Do you have to call the police where you are? In LA, if you call the cops and say there was no one injured they kind of wonder why you called them. I think here you just need to report it to insurance.

Oddly enough, this 2.5 liter Mahindra pollutes more than the new 15 liter Cummins. However, even Cummins has an emission compliant 2.8 liter engine that Mahindra could choose to use. Though the price for it along with DOC, DPF, SCR is around the 10 grand mark.

Yeah, I was going to suggest just removing the roll bar to reduce the weight a little. It can’t be anything more than decoration. Even the geometry doesn’t look useful.

Wears a helmet in a brand new vehicle with a full roll cage, goes without a helmet in an open top 1948 Jeep. Remember kids, safety 3rd!

Ahhh, you left out one big factor... Maintenance.

How does the “lifted truck” fit in with your chart? Are they deathtraps because you think they are? I’m willing to bet far more teens die in normal sedans than in lifted trucks.

The problem with a Prius is that teen suicide is a rising cause of death.

Of course, this is where many of you jump right to the comments and talk about how you did just fine in whatever beater, death-trap you drove as a teenager. But you got lucky, and I bet every one of you has a story about another young person who wasn’t so fortunate.

Even 10 yrs ago the gap is pretty small.

According to a 2017 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study, the Jeep Wrangler falls into neither the highest or lowest death rates per “million registered vehicle years.” The two-door Wrangler death rate is 35 and the four-door death rate is 27, compared with the Hyundai Accent Sedan at 104 and the Audi A6 4wd…

Safety features don’t mean shit. Many of us grew up without any safety features and most of us are still alive.

Best safety equipment is your brain...I grew up driving cars with no traction control, no abs, or any other driver aids. It makes you a better driver when you don’t rely on that crap.

I feel like the gap in safety features available on a new car and one from 4-5 years ago is pretty small.

Call in anecdotal, but I’ve seen significantly more flipped sedans than wranglers (or any suv) on the roads over the years.

If she’s paying the costs (car, insurance, gas) with her own money from said post college job...then it’s not really up to you, is it?

What’s wrong with that? She’s old enough to know how to drive. Other than the crappy handling and roll-over potential what’s wrong with a Jeep?

I actually plan on buying my daughter.. (or should I say helping HER buy) a jeep wrangler as her first car, either a TJ or a YJ.

However, here’s why:
1. They break down a lot but they are incredibly easy to work on. parts are cheap, and there are how to guides for every single replacement part on there. She’s helped me…

If she’s 21 and has been driving for 5 or so years, is a careful and attentive driver, and fully understands the Wrangler’s compromises, I don’t really see the problem.

I could maybe guarantee my children’s safety by keeping them locked inside and well fed. Life involves risk and it would be heartbreaking for either of my children to die. Maybe it would happen in an unbelted rollover accident in a Wrangler or maybe it would happen in a 5-10 year old beater (which will still be miles…