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Old 07-18-2008, 12:23 AM
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I've noticed that since I got my Cherokee I'm always tired and can never get to sleep. I lay awake at night for hours and think about my Jeep, it's problems, and the mods i've got planned for it. Does anyone else have that problem. Alsowhen I first told my mechanic i was buying a jeep he told me i was stupid BC I would spend all of my time and money on it. Now I realize that he was absolutly right.

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Part of the addiction. We all have experienced it too, my brother. No 12 step programs yet either. Hang in there.
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im there too. ive got some work i gotta do on it yet id like to do mods too. i need a better paying job..
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been there still there....in fact till you get your todo list done from what I understand it never stops....I thought I was a touch odd for my obsession now I don't feel so bad...
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I'm there my friend, I dream of mods to this Jeep I have and the next I plain to buy.. And this hear is my 3 Jeep, and I'll always own one..
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Part of the addiction. We all have experienced it too, my brother. No 12 step programs yet either. Hang in there.
There is a 1 step program for those of us who are addicted. It's "sell it" but that usually ends in us buying another one.
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Look at it this way: There are worse ways to alienate your family and friends, lose countless hours of sleep, and fall into financial ruin. Gambling comes to mind, and drinking. And then there's the prostitution rings. And don't forget the polygamist colonies. But you've got nothing but a Jeep to blame, and I see nothing wrong with that. Nothing at all.

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yeah i feel ya and my gf just doesnt understand lol
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Originally Posted by big*blue*cherokee*
I've noticed that since I got my Cherokee I'm always tired and can never get to sleep. I lay awake at night for hours and think about my Jeep, it's problems, and the mods i've got planned for it. Does anyone else have that problem. Alsowhen I first told my mechanic i was buying a jeep he told me i was stupid BC I would spend all of my time and money on it. Now I realize that he was absolutly right.

It will get better it just takes time and empty pockets.

I still lay awake excited before i go to the junk yard in hopes of some great finds

Try sleeping with a JEEP emblem under your pillow it will help having a piece of it right there with you.
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I hope all this therapy has helped big*blue b/c we are all in the same boat. Everytime I walk in a parts store or even Wally World my first thought is does the Jeep need anything.

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Now if only my wallet was as big as my wants and dreams...
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Now if only my wallet was as big as my wants and dreams...
Never gonna happen.
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Hey everybody a little phrase I use is "A DREAM CANT COME TRUE IF YOU DONT HAVE ONE" so I say keep on dreaming and one day they will come true. You may not have any money after but hey its a jeep thing.
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Wife has a superstition that if you tell your dream to someone before you eat it won't come true and if you tell your nightmare before you eat then it will. Seems that as long as eating is involved then I'm in!!!


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