How long have you owned your CJ?

[Petescj]

Had my CJ5 for longer than my first wife. 8yrs 7 months. Theres a disclaimer on that since the court system has had it for the last two years. The CJ7 a pultry 1 yr 2 months.

 

[GPER]

My first car was a 67 CJ5 , I sold that with a snow plow and bought my 79 CJ7 new in January with 6 miles on it. So over the 30 years the body went to glass and an after market frame keeps her going.

 

[Thorwon]

I have wanted a CJ5 all my life (I'm 50) and I traded a guy out of my first CJ5 on new years eve. I drove it (herded it is more like it) 85 miles home new years eve it was 26 deg and all it had was a bikini top. Froze my *** off. I'll never forget that night, nor will my 14 year old he rode all the way back with me in the Jeep.
The PO had lifted it but had not aligned the front end so the camber/caster was way off. It took 6 deg shims to get it to 0. I could run 40-45 and keep it semi straight. I kept worrying some cop would see me and pull me over thinking I had been drinking.
Anyway I welcomed the new year (2009) driving (herding) my new Jeep home. I LOVE IT!!!!

 

[certifiablejeep]

It is funny how you remember the cold nights.
I finally had gotten my Jeep running and this girl I had been talking with wanted to go out in it. I was like, sure!

So, I get in it, drive up to her place (in the daytime) we go out, it is cool, but not too cold. I have Jeans and a t-shirt on. Bikini top on... we have a great day get back to her place and she is like, um, you can't come in... doh!

Anyway, I get in the Jeep to drive home, some highway, some backroad. It is about 30 miles away. The night air had crept in and man o man, the temp dropped like 20 degrees in a couple hours.

I turned the heat on to come out the floor boards, dug up a work long sleeve shirt out of the console, ended uptaking off my socks to put on my hands and wrapped a t-shirt around my head, because on the highway even at 55mph, it was so freaking cold. Each person that drove by laughed, gave me a thumbs up and went on their way.

Funny how you remember the cold ones... or is it just the mental scarring?

LOL.

Craig

 

[CJ]

LOL - It is always the cold ones!

I remember heading to Daytona once for spring break (bout 1982)... The temp was about 38 or so - damn cold for Central Florida. The drive from Orlando to the beach was excruciating but since we were dumb and going to the beach for spring break - we had to have the top off!

Driving down the interstate at 65 mph or so for that hour about killed us. LOL - We all had on shorts and big old thick flight jackets.

Young, stupid and cold - but kewl!!! (so we thought!)

 

[jeep jeep]

I havnt had any cold experience in my jeep yet, ones apart and ive never driven it and the other ive only had 5 days, and it was rather warm the day we picked it up

 

[elwood blues]

I bought the Golden Eagle 3 years ago, just about to the day.

 

[mrsdalefan88]

It is funny how you remember the cold nights.
I finally had gotten my Jeep running and this girl I had been talking with wanted to go out in it. I was like, sure!

So, I get in it, drive up to her place (in the daytime) we go out, it is cool, but not too cold. I have Jeans and a t-shirt on. Bikini top on... we have a great day get back to her place and she is like, um, you can't come in... doh!

Anyway, I get in the Jeep to drive home, some highway, some backroad. It is about 30 miles away. The night air had crept in and man o man, the temp dropped like 20 degrees in a couple hours.

I turned the heat on to come out the floor boards, dug up a work long sleeve shirt out of the console, ended uptaking off my socks to put on my hands and wrapped a t-shirt around my head, because on the highway even at 55mph, it was so freaking cold. Each person that drove by laughed, gave me a thumbs up and went on their way.

Funny how you remember the cold ones... or is it just the mental scarring?

LOL.

Craig

That made me laugh till I cried. Great story. I think we have all been there in a Jeep.