. If his pavement princess was setup to be to “manly” it would suck to ride in.
You would find my Dodge Hemi a nasty harsh ride also. But I have stiff tires and heavy duty shocks for when I tow a 24,000lbs/1100kg trailer with heavy loads. It’s not a ride you want to take for a long distance for sure but necessary for the usage.
How were those parking lots made unavailable? In the image the Jeep is parked outside of the designated parking spaces,I don’t see it blocking anything. Sorry I don’t get it.
he found a patch of snow and parked his jeep on it, regardless of if it crossed multiple spaces. He believes that only his jeep can park safely on snow so that it’s somehow taking advantage of an unused space in the lot, when really normal cars can park on a couple inches of snow just fine.
This is one of those strips where it serves the joke better to not look at the images, they’re not where the gag is. That said, it could have been drawn better to help more readers get the joke. The artist is saving time.
his back wheels are still on tarmac, so he might be blocking people to drive round maybe
Less annoying than construction workers leaving their pickup trucks in pedestrian crossings with a high visibility vest jammed in the window.
Can’t say that I’ve seen that one
The practice must vary depending on the region and the tolerance level of the local police and parking enforcement. Around Montreal, when there’s no parking near a work site, some construction workers just abandon their pickup trucks anywhere there’s any amount of space, often in crosswalks because that’s where there’s “space” left, and jam a high-vis vest in their window to show “who they are”, hoping they won’t get a ticket. And apparently it works or they wouldn’t be doing it that much.
I find it dangerous for pedestrians as they are now emerging from both sides of a pickup truck higher than they are, making it difficult to see them from the vehicles passing that crosswalk, but it’s unfortunately a frequent thing here.
I ride my bike on the sidewalk and don’t mind taking the car road if there are pedestrians on it, but one week every day there were trucks blocking the sidewalk, to get out of the road. I do NOT like getting in the car road because a car is using the sidewalk. That feels so wrong.
Aren’t bikes supposed to not use the sidewalk…?
I don’t use the sidewalk if pedestrians are using it. But do take it if nobody is walking on that stretch of sidewalk (and walk the bike across intersections) which is allowed - I am not sure if the electric bikes are, that’s what I have, so may be breaking the law, technically. There is no bike lane on my way to work, not even the painted line. So it’s either throw down with the cars or take the sidewalk.
I have seen these Corvette comics beeing posted a few times. They are always delightful.
I know that Norm MacDonald and Jim Downey (the writer who worked with him the most on Weekend Update for SNL) had a thing where they thought the perfect joke had to be one where the setup and the punchline were the same thing.
This kind of reminds me of that sort of joke.
For an example from Weekend Update, here’s one joke that he presented:
“Julia Roberts told reporters this week that her marriage to Lyle Lovett has been over for some time. The key moment she said came when she realized that she was Julia Roberts, and that she was married to Lyle Lovett.”
Lyle isn’t the most handsome guy, but his music is great
Maybe he should have kept his hand off Mary Chapin Carpenter’s thigh.
Jeep guy also has rubber ducks glued to his dash. Dozens of them. For reasons?
Ducks are fairly all terrain creatures. I guess it’s as close to Eugene as it gets.
Ducking is a fairly sacred community thing among Jeep owners, most specifically with Wranglers and now Gladiators. Ducks are always gifted as a random act of kindness, so a Jeep with a lot of ducks suggests that person has been rather active in the community.
I used to want a Jeep, the comments in this post as well as this insight into the subculture have turned me right around.
The comment you’re replying to here sounds adorable though.
Personally I’ve found that no matter what car you buy there is a surprisingly large number of people that want to shit on it, and on you. Like, amazingly large and this thread is a great example.
So I guess you’re stuck with thay no matter what, might as well get what you personally want and for your own reasons. Not what you’re afraid people will think about it.
Or they’re like my neighbor, whose dash was completely covered a day or two after he got his Jeep. Plus handprint stickers on his mirrors, which I guess is another Jeepstagram trend?
I can’t tell if this is real or not.
Its real. In the mercedes community (S class or better) we use dildos for the same purpose.
This is so interesting. A friend of mine drives a Tesla and apparently with Teslas it’s bricks.
It is. Jeep people give ducks to each other. It’s weird.
Idk I think that sounds kinda nice, it’s rewarding positive behavior instead of being a dickhead so I think it’s cool.
And apparently it just started recently during the pandemic?
EDIT: not sure why I was down voted, but yes this phenomenon started in 2020 like I thought:
*Orders a box of rubber ducks just in case
Hearts and minds
As a Gearhead, I find this so dumb. I don’t want people to leave trash on my vehicle, and I don’t want my dash cluttered with toys.
Normally, a driver won’t want anything on the dash. Specially colourful stuff because it would cause reflections on the wind-shield.
so, virtue signalling then.
that’s a stupid as shit take and a stupid as shit phrase but ok
Where can I see more of this “Corvette man?” Also why isn’t he an 80-year-old man driving 45MPH down the freeway like every Corvette owner I’ve ever seen?
A friend of mine in his 60s (I think) has a Corvette. Automatic. And he drives it like grandma on her way to church.
I understand that cops are going to be happy to pull over a Corvette. But you can still go the speed limit. And you don’t have to cruise under the speed limit in the middle lane… Basically, he’s the kind of driver that irritates me.
In their defense, I was cursed with a lime green Mustang as a rental once. I have never in my life been so watched by cops. Literally every time I saw them for 2 weeks, they were staring me down the whole time. I wasn’t brave enough to go faster than 5 under. I’m going to keep my bland anonymous shitbox, thank you very much.
The extra scrutiny may have been due to the ugly green color more than being a Mustang. Everyone knows that Mustangs can’t go fast. But an ugly green? You had to be drunk or high.
Yeah, I get it, but my friend wasn’t even driving a constant speed - sometimes he was over the speed limit; other times he was 5 or 10 under. In the middle lane of 3. Basically being one of those drivers that is inconsistent. I hate when people are inconsistent with their speed and we keep passing back and forth. Just pick a speed and stick to it.
There’s a surprisingly large number of (new) Corvettes in my region, so you wouldn’t have to look long. However, they are mostly owned by middle aged white men who like to speed (but not enough to warrant having a sports car).
When I had my corvette I was sniffing rails off the cover of a CD driving 100+mph everyday…
Where I live it seems that all the Corvettes are owned by young men who live with their parents. Shitty jobs and their whole paycheck goes to the car’s bank note.
You probably live in an affluent area because that’s some rich people shit
Rich kids get their cars bought for them by their parents and it’s not usually a Corvette. A $90K car with no down would have a monthly payment of $1500 or thereabouts, just barely affordable for a young person with a shitty job. Having your puny net worth tied up in a sad “super” car is definitely poor people shit.
Nobody should be driving crazy enough to need a sports car on public roads. That’s insanely stupid to do. If they can afford the sports car, they can afford some track days.
Sports car doesn’t mean that in America. It just means a sporty cart. Like a flashy midlife crisis car.
My sentiment remains the same. Those cars have plenty of performance to get in to trouble on public roads.
Track days are not expensive unless you completely turf your car, so even the advice remains completely valid. Don’t drive like a jackass on public roads. Period.
Every car in America is too powerful.
Audi A3 has at least 2.5l engine. Why? Fuck knows.
Either way, having a powerful engine shouldn’t excuse someone driving like a jackass. Hilarious people are downvoting being a responsible human being.
Absolutely no question about that.
But even slow drivers are dicks.
Maybe we should abolish cars altogether.
This may come as a shock to you, but one can drive a sports car not like a jackass. Statistically, the vast majority of drivers of sports cars drive them completely normally.
Nowhere did I ever say someone who owns such a vehicle is obligated to drive like a jackass.
who is worse ? jeep or bmw drivers ?
Why did it have to be the color of the Jeep I had?
Hey, it wasn’t pure white. I see those everywhere and I don’t get it. The one you had seems like a way more fun color. But I’m probably being too judgy
I see this more with Chevy pickups.
