- Location
- West Haven, UT
We have always had Jeeps mainly because we tow them behind our motorhome for either sightseeing and/or off-roading fun. In 2011 we were contemplating selling our sand rail and getting a RZR because several of my co-workers have them and they sounded like fun. My wife and I had a blast in our sand rail but I didn't want to put dirt tires on that and run it in the dirt as it was too nice for that. We researched and contemplated for most of 2011 and in the end the Jeep won out and we sold our previous Jeep and upgraded to our 2011 Wrangler Unlimited.
A couple of the big deal breakers for us was one trip to Moab we were sitting with a group of friends eating lunch and a group of about 20+ RZR(side by sides) came roaring past. The dust was terrible due to their speed and the only one even remotely clean was the leader. ALL of the ones following were absolutely filthy, the only thing you could see was their eyes through their goggles, hoodies and scarfs trying to keep the dust from being ingested. My wife looked at me and said "HELL NO"! Unfortunately that was the closing argument.
The other issue for me was that many of the trails we run are quite a distance from either Moab or Ouray area where we wheel a lot. I don't want to break camp only to trailer the RZR to the trail and then find somewhere to park our coach while we are on the trail. Also many of the trails we run are not out and back, meaning you don't usually come back to the same place you left the pavement. Many times another town away or at least 15-20+ miles away.
Third reason is when we travel to the trail for a day of wheeling, many times we end up heading directly into town with friends to eat dinner. We can drive right past camp and head to town and we are still relatively clean after a day of wheeling.
Lastly, I am probably a prude but I along with my wife enjoy our heater and A/C when playing.
Although they do look like fun, I will take my Jeep any day of the week and twice on Sunday over a side by side.
Just my thoughts and opinion.
Mike.
A couple of the big deal breakers for us was one trip to Moab we were sitting with a group of friends eating lunch and a group of about 20+ RZR(side by sides) came roaring past. The dust was terrible due to their speed and the only one even remotely clean was the leader. ALL of the ones following were absolutely filthy, the only thing you could see was their eyes through their goggles, hoodies and scarfs trying to keep the dust from being ingested. My wife looked at me and said "HELL NO"! Unfortunately that was the closing argument.
The other issue for me was that many of the trails we run are quite a distance from either Moab or Ouray area where we wheel a lot. I don't want to break camp only to trailer the RZR to the trail and then find somewhere to park our coach while we are on the trail. Also many of the trails we run are not out and back, meaning you don't usually come back to the same place you left the pavement. Many times another town away or at least 15-20+ miles away.
Third reason is when we travel to the trail for a day of wheeling, many times we end up heading directly into town with friends to eat dinner. We can drive right past camp and head to town and we are still relatively clean after a day of wheeling.
Lastly, I am probably a prude but I along with my wife enjoy our heater and A/C when playing.
Although they do look like fun, I will take my Jeep any day of the week and twice on Sunday over a side by side.
Just my thoughts and opinion.
Mike.
