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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
the 2011-Jeep-Compass go anywhere, no nonsense versatility of a 4 x 4
Posted by SAPU JAGAT at 8:10 PMIn terms of safety equipment the Compass is equipped with dual front airbags and side curtain airbags, ABS complete with off-road calibration, ESP with yaw sensors, traction control with brake assist and electronic roll mitigation. All of the 18 inch alloys are connected to a standard tire pressure monitor. The Compass will also have the MacPherson strut and multi link arrangement that is a first for any Jeep vehicle.
Just because you like two different things is never reason enough to combine them and assume the best. All of which leads me neatly into the muddy and treacherous world of the 4 x 4. Designed to eat mountains for breakfast, the original premise of a 4 x 4 was to be an off-roader and before you knew it manufacturers were sticking large wheels and huge ground clearance beneath their cars. Then one day a boffin decided it'd be a good idea to combine the everyday drivability of a car with the go anywhere, no nonsense versatility of a 4 x 4.
Unfortunately this meant that the market was flooded with vehicles that were sufficiently altered and were therefore useless off road as they weren't high enough, and rubbish on the road as they weren't low enough. Even more unfortunately unlike Audioslave, Coke lime and XFL, no-one seems to have noticed the bad idea and the roads crawl with haphazard handling brutes
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