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Good afternoon all,
I wanted to say hello as I am considering buying my first Jeep as my full time vehicle and wondering if any of you had some advice. For starters, I drive a lot, in the range of 30K miles/year and live in Western NY at the moment. I drive back to Vermont where I am from almost every other weekend (700ish mile round trip) and on the weekends I'm usually out camping in the woods or finding remote places. I will be moving back to VT in 6-12 months and want to get rid of the ford escape I have now in exchange for a low mileage wrangler. Here are some of my concerns that maybe some of you could help me with... Winters in Vermont are colder than a witches tit, and if I wind up getting a soft top am I wrong in thinking this is nothing a nice pair of gloves and a snowmobile jacket cant fix? Secondly, I would love to hear some opinions on longer distance driving and if it's really that big of a deal, I fish and hunt and am out in extreme areas so I don't get uncomfortable too easily whether sitting or standing but I've heard long rides can take a toll. Lastly, I have a small 14 ft fishing boat that I'd like to tow and wondered if I'll have any problems there. Any thoughts, help, advice, comments would be much appreciated as I mull over this decision... here is the Jeep that has caught my eye... any thoughts on whether this is decent would be also appreciated as well! Thanks in advance: Jeep I'm Considering
I wanted to say hello as I am considering buying my first Jeep as my full time vehicle and wondering if any of you had some advice. For starters, I drive a lot, in the range of 30K miles/year and live in Western NY at the moment. I drive back to Vermont where I am from almost every other weekend (700ish mile round trip) and on the weekends I'm usually out camping in the woods or finding remote places. I will be moving back to VT in 6-12 months and want to get rid of the ford escape I have now in exchange for a low mileage wrangler. Here are some of my concerns that maybe some of you could help me with... Winters in Vermont are colder than a witches tit, and if I wind up getting a soft top am I wrong in thinking this is nothing a nice pair of gloves and a snowmobile jacket cant fix? Secondly, I would love to hear some opinions on longer distance driving and if it's really that big of a deal, I fish and hunt and am out in extreme areas so I don't get uncomfortable too easily whether sitting or standing but I've heard long rides can take a toll. Lastly, I have a small 14 ft fishing boat that I'd like to tow and wondered if I'll have any problems there. Any thoughts, help, advice, comments would be much appreciated as I mull over this decision... here is the Jeep that has caught my eye... any thoughts on whether this is decent would be also appreciated as well! Thanks in advance: Jeep I'm Considering