I had a Jeep Grand Cherokee 4WD V8 that handled pretty darn good too. In my
opinion, you can take any truck or SUV, two or 4WD and subject them to
certain conditions and effect a rollover. I've been in a few that have gone
up on two wheels (under closed loop conditions), and it ain't that difficult
to make them do it. It's funny to me that SUV's catch the flack, while they
are nothing more than a glorified truck with a topper. An SUV rolls and
it's headline news, a truck rolls and it's never mentioned...
Phil O.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Dahl" <adahl@eskimo.com>
To: "Marc Dencker [MS]" <marcdencker@hotmail.com>
Cc: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: Jeep Liberty Rollover
> On Monday, November 26, 2001, at 08:02 PM, Marc Dencker [MS] wrote:
> > I had a jeep Cherokee last week as our Audi a4 avant was in the shop.
> > One of the first things I noticed in the jeep is the warning about
> > changing lanes at speed (read roll over warning) on the sun visor.
> >
> > The car felt really crappy in corners at way lower speeds than the Audi
> > of my Boxster does. I was really happy to get out of this 'we'll give
> > you a really nice rental car' and back in my non-SUV
>
> Was this the "baby" Cherokee or the Grand Cherokee? I have an '89 "baby"
> Cherokee and I think it handles pretty sporty for a SUV. Now I have the
> towing package and stiff Rancho shocks but still I think it's a pretty
> decent handling vehicle. I've driven other SUVs that are a lot more
> tippy than the Jeep is. Of course I drive each vehicle I own based on
> it's abilities, I don't try to make a race car out of the Cherokee and I
> don't tow with the Miata :-).
>
> - Alan Dahl
>
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