Evolution

[KenB]

Gonna ramble a bit here.
First, a little background. My bride of 49 years is, to the say the least, a worrier, especially when on the road. I can't begin to count the number of times I've heard that sudden, sharp intake of breath, which can't be ignored, when she perceived some imminent threat. Freeways - forget it - it's white knuckle all the way. Back roads - to narrow, to many curves, WATCH OUT FOR THAT DOG. Now it's not that I'm a bad driver (one accident in more than 50 years, and I was stopped when I got hit), it's just that she is always super cautious.
Anyway, when I got the CJ (with her blessing), I figured this was gonna be tough on her. Well, her old car broke down, and after a few trial runs around the neighborhood, she decided she would drive the Jeep on her weekly run to the grocery, WalMart, etc., cause it's automatic and the pickup is 5 speed stick. Now I'm nervous. Well, she did fine, and I detected a little pride when her friends made comments like - "Wouldn't have thought you were a Jeep girl".
Well, today we took a day long outing through the Big Thicket. Nothing extreme, just back country dirt/sand roads that could have been driven with just about anything. On the way home, she says, "You know, that was fun, but it would have been better if there was more challenge to the driving instead of just rough roads".
I think I got a winner here.

 

[wrangler rider]

Ding Ding Ding!
we have a ringer!
next thing you know ill be 54 super swampers and a 454 conversion for your anneversery lol

 

[mylittlecj5]

its always better when the lady of the house accepts and condones the addiction we call Jeeps!
I know both of mine do!
The 4 year old, Sammy, got her first taste of wii today at her cousin's house. She called it silly 'cause there were no JEEPS in the games! LOL

 

[gillmore]

This gives me hope for my wife of 20 years. I'm still trying just to get her to be a passenger (afraid of no doors, low back seats, and just lap belts). How long was it between the time you got the Jeep and when she drove it?

 

[79Jeep5]

X2 gill. i have a hard time getting my wife to even look at my jeep let alone get in it.

 

[BrockGrimes]

Talked mine into riding in mine a couple times, now she owns an '06 Rubicon Unlimited and is insisting that it needs a 4.5" RE long arm kit and larger tires and is hoarding the latest quardratec and 4WD catalogs. Not to mention her jeep parts list grows daily.

This is good and bad, good cause she's into jeeps and wants to take hers offroad, bad cause now she has a jeep to spend money on and I somehow ended up selling mine and got a truck! Still haven't figured that one out?!?!?

 

[KenB]

We had the Jeep a couple of months before she first drove it. Kind of thought something was brewing when we spotted a newer model in a parking lot with the same color scheme as ours. When I mentioned the similarity, her response was "Yeah, but that's one of those wimpy jeeps" (stock with street tires).

 

[IOPort51]

It is very simple boys, if you want a woman to agree with your Idea you must convince her it was her idea in the first place!!
I said this was simple, not easy!!