off base?

[TheHeg]

Ok, maybe sometimes I lack tact, but this time I feel pretty certain I wasn't being rude. At least I wasn't intentionally being a jerk; I was just curious.

So I'm at a ridiculously long stop light in the JK, and a shiny new rubicon JK pulls up next to me. He's got his top down and windows open and what not and smiles and is all, "hey how's it going, nice ride." I thank him and do some quick usual jeep bs, and then I ask, "where you wheel that thing?"

Now here's where it gets a little weird. He says "wheel it?" I say "Yes, take it off road." He sort of snorts or smirks like I'm an idiot and replys "no, I don't do that." I as politely as possible say "not to be rude, but why did you buy a rubicon... why not a sahara?" He only responds with "fuck you."

I'm left now with the question still, why do people buy the rubicon if they never intend to wheel it? Is it cause it costs more and it's just a status thing? Is it because it will resell for more? Was i wrong for asking? I don't know, just thought I'd throw it out there.

[HeavyMetal]

I'm left now with the question still, why do people buy the rubicon if they never intend to wheel it? Is it cause it costs more and it's just a status thing? Is it because it will resell for more? Was i wrong for asking? I don't know, just thought I'd throw it out there.

I made a post EXACTLY like this asking the exact same thing on JF ages ago and got flamed to high heaven and beyond by self righteous Rubicon owners who didnt go off road for many many pages.

i think that answers it.

it did for me.

[crosbike]

ya. plus the mtrs are load range e and loud as fuck. at least the tjs were

[Riot]

I asked a guy from NAXJA in the RC parking lot "First time wheeling?"
He didn't like that.
He wheeled dirt trails and logs.

[Krazors001]

It must just be because it costs the most. I have customers come in that say that they bought it because "their driveway gets muddy". Hell one guy has a the rubicon tj as a train car and doesn't take it on the highway because it's too loud. Its a 04 with only 11,XXX miles on it.

[Buffalo Phil]

Humanity makes me cry.

[Ktmracer419]

so they can be better than you

duh

[Burton58]

most people get it because they don't mod vehicles and it looks the coolest stock

[Pedro]

most people get it because they don't mod vehicles and it looks the coolest stock

precisely. they know nothing about it except its got cool mud tires and rubicon badging

[CumminsJeep]

most people get it because they don't mod vehicles and it looks the coolest stock

bingo

[Tom]

status.

[Quartney]

wow. that guys a jerk all around.

[Adam]

wow. that guys a jerk all around.

Probably not. Hes just not into wheeling, and Rubicons look the coolest if you have the money.

[wannabejeep]

I think they get it because they see the mud tires and see that it's slightly bigger than the rest of the wranglers. I don't think most people understand what they are paying for when they get them. They probably think "oh I'm getting a jeep that's already lifted from the factory." I'd be willing to bet if you threw moabs and a BB on a sport, some one like that would probably pay the extra cash for it.

[Quartney]

Probably not. Hes just not into wheeling, and Rubicons look the coolest if you have the money.

just replying fuck you in response to a normal conversaation stands as being a jerk all around.