Jeep Wrangler Forum banner

2012 Rollover

12K views 94 replies 56 participants last post by  Jenkins12 
#1 ·
#3 ·
Ouch, glad they made it through that unharmed. Man, it's not my Jeep, but I feel for the owner.
It did seem like "all she's got" was a lot more than what was expected...
 
#7 · (Edited)
Hey, at least they drove it out of there in the end and no one was hurt.
 
#10 ·
He probably was pretty inexperienced and, if so, the spotter should have warned him to take it easy and throttle down quickly because, I dunno, he was ligned up straight into a sharp drop off into a deep creek bed, and had to make a sharp left turn to avoid that coming out of the crevice. Also, IMO, he should have had no trouble traversing that crevice at low speed to begin with--and in first gear. Flooring the pedal is rarely a good idea when offroading, especially when you're near a dangerous obstacle or drop off.
 
#18 · (Edited)
Agree that there was never ANY reason to use that much gas in this situation. With the terrain and height of the dip, even a stock jeep could have crawled up that in 4H or especially 4L and with only steering wheel turning. When the camera guy said "when you get to 2nd, give it all you've got" I cringed.
 
#13 ·
Very very bad driving that jeep would go through that in reverse idleing lol
 
#20 ·
Inexperienced driver. I think when the Jeep dipped down and suspension bumped, he freaked out and kept pedal to the metal.
 
#23 ·
Question:
Would insurance pay for something like that?
depends on the insurance company ,,, or how good the owner can lie... here in mass the insurance company's do not have to pay,, reason being , you and you alone caused the damage,, think of it this way ( as explained by my insurance company) if you get mad at your wife and take a hammer to her car,, we're not paying.
 
#29 ·
Mentally and financially scarred.... :nonono: I cant wait to pick up my JK-Rubicon on Saturday. You will not see a repeat of this in Silver!
 
#35 ·
:whistling:heh Heh, yeah it's too bad--driver error and if you need a spotter in a muddy field--giveup jeeping !

:dance::rofl: JIMBO
I agree, but if he's really green and heading toward a creek and possibly doesn't know that there's a sharp, deep drop off there, not warning him and even affirmatively telling him to "give it what she's got" when "you hit second gear" probably was not very helpful.
 
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top