Yadkin
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- City, State
- The beautiful Yadkin Valley in the Great State of North Carolina
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2012 Jeep GCO
I got my first 4WD in 1990, a new Bronco. We lived in upstate NY and my wife had to commute in the snow. I ordered it with a rubber floor, manual transmission, manual transfer case, manual hubs, and traction lok front and rear. It was a beast and it got her, and us, through anything.
In 1992 the Explorer's came out and she wanted one, so I got her a blue one and I inherited the Bronco. She commented on how well it got going in the snow and I warned her that it didn't stop any faster that a 2WD car. A weak later she drove off the road at 50 and hit a tree head on. She was 5 months pregnant with our first and although roughed up a bit, she was fine. My son's now in college studying chemical engineering. It didn't shake him up at all, apparently. In fact it may have affected him positively because he likes to slide on snow himself, but strapped to a pair of alpine skis.
The totaled car got replaced by a red one, also a '92. We kept that until we moved to NC and needed a minivan more than a 4WD SUV.
My third one was a 2002, because I needed cargo capacity for my new business venture. I intended to get a pickup but I drove the new IRS and had to have it. It was 2WD and the best riding vehicle that I ever owned.
My 4th one was identical, except 2004 and 4WD. My business was taking me on unimproved roads quite frequently. I've used it to haul a small trailer up and down the mountains of NC, with and without snow, almost weekly for the better part of a year when I built a house out there. It's my son's truck now and it still runs great.
My wife bought our 5th Explore in 06 and had that for a while before her company bought her a Trailblazer. It was a gas guzzler and lead sled compared to what we were used to.
When the Expedition went to IRS I bought that and ran that for 80k miles. Now that was one very capable vehicle. I hauled high athletes from West Virginia to Florida in that beast. When it came time to trade it in my needs didn't justify 16mpg so my dealer lent me a 2011 Explorer for the day. Sorry, but no dice. Once you've drive a RWD set-up with IRS there is no going back.
So I'm a Jeep guy now.
In 1992 the Explorer's came out and she wanted one, so I got her a blue one and I inherited the Bronco. She commented on how well it got going in the snow and I warned her that it didn't stop any faster that a 2WD car. A weak later she drove off the road at 50 and hit a tree head on. She was 5 months pregnant with our first and although roughed up a bit, she was fine. My son's now in college studying chemical engineering. It didn't shake him up at all, apparently. In fact it may have affected him positively because he likes to slide on snow himself, but strapped to a pair of alpine skis.
The totaled car got replaced by a red one, also a '92. We kept that until we moved to NC and needed a minivan more than a 4WD SUV.
My third one was a 2002, because I needed cargo capacity for my new business venture. I intended to get a pickup but I drove the new IRS and had to have it. It was 2WD and the best riding vehicle that I ever owned.
My 4th one was identical, except 2004 and 4WD. My business was taking me on unimproved roads quite frequently. I've used it to haul a small trailer up and down the mountains of NC, with and without snow, almost weekly for the better part of a year when I built a house out there. It's my son's truck now and it still runs great.
My wife bought our 5th Explore in 06 and had that for a while before her company bought her a Trailblazer. It was a gas guzzler and lead sled compared to what we were used to.
When the Expedition went to IRS I bought that and ran that for 80k miles. Now that was one very capable vehicle. I hauled high athletes from West Virginia to Florida in that beast. When it came time to trade it in my needs didn't justify 16mpg so my dealer lent me a 2011 Explorer for the day. Sorry, but no dice. Once you've drive a RWD set-up with IRS there is no going back.
So I'm a Jeep guy now.
