You know you own a CJ when...

[hondo]

Today @ 12:43pm

When your HOA calls and says, "You have got to get that Jeep out of your driveway!" And You answer, "I'm sorry, but I can't hear a thing you are saying."

i think i would tell them that the prius down the street offends me and the owner should get rid of it.

 

[Woolyworm]

You're driving home from work in traffic and you put the clutch in and it goes to the floor but you keep going. Wave traffic around, jump under the jeep and see that the clutch push rid is gone. Roll back down the hill into a parking lot. Walk back through town and find the rod. Back to the jeep. Break out the zip ties and drive it home . Now time for some R&R

Wooly

 

[jzak]

When you can't understand why anybody on this earth would ever need Air Conditioning!

 

[hondo]

When you can't understand why anybody on this earth would ever need Air Conditioning!

i will admit it i use air conditioning all the time...


yep every chance i get when I'm not going to be doing high speeds, that windshield gets folded down:driving: the original air conditioner.

 

[gr8dain]

When your Jeep decides to remind you that it hasn't broken down in a while and dies on the way home. Probably the coil. It did the same thing over the winter. Grrr

 

[jdcaples]

... when from a fourth floor your co-worker points downward and asks "is that you're Jeep?"

Joining him at the window, you survey the parked vehicles below.

You see a YJ. Parked a couple of slots away, but near the YJ, you see a couple of TJs and a JK.

Then you say, "No. In fact, I don't see a Jeep down there."

And you instantly regret speaking w/o thinking because you remember he's the proud owner of one of those cars you just dissed.

Oops. Darnit. I did it again.

-Jon

 

[gr8dain]

... when from a fourth floor your co-worker points downward and asks "is that you're Jeep?"

Joining him at the window, you survey the parked vehicles below.

You see a YJ. Parked a couple of slots away, but near the YJ, you see a couple of TJs and a JK.

Then you say, "No. In fact, I don't see a Jeep down there."

And you instantly regret speaking w/o thinking because you remember he's the proud owner of one of those cars you just dissed.

Oops. Darnit. I did it again.

-Jon

I did something like that at a shop. I had my Scrambler in for state inspection. A guys complimented me on it. We saw a JK8 being brought around. We get into a discussion and I say i would rather have my Scrambler because it is the original one and that it is a rip off to pay for the JKU and then shell out all the extra for the conversion. We say goodbye and I see him walk to his new JK8. Oops.

 

[Hedgehog]

Not to worry, I'm sure he's thrilled with all the aftermarket parts that look just like everybody else's parts. I admit to using parts catalogs for inspiration.

 

[bpd303RH]

When you walk into the parts store and all the young countermen run to the back and the old guy says Hi what do you need for your CJ2a today.

 

[jdcaples]

... you're doing the math to see if you can afford to retire and after looking at what you annually spend on the Jeep, you wad up the paper and decide you can tough it out a few more years.

 

[caveman]

... you're doing the math to see if you can afford to retire and after looking at what you annually spend on the Jeep, you wad up the paper and decide you can tough it out a few more years.

That's the very reason why I'm still working.

 

[Hedgehog]

When: The homeless guy looking for money on the median gives you a thumbs up as you drive by.

 

[jdcaples]

When a JK "Willys Edition" pulls up next to you at a stoplight and the driver says, "you should junk that POS and get something you can drive fast enough to stay the 'F' out of my way."

He was an aggressive driver in heavyish traffic passing everyone on the left, the right, the suicide lane, the shoulder.

He got boxed in behind a 4runner, some other SUV and me. I was the one he passed by using the shoulder.

My midlife crisis is a CJ. His midlife crisis is probably perpetual road rage.

-Jon

 

[jzak]

When a JK "Willys Edition" pulls up next to you at a stoplight and the driver says, "you should junk that POS and get something you can drive fast enough to stay the 'F' out of my way."

He was an aggressive driver in heavyish traffic passing everyone on the left, the right, the suicide lane, the shoulder.

He got boxed in behind a 4runner, some other SUV and me. I was the one he passed by using the shoulder.

My midlife crisis is a CJ. His midlife crisis is probably perpetual road rage.

-Jon

Wow! A guy like that makes you wanna go all Mad Max on him. Shoot out his tires, then strap him to the front of your CJ!

 

[jdcaples]

Wow! A guy like that makes you wanna go all Mad Max on him. Shoot out his tires, then strap him to the front of your CJ!

No doubt!

Considering the recent stories about computer vulnerabilities in cars which participate in "the internet of everything," he should behave better on roads teeming with highly skilled high tech workers.

-Jon

 

[Hedgehog]

That's when I usually put the 360 to work, pass me for going the speed limit you POS, eat some of this for a while. Last year I had a guy bad mouthing me while coming off an interstate off ramp. We stopped side by side at the light, I knew he was going to come around from the left and cut my lane. You should have seen the look on his face when he couldn't even come close to making it around the CJ. Then he'd stick hard to my bumper so, out of courtesy I would slow down for him, when he tried to come around he couldn't out run the CJ. Arrogant jack a_ _. I've seen him several times since and with the CJ being bright green I'm sure WE weren't lost on him either. He's always been much more polite since. ..... In reality I know it was a stupid thing to do, but the guy pushed ALL my buttons at the time.

 

[Neuner]

..... In reality I know it was a stupid thing to do, but the guy pushed ALL my buttons at the time.

Glad someone else understands and acts like me. Just wish my wife wasn't so cynical about it.

 

[hondo]

you aren't alone i do the same thing but i am generally on a 2 lane mountain road, speed limit is 50 but there are both racers who want to do 100mph or the people visiting parks who do 30mph. they don't like it when they start tailgating me and i slow down then try and pass me and i floor it.

 

[Hedgehog]

I don't do it very often at all, they have to be really trying to send a negative message when I do such a thing. And yes, it is an IN YOUR FACE move and I'm trying to piss them off when I do it. Normal guys just in a hurry and trying to move along get a pass. Those that are sending a message to ME occasionally don't.

 

[hondo]

i only do it when they are right on me (it is common for them to be 10 ft back) if they are only close enough to say they want by then i pull over and let them by.