Do you really go off roading with a BRAND NEW Libby???

Talon 1 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:47 pm

You know, for those that wonder if they should wheel or not, all I`ve got to say is two words: HELL YEAH! What does it matter if it`s just after you bought it or 6 months down the road? Same end effect.

Wheeling is really fun. It`s a total blast. You are missing out of alot of stuff if you don`t. The new friends, the good times, the stories of the days wheeling. Man, it`s something you just can`t replace. I`ve had many fun times with members of the Mid Atlantic chapter. We have gone to Paragon, Rausch Creek, George Washington National Forest, several jeep shows, etc. Many memories of great times.

Or, you can not offroad it and stay home and not have all those memories of goodtimes...

j/k Offroad it or not, you still are cool because you have a Liberty. Do what you feel is best for you.

Mike

PCTim · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2005 11:15 am

As I've told you before, I waited about a year and a half (and what a long wait it was). I also went out three times as a passenger before I took my own out. Learned a lot. I also got into an accident before it went out (got it fixed, but it still counts as a first scratch). By the time I got out, it was a little more confident. I think that's the main thing, feeling confident. If you're too inexperienced, you might break something, but if you have some confidence, it's a little easier. Don't worry about the scrathes though, they will buff out. Just enjoy it!

Jesus Levy · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:58 pm

Pam Courts wrote:

i dunno...but having a 4x4 jeep and not wheeling it is kinda like drinking decaffeinated coffee or non-alcoholic beer.

I'll drink to that !!

Natasha · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:35 pm

I took mine camping this weekend and this was primitive in Greenridge State Park, MD. She got pretty muddy and handled so well on those back roads up and down the mountain, orv trails. I was sure I beat her up a bit, but having so much fun

My Rene did better than any truck on those roads. But no scratches! I was sure I would get my first one there as I slid past a few trees and made a good many rocks fly. I love how my Rene handles out there! I'm still very much a newbie to all this, but boy have I been missing out, I can't wait for my next adventure!

KJKev · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:56 pm

2 weeks after getting my Liberty home it hit the trails at Rockport.
www.rorp.com

Don't be just another grocery getter.

KJKev

indynewfie · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2005 2:45 pm

bought with 17 miles on it .....

... @ 6 days old ... first bath

... @ 6 months ... first mountain climbing practice

... @ 1 yr birthday party ... learning to fly

Like i tell my wife, i didn't buy a lexus, or bmw for show, .... i bought a JEEP baby.

Dave O · **Joined:** Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:53 pm **Posts:** 4

Indy,

Your nuts... Curious about any damage when your front end returned to earth ? As for the new libby thing, 2 days old i slammed a rock and sent my Mopar rock rail 3 inches up into the plastic cladding and bent the %$#@ out of the control arm tower on the same obstacle. Having only 100 miles on the odometer it made me sick to my stomach, but wore off after a day. This weekend its going to Paragon with about 3,000 miles and i cant wait. And this may be all in my head but ive noticed, i think, that two coats of fresh wax can prevent/lessen damge from scratches due to a harder and more friction free surface, and if nothing else it makes it easier to clean off the mud.

Dave O

indynewfie · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2005 3:16 pm

LOL, yeah that's what the wrangler boys said to. To get over the crest I knew I would have to launch the front end up and over else I would high center. Just gave it a little too much throttle i guess. She held up perfectly, but some of the mud scooping on approach did loosen the front bumper a bit. This was all STOCK mind you. Now with my lift I have a MUCH better approach angle. Bumper is just fine, a little scratched up, but I'll be putting on an ARB or something in the Fall anyway.

Sorry about your 100 mile Jeep experience, ouch!

Guest · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2005 3:16 pm

Indy,

"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally exhausted, shouting... "WOW..... what a Ride! "

Wheel it baby!

DaGuru · **Posted:** Sat Sep 17, 2005 3:18 pm

We barely had our plates installed when it was time to go on vacation to hit the trails in CO back in '02.

Guyute1210 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2005 3:51 pm

I had mine out 1 month to the day @ Jeepfest and did the obstacle course. All the kids where saying i wouldnt make it, but i did...with some rock rail and skid scratches...Then i went out two days over Labor Day weekend, and got a few pin strips that buffed out anyway...All before the first payment...

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:55 pm

Okay.......so why didn't these pictures make it to Rig of the Month, Mud? Awesome pictures!!!

Kugellager · **Posted:** Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:03 am

You guys wash your Libertys? I thought thats what rain was for?

John
];')

Liberator84 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:20 am

The first day I picked the liberty up she was covered in mud. Wife was &^%$^%#.

~JUD

Renegade363 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:31 pm

My Liberty is 2 weeks old. I do want to take it off-roading
But there is that part that is a bit scared to do it

But like you said after the first scratch it's all down hill

broncsrule · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:36 pm

indynewfie:THAT IS AWESOME!

After seeing that pic, my wife doesn't think I am so bad after all. Thanks..

I new Jeeps could fly.

nails023 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2005 11:02 am

I had 8 miles on the Odometer first time I went offroad. No looking back now!!

bootsers · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:32 pm

My first dent (rocker panel) happened with my stock black renegade.

A lift, bigger tires and some boulders bars later, the only dent that has been put in my libby happened after we moved. Darn property pole jumped into the middle of the driveway.

Bri · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:08 pm

Yeah, there was a lot of finger-pointing by the guys with lifted 10 and 20 year old TJs with big tires as I drive by in my stock KJ with the temporary tag still on the back out at the local ORV area.

libertynewyork · **Posted:** Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:52 am

I had 1999 monte carlo my first dent was at K-mart by a shopping cart that pissed me off!!! Getting my first scratch and dent in my liberty was going to be done by me having fun not in a parking lot.

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