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choppy highway ride; rigid seats with no lateral support; doors that flap in the bnczc; a soft top that's very afficult w manage; w m air conditioning, a steering wheel mounted for people with real short arms; a cargo area made for people with

wrappad slming wheel and extra bnghtwork It can be raned up forsaturday night a toughened up for B q j a with nearly 40 opions a option groups on the 1994 l i s t 4 the Wrangb aAamarka is awxmrus. In the final analysis. tempering

Criticisms of the Wrangler are many: low gas mileage for its size and power (if you get 20 mpg, you're tiptoeing): generally poor build quality and a lot of rough edges; noisy engnes; lnstrumcnts that arc hard lo read, gears that arr hard to shift; a

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do amazing things off-mad or in muddy. snowy or icy highway conditions, things that the Japanese upstms can't do. For all those loyal owners, che Wrangler ntluns ihe pure, in-your-face animal magnetism of thar 50-year-old war hero.

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