XJs and teenage owners
04-07-2012, 01:10 PM
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Take this a lesson young people, he sould have taken the loop the other way so it was all downhill..... like his age now
back in my day we didn't have xj's we had horses! And if you couldn't afford a horse you walked! Hell I had to walk up hill to school, both ways, in the snow! Lemme tell ya! 
04-08-2012, 09:45 AM
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Sorta true, my dad technically owns it, but it's basically mine. He pays for repairs when it's general maintenance, I pay for mods and anything I directly break by being stupid. For instance my tires, I was stupid and burnt rubber, now one is bald, now I have to pay for tires
Not a huge deal though, this way I get oversized tires of the tread design I want
Bottom line, my parents help, but I pay for mods
Not a huge deal though, this way I get oversized tires of the tread design I want
Bottom line, my parents help, but I pay for mods
04-08-2012, 01:16 PM
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I'm 17 bought my truck when I was 14 with my parents then payer them back... The truck can't go wheekiing and I always wanted an xj. Got my first real job last year and bought my xj for 800 . I'm in autotech so I leave it in the shop and work.on it every day... Got a nicer job now and am saving for axles and tires right now. I want d44./d60 on 36s
04-08-2012, 02:13 PM
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Lol everyone seems like they have something to prove on this thread.. Post some pics of your Jeeps and chill out.
04-08-2012, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 1996XJSport
Lol everyone seems like they have something to prove on this thread.. Post some pics of your Jeeps and chill out.
04-08-2012, 09:12 PM
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I'm 17. I work and am in high school. I have a single mother so I pay right around half of the bills at home. I managed to buy my jeep a year ago, and I just work on it slowly.
04-08-2012, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevyn
I'm 17. I work and am in high school. I have a single mother so I pay right around half of the bills at home. I managed to buy my jeep a year ago, and I just work on it slowly.
04-08-2012, 09:57 PM
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I'm 16. Dad gave it to me after he crashed it. I fixed most of the damage (crunched fender panel) the rest i cut off lol and i paid for everything. Sold alot of my previous hobbie stuff to get the money.
04-08-2012, 10:31 PM
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04-09-2012, 01:04 AM
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I'm 17 and make just enough money to pay my insurance, gas, cell phone, and girlfriend bills ;p hahahaha mostly with my xj though I have scored with spare stuff that my dad and his friends have. I received a set of 33s in exchange for cleaning up my dads friends back yard and front yard.... (he was cited by the city for it being far to dirty) then my lift I have was put together from christmas money and my job.
04-09-2012, 01:16 AM
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Y'all are lucky...
My first car was a 68 Olds Cutlass... I payed $200 for it at the age of 18. This thing was taken off road, used as a 4x4 rescue, beat to crap, leaked like a siv, No a/c (in Arizona at the time), every tire was a different size. My monthly insurance was more than the cost of the vehicle. I was dirt poor and lived in a studio apartment. This was nearly seven years ago. Several times I was fronting money to my parents (single mother) to pay bills... Like an overdue electric of over $500.00. This way my brothers and sisters could take warm showers, keep the fridge running, run the cool air if needed. I dropped out of Highschool and got my GED to work full time.
It sucked not having anyone to fall back on, though it makes for stronger character as an adult. Sometimes I feel bad for this new generation coming up, getting hand outs from their parents... Sometimes I get pissed when I learn about some of these kids ****ing their XJ's up, without consequence, because well... It never really belonged to them in the first place. A cry'n shame.
I still have a picture of it. Not a very good one though because I could only afford a crappy prepaid walmart phone at the time.
Since then a lot had changed. However I'm driving a 14 year old XJ... So some things I find will remain the same.
My first car was a 68 Olds Cutlass... I payed $200 for it at the age of 18. This thing was taken off road, used as a 4x4 rescue, beat to crap, leaked like a siv, No a/c (in Arizona at the time), every tire was a different size. My monthly insurance was more than the cost of the vehicle. I was dirt poor and lived in a studio apartment. This was nearly seven years ago. Several times I was fronting money to my parents (single mother) to pay bills... Like an overdue electric of over $500.00. This way my brothers and sisters could take warm showers, keep the fridge running, run the cool air if needed. I dropped out of Highschool and got my GED to work full time.
It sucked not having anyone to fall back on, though it makes for stronger character as an adult. Sometimes I feel bad for this new generation coming up, getting hand outs from their parents... Sometimes I get pissed when I learn about some of these kids ****ing their XJ's up, without consequence, because well... It never really belonged to them in the first place. A cry'n shame.
I still have a picture of it. Not a very good one though because I could only afford a crappy prepaid walmart phone at the time.
Since then a lot had changed. However I'm driving a 14 year old XJ... So some things I find will remain the same.
Last edited by KJamesJR; 04-09-2012 at 01:29 AM.