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PICS i am stuck in my friend's jeep in the mud

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Originally posted by: JDub02
Originally posted by: Modelworks
I assume it has an automatic transmission as well ?
Bad idea for anything off road.
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Depends. For rocks, I like an auto unless the gearing is really, really, really low. I've wheeled with both and an auto is easier when trying to pick out a tough line.
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Except that when you are in mud the automatic can't be easily rocked out like a manual.
 
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Originally posted by: JDub02
Originally posted by: Modelworks
I assume it has an automatic transmission as well ?
Bad idea for anything off road.
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Depends. For rocks, I like an auto unless the gearing is really, really, really low. I've wheeled with both and an auto is easier when trying to pick out a tough line.
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Autos have more torque. I've never been off-roading but that sounds like win for rocks.
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They have less torque when you are stuck and can slip because of the torque converter, which a manual does not have.
 
i don't have pics because i was posting from my phone. i got crappy camera phone pics that i can post tomorrow, including pics of said bread loaf (whole wheat).
 
:music:
You've got to get yourself together
You are stuck in a moment and you cant get out of it
:music:
 
Originally posted by: Modelworks
Originally posted by: JDub02
Originally posted by: Modelworks
I assume it has an automatic transmission as well ?
Bad idea for anything off road.
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Depends. For rocks, I like an auto unless the gearing is really, really, really low. I've wheeled with both and an auto is easier when trying to pick out a tough line.
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Except that when you are in mud the automatic can't be easily rocked out like a manual.
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But in the mud, you don't need to pick a line, really. Just mash the throttle and hope for the best. I've found that the best thing for mudding is a winch. Transmission type isn't going to matter much if you're buried up to the axles.
 
Originally posted by: JDub02
Originally posted by: Modelworks
I assume it has an automatic transmission as well ?
Bad idea for anything off road.
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Depends. For rocks, I like an auto unless the gearing is really, really, really low. I've wheeled with both and an auto is easier when trying to pick out a tough line.
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I have a 99 Sahara sitting on 33" MT's with a 3.5" lift and a 1.25" BL. And it's an auto. I take it out on serious trails in the mountains in PA and the Pine Barrens in NJ about once a month. An auto is much, much easier to run offroad. I've gone up and down 70+ degree mud hills and crawled fields of rocks that are difficult to even walk across. Friends of mine have burned clutches (plural) doing the same and swear they are getting an auto next time.


Oh and OP is a fucking retard for leaving pavement without another vehicle capable of pulling him out and I won't even mention anything about a Liberty.
 
This thread has so much win, I think I need a change of underwear. Fuzzy (*snorgle* poof!) goes out for bread at 3 am, as people are wont to do, then goes off-roading in a Jeep Liberty, which is, as we all know, the ideal vehicle to go off-roading in on those middle-of-the-night bread runs. Good Lord... I'm pretty sure there are laws about threads like these (it's killing my productivity).
 
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Wow, if people had a little bit of a clue, they'd know that the Jeep Liberty is actually a pretty good off-roading vehicle.
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Which explains why they got stuck in the mud, right? 😉
 
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Wow, if people had a little bit of a clue, they'd know that the Jeep Liberty is actually a pretty good off-roading vehicle.
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Which explains why they got stuck in the mud, right? 😉
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😕 And so did all the other 4x4 vehicles that tried to assist.

Do a little google search.
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The Liberty is on the same level as every other 4wd vehicle with open diffs and IFS. It's not bad, but it's not that great, either.
 
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Wow, if people had a little bit of a clue, they'd know that the Jeep Liberty is actually a pretty good off-roading vehicle.
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A stock Jeep Liberty is anything but. Retards who drop twenty grand in suspension, tires, and electronics to make a Liberty good for off-roading are complete tools. Spend money on a real off-road vehicle.

Most of the built up Liberty's are so heavily modified they cannot even be called a Liberty anymore. Thats definately not legit.
 
Originally posted by: Izusaga
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Wow, if people had a little bit of a clue, they'd know that the Jeep Liberty is actually a pretty good off-roading vehicle.
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A stock Jeep Liberty is anything but. Retards who drop twenty grand in suspension, tires, and electronics to make a Liberty good for off-roading are complete tools. Spend money on a real off-road vehicle.

Most of the built up Liberty's are so heavily modified they cannot even be called a Liberty anymore. Thats definately not legit.
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I've seen a lot of solid axle swaps on them. It's like the people who throw thousands at a Civic. 😉
 
Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
So you guys went out to buy a loaf of bread (wtf) at 3 in the morning (wtf) and went offroading in a Jeep Liberty(wtf). You know a Jeep Liberty isn't really a Jeep, right? Liberties are driven by teenage girls and gay men.
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Fuck, at work and I can't stop laughing.
 
This whole story would make sense with the addition of ten simple words:

A buddy and I were drinking when we decided to...

 
Originally posted by: Modelworks
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Originally posted by: JDub02
Originally posted by: Modelworks
I assume it has an automatic transmission as well ?
Bad idea for anything off road.
Click to expand...

Depends. For rocks, I like an auto unless the gearing is really, really, really low. I've wheeled with both and an auto is easier when trying to pick out a tough line.
Click to expand...

Autos have more torque. I've never been off-roading but that sounds like win for rocks.
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They have less torque when you are stuck and can slip because of the torque converter, which a manual does not have.
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At worst (unless the auto has taller gear ratios) it has the same torque as a manual. The TC has a one way clutch, it can't slip "backwards".
 
Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
So you guys went out to buy a loaf of bread (wtf) at 3 in the morning (wtf) and went offroading in a Jeep Liberty(wtf). You know a Jeep Liberty isn't really a Jeep, right? Liberties are driven by teenage girls and gay men.
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Actually we buy Wranglers.

Only women are stupid enough to buy a Liberty.
 
Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
i don't have pics because i was posting from my phone. i got crappy camera phone pics that i can post tomorrow, including pics of said bread loaf (whole wheat).
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Why didn't you have your camera on you? I thought you ALWAYS had a camera with you. (cellphone camera excluded)
 
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