A Journey into Stupidity
Joruus
Jeeper
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- Location
- Rancho Cucamonga, ca
- Vehicle(s)
- 1947 CJ2 - 2000 Chevy Vortec 4.3 TH350 np205, 3.73
1978 CJ7 - 304 5.0 TH400 dana 300, 5.13
2007 JK Rubicon Unlimited 6 spd, 4.10
Our cars are stuck.
I probably should have seen this coming, with the snow and all, but *I* have a Jeep! They never get stuck. I keep telling myself this over and over again as I'm trying to push the jeep out of the driveway and it's sliding sideways.
This never happened with my 2007 Jeep JK. I would hit a locker button and it would be unstuck. In fact, the only time that Jeep ever became stuck was because I high centered it on a boulder the size of a smart car on the Rubicon Trail. That doesn't quite compare to the measly 4 inches of snow that is crippling my beastly CJ7 now.
Thirty minutes and 1000 calories worth of pushing later, I find myself sliding around the road wondering why it handles so poorly in the snow. This Jeep was built for mud and snow and I've obviously been duped into buying a lemon.
I finally get the kids to school and as I'm chatting with a fellow Jeeper in the parking lot about my Jeep's poor performance, he asks a question that will now be engrained in my mind forever:
"Did you lock your hubs?"
Damn.
I probably should have seen this coming, with the snow and all, but *I* have a Jeep! They never get stuck. I keep telling myself this over and over again as I'm trying to push the jeep out of the driveway and it's sliding sideways.
This never happened with my 2007 Jeep JK. I would hit a locker button and it would be unstuck. In fact, the only time that Jeep ever became stuck was because I high centered it on a boulder the size of a smart car on the Rubicon Trail. That doesn't quite compare to the measly 4 inches of snow that is crippling my beastly CJ7 now.
Thirty minutes and 1000 calories worth of pushing later, I find myself sliding around the road wondering why it handles so poorly in the snow. This Jeep was built for mud and snow and I've obviously been duped into buying a lemon.
I finally get the kids to school and as I'm chatting with a fellow Jeeper in the parking lot about my Jeep's poor performance, he asks a question that will now be engrained in my mind forever:
"Did you lock your hubs?"
Damn.