Things not to say to an xj owner
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From: Placerville, CA
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Inline 6
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From: Richmond VA
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
My Fav:
Guy:hey is that ur jeep?
me:yea...
guy:it got the inline6?
me:yea it dose
guy:POS POS
me: beter then your neon
Guy:it faster and beter then that halfbreeded jeep
ME:hmm i see you can talk can you walk?
guy: na its just getten me to point A to B (sudden change of tone?)
Me: lets see you say that when it snows
Also had a freand ride me A$$ but he stop doing that when i put a big hook on the back i just wana back up into him and drive off
Guy:hey is that ur jeep?

me:yea...

guy:it got the inline6?

me:yea it dose
guy:POS POS
me: beter then your neon
Guy:it faster and beter then that halfbreeded jeep

ME:hmm i see you can talk can you walk?

guy: na its just getten me to point A to B (sudden change of tone?)
Me: lets see you say that when it snows

Also had a freand ride me A$$ but he stop doing that when i put a big hook on the back i just wana back up into him and drive off
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Posts: 855
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From: Southern California
Year: 1989 Laredo
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Inline 6 Renix
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From: Regina, Saskatchewan
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L 99+intake jeepers creepers 62mm tb 703 injectors cold air
"when are you going to wash it" my reply " i think its suposed to rain next week"
"why didn't you get a grand cherokee there better" my reply " why would i get something that is half made of plastic"
"why don't you drive on regular roads" my reply " why would i when i can make my own roads"
the other day my friend and i were both driving to my house and he has a selica turbo charged 6 speed and he jokingly asked if i wanted to race..... i took "my roads" and pulled into my place a minute sooner, his responce "how the hell did you do that"
"why didn't you get a grand cherokee there better" my reply " why would i get something that is half made of plastic"
"why don't you drive on regular roads" my reply " why would i when i can make my own roads"
the other day my friend and i were both driving to my house and he has a selica turbo charged 6 speed and he jokingly asked if i wanted to race..... i took "my roads" and pulled into my place a minute sooner, his responce "how the hell did you do that"
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Joined: Feb 2010
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From: Mount Juliet, TN
Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
My neighbor asked me that last weekend, after pointing out that I'm always working on it. Tuesday he backed off the side of his driveway, into the culvert, with his Saturn. I watched him, high-centered with all wheels off the ground, cuss and wale for about 45 minutes before I finished my coffee and tired of the show. I broke out the High-Lift jack, unspooled the winch, and had him back on the road in 15 minutes. A tow-truck call would have cost him $80. This is the same neighbor who called me in the middle of the night, scared $h1tless, because someone was breaking into his house and he had no way to defend his family. I apprehended the home invader at his front door... it was his dog scratching to get in.
Here are my faves:
"It smells like dog in here." -I have magnetic signs under my rear windows that read "CAUTION: K9"
"I didn't know they made them like THAT!" -obviously referencing all the custom work I'VE done to it.
"I didn't know that was a JEEP! Sure doesn't look like one to me!" -says the Ken-doll lookalike as he gets into his Camry. He then backed out, ripping off the Camry's front bumper cover, because he had nosed over the parking block.
"So you're one of those guys who thinks he knows something about cars, huh?" -says the 17 y/o ricer with the fart can held on with a wire coat hanger and 60 lbs of Bondo pasting his lightweight body kit in place.
"You're the reason I drive a Prius!" -says the guy whose other car is a Corvette.
Brother-In-Law: "It's a good thing I take the bus to work, so you can have my carbon credits for that thing!" I do wonder why he's 30 with no g/f?
"So...what are your monthly payments on that POS?"
"You need to put some chrome twenty-twos on that thing!" -says the black Ricky Martin.
"I think those look better stock!" -says the stranger, who has incorrectly assumed his unsolicited opinion matters to me. At all.
"Looks like somebody's overcompensating for something!" -says the 40-something bleach-blonde with silicone double-Ds and the skirt so short you can see the wings on her pantyliner.
"That Jeep's just a cheap American rip-off of a Land-Rover!" -says the guy who just admitted he can't afford to join me for lunch at Applebee's because he had to make his Rover payment.
Here are my faves:
"It smells like dog in here." -I have magnetic signs under my rear windows that read "CAUTION: K9"
"I didn't know they made them like THAT!" -obviously referencing all the custom work I'VE done to it.
"I didn't know that was a JEEP! Sure doesn't look like one to me!" -says the Ken-doll lookalike as he gets into his Camry. He then backed out, ripping off the Camry's front bumper cover, because he had nosed over the parking block.
"So you're one of those guys who thinks he knows something about cars, huh?" -says the 17 y/o ricer with the fart can held on with a wire coat hanger and 60 lbs of Bondo pasting his lightweight body kit in place.
"You're the reason I drive a Prius!" -says the guy whose other car is a Corvette.
Brother-In-Law: "It's a good thing I take the bus to work, so you can have my carbon credits for that thing!" I do wonder why he's 30 with no g/f?
"So...what are your monthly payments on that POS?"
"You need to put some chrome twenty-twos on that thing!" -says the black Ricky Martin.
"I think those look better stock!" -says the stranger, who has incorrectly assumed his unsolicited opinion matters to me. At all.
"Looks like somebody's overcompensating for something!" -says the 40-something bleach-blonde with silicone double-Ds and the skirt so short you can see the wings on her pantyliner.
"That Jeep's just a cheap American rip-off of a Land-Rover!" -says the guy who just admitted he can't afford to join me for lunch at Applebee's because he had to make his Rover payment.
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From: WNY
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 High Output
My neighbor asked me that last weekend, after pointing out that I'm always working on it. Tuesday he backed off the side of his driveway, into the culvert, with his Saturn. I watched him, high-centered with all wheels off the ground, cuss and wale for about 45 minutes before I finished my coffee and tired of the show. I broke out the High-Lift jack, unspooled the winch, and had him back on the road in 15 minutes. A tow-truck call would have cost him $80. This is the same neighbor who called me in the middle of the night, scared $h1tless, because someone was breaking into his house and he had no way to defend his family. I apprehended the home invader at his front door... it was his dog scratching to get in.
Here are my faves:
"It smells like dog in here." -I have magnetic signs under my rear windows that read "CAUTION: K9"
"I didn't know they made them like THAT!" -obviously referencing all the custom work I'VE done to it.
"I didn't know that was a JEEP! Sure doesn't look like one to me!" -says the Ken-doll lookalike as he gets into his Camry. He then backed out, ripping off the Camry's front bumper cover, because he had nosed over the parking block.
"So you're one of those guys who thinks he knows something about cars, huh?" -says the 17 y/o ricer with the fart can held on with a wire coat hanger and 60 lbs of Bondo pasting his lightweight body kit in place.
"You're the reason I drive a Prius!" -says the guy whose other car is a Corvette.
Brother-In-Law: "It's a good thing I take the bus to work, so you can have my carbon credits for that thing!" I do wonder why he's 30 with no g/f?
"So...what are your monthly payments on that POS?"
"You need to put some chrome twenty-twos on that thing!" -says the black Ricky Martin.
"I think those look better stock!" -says the stranger, who has incorrectly assumed his unsolicited opinion matters to me. At all.
"Looks like somebody's overcompensating for something!" -says the 40-something bleach-blonde with silicone double-Ds and the skirt so short you can see the wings on her pantyliner.
"That Jeep's just a cheap American rip-off of a Land-Rover!" -says the guy who just admitted he can't afford to join me for lunch at Applebee's because he had to make his Rover payment.
Here are my faves:
"It smells like dog in here." -I have magnetic signs under my rear windows that read "CAUTION: K9"
"I didn't know they made them like THAT!" -obviously referencing all the custom work I'VE done to it.
"I didn't know that was a JEEP! Sure doesn't look like one to me!" -says the Ken-doll lookalike as he gets into his Camry. He then backed out, ripping off the Camry's front bumper cover, because he had nosed over the parking block.
"So you're one of those guys who thinks he knows something about cars, huh?" -says the 17 y/o ricer with the fart can held on with a wire coat hanger and 60 lbs of Bondo pasting his lightweight body kit in place.
"You're the reason I drive a Prius!" -says the guy whose other car is a Corvette.
Brother-In-Law: "It's a good thing I take the bus to work, so you can have my carbon credits for that thing!" I do wonder why he's 30 with no g/f?
"So...what are your monthly payments on that POS?"
"You need to put some chrome twenty-twos on that thing!" -says the black Ricky Martin.
"I think those look better stock!" -says the stranger, who has incorrectly assumed his unsolicited opinion matters to me. At all.
"Looks like somebody's overcompensating for something!" -says the 40-something bleach-blonde with silicone double-Ds and the skirt so short you can see the wings on her pantyliner.
"That Jeep's just a cheap American rip-off of a Land-Rover!" -says the guy who just admitted he can't afford to join me for lunch at Applebee's because he had to make his Rover payment.
heres my worst..
"thats a 2 door i dont like it you shoulda got a 4 door"
i work at pep boys and when ever someone comes in and says i have a "insert year here" jeep patriot, compass or a 2011 grand cherokee i say im sorry i missed it but what year was you van.
"thats a 2 door i dont like it you shoulda got a 4 door"
i work at pep boys and when ever someone comes in and says i have a "insert year here" jeep patriot, compass or a 2011 grand cherokee i say im sorry i missed it but what year was you van.
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From: Kalamazoo, MI
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L with throttle body spacer and cold air intake, bored throttle body, #784 injector upgrade
Friend: why did you only put on a 3" lift?
me: don't need anymore right now
him: you can't go anywhere!
me: I just pulled you out didn't I?
guy: Land rover is better
me: why?
guy: they were the first 4x4
me: really? Are YOU SURE?
guy: yeah! But are you going to pull me out of the ditch now or not?
import: why did you buy that? my honda is so much better!
me: your right. That's a nice push mower
import: IT'S NOT A PUSH MOWER!
me: your right... that is an AMAZING riding mower.....
gf: why do you love your xj so much. my rav4 is just as good
me: no it's not
gf: yes it is... i haven't had to do that much to it unlike you and you sank yours!
me: I didn't sink it... it just wanted a really good bath.
gf: sure sure
me: Besides... mine didn't hydro lock on it's own coolant......
my now ex didn't think that was very funny.
me: don't need anymore right now
him: you can't go anywhere!
me: I just pulled you out didn't I?
guy: Land rover is better
me: why?
guy: they were the first 4x4
me: really? Are YOU SURE?
guy: yeah! But are you going to pull me out of the ditch now or not?
import: why did you buy that? my honda is so much better!
me: your right. That's a nice push mower
import: IT'S NOT A PUSH MOWER!
me: your right... that is an AMAZING riding mower.....
gf: why do you love your xj so much. my rav4 is just as good
me: no it's not
gf: yes it is... i haven't had to do that much to it unlike you and you sank yours!
me: I didn't sink it... it just wanted a really good bath.
gf: sure sure
me: Besides... mine didn't hydro lock on it's own coolant......
my now ex didn't think that was very funny.
Conversation with a coworker over the summer
Her-what do you do with that
me-throw it on a trailer and take it out to PA to go drive over rocks
her-why would you do that and why PA
me-its fun and PA has a legal off road park to do it in
her-i still don't get it.
me-its a jeep thing
her-but thats not like a wrangler or something
me-yeah i know its still a lifted jeep
Her-what do you do with that
me-throw it on a trailer and take it out to PA to go drive over rocks
her-why would you do that and why PA
me-its fun and PA has a legal off road park to do it in
her-i still don't get it.
me-its a jeep thing
her-but thats not like a wrangler or something
me-yeah i know its still a lifted jeep
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Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 855
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From: Southern California
Year: 1989 Laredo
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Inline 6 Renix
Conversation with a coworker over the summer
Her-what do you do with that
me-throw it on a trailer and take it out to PA to go drive over rocks
her-why would you do that and why PA
me-its fun and PA has a legal off road park to do it in
her-i still don't get it.
me-its a jeep thing
her-but thats not like a wrangler or something
me-yeah i know its still a lifted jeep
Her-what do you do with that
me-throw it on a trailer and take it out to PA to go drive over rocks
her-why would you do that and why PA
me-its fun and PA has a legal off road park to do it in
her-i still don't get it.
me-its a jeep thing
her-but thats not like a wrangler or something
me-yeah i know its still a lifted jeep



why would anyone want a vehicle that can be called a "toy"?