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Re: Performance (Reply to this comment)
by mkaresh,  in Cars & Motorsports
The automatic transmission in the Liberty adapts to the driver's style. Those used for test drives at dealerships often get confused by being driven by many different people with different driving styles. Although given a single driver they will sort themselves out, initially driveability can suffer from hesitation and indecisiveness. This might be what you experienced.
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Mar 21 '04
7:55 am PST
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Performance (Reply to this comment)
by jcare
When I drove this car the one thing that alarmed me was if I put my foot down for acceleration going over 55mph - nothing happened for a second, and then it slowly picked up speed. Very disconcerting.
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Mar 16 '04
6:52 am PST
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Re: Trail Rated (Reply to this comment)
by mkaresh, in Cars & Motorsports
"Trail Rated" is a Jeep trademark, so no other vehicles can be so rated. It nevertheless does mean something. All current Jeep models had to be able to traverse the challenging Rubicon Trail. "Trail Rated" means they were tested on this trail, and passed.
Some future Jeeps will not have to meet this requirement. Either "Trail Rated" is a sign that Jeep's management is schizophrenic, deciding at once to stress the off-road capabilities of its products while deciding that some future products will lack these capabilities, or it wants it to be clear which products have these capabilities once the new less capable products arrive.
Why produce less capable products at all? Jeep wants to sell more vehicles than it currently does, and the only way to do this is to sell some models designed for the buyer who will never, ever venture off the pavement. As noted in this review, "Trail Rated" Jeeps entail some compromises.
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Mar 16 '04
4:25 am PST
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Trail Rated (Reply to this comment)
by kenikov
What does that mean anyways?
"Trail Rated"
Are only Jeeps trail rated?
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Mar 15 '04
8:45 pm PST
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