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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 01:14 PM
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you know you drive an xj when...you get home from school one day, see that your dad has had a tree cut down, and cant help yourself



sway bar still connected though, seeing as how i was leaving for work
Old Nov 12, 2010 | 01:26 PM
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...When even your girlfriend knows what death wobble is, and how to over take it.
Old Nov 12, 2010 | 01:33 PM
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When you know what every noise is...till the "new" one
Old Nov 12, 2010 | 02:00 PM
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...you spend far more on Cherokee repairs than the vehicle is worth (or ever was worth even when new)!
Old Nov 12, 2010 | 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 00jeepXJ
.... when instead of fixing the real hatch gas shocks you just put a bigger lift on it.
holy crap... I just did that! I lifted it and use a pair of vice grips to keep it up.

I keep saying that's the next thing to fix, but never have.
Old Nov 13, 2010 | 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by KerbMawler
.... when even tho your XJ is deadlined... even worse, is watching next weeks episode of Mythbusters off the intenet.... [season 8 episode 24 - Reverse Engineering] it's heartbreaking. You have been warned.
i saw the first 5 mins of it and had to turn it off
Old Nov 13, 2010 | 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Bluemax
i saw the first 5 mins of it and had to turn it off
not only was it one xj, but they wrecked two!!! how could they???
Old Nov 13, 2010 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Bluemax
i saw the first 5 mins of it and had to turn it off
Originally Posted by cherokeeaddiction23
not only was it one xj, but they wrecked two!!! how could they???
Inconceivable!! How could the Mythbusters commit such an atrocity!?
This is blasphemy says I!
Old Nov 13, 2010 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by KerbMawler
.... when even tho your XJ is deadlined... even worse, is watching next weeks episode of Mythbusters off the intenet.... [season 8 episode 24 - Reverse Engineering] it's heartbreaking. You have been warned.
Curiosity got the better of me and I saw the preview and turned it off...why couldnt they have used something useless like a damn minivan??
Old Nov 13, 2010 | 11:07 AM
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that xj on mytbusters is so nice too! couldnt they find a rust bucket atleast?
Old Nov 13, 2010 | 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by XJ4life92
that xj on mytbusters is so nice too! couldnt they find a rust bucket atleast?
I know...such a waste of good XJ's...
Old Nov 13, 2010 | 07:59 PM
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You know you drive an XJ when you hit a deer at 30ish miles an hour and break it's rear legs, keep driving and the next day when you assess the damage all you notice is some hair on the bumper and that it's slightly bent up on that side and thats it. Any other car or even truck would probably suffer significant damage.

As for the mythbusters jeep thing, i haven't seen it and from what i read i don't want to, i like that show and i don't want to hate those guys for witnessing the distruction of a perfectly good jeep.
Old Nov 14, 2010 | 10:36 AM
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You know you drive an XJ when you are working on it and realize you need something from the store and drive away with tools/parts on your bumper.
Old Nov 15, 2010 | 12:20 AM
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When this is something usual in ur life (like for me):

Friend: why does it seem like u need to fix something in ur Jeep every week?
Me: cause I pretty much do
Friend: then why don't u sell it and buy something better?
Me: u r seriously asking me that? simple, cause there isn't anything better. Keep asking and I won't let u ride it anymore.

I hate having to explain it to them all the time
Old Nov 15, 2010 | 09:38 AM
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the mythbusters used 4 xj's and wrecked 3 of them but only 2 were unfixable



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