You Know You Drive an XJ When...
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Carbondale, Illinois
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: Inline 6
CF Veteran
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 5,383
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Year: 1988 limited
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 litre
-Task: get to my bosses official summer dinner before 7.30pm
-Situation: 7 pm (obviously late), vacation place near the sea, approx 12 miles of freeway totally stuffed with vehicles of tourists and workers, estimated travel time: 2 1/2 hours.
-Solution: Jeep cherokee perfectly equipped for the 12 mile service sand track next to the freeway, confident you will do it on time.
-Conclusion: apart from the four vehicles i had to pull out the sand to pass (an idiot with a RAV 4 thought he could do it, got stuck and other 3 idiots that followed him with cars slowed down and got stuck behind him), it took me 35 minutes and i had a cool story to tell my boss and the other guests.
You know you drive an XJ when stuff like that happens almost every day.
-Situation: 7 pm (obviously late), vacation place near the sea, approx 12 miles of freeway totally stuffed with vehicles of tourists and workers, estimated travel time: 2 1/2 hours.
-Solution: Jeep cherokee perfectly equipped for the 12 mile service sand track next to the freeway, confident you will do it on time.
-Conclusion: apart from the four vehicles i had to pull out the sand to pass (an idiot with a RAV 4 thought he could do it, got stuck and other 3 idiots that followed him with cars slowed down and got stuck behind him), it took me 35 minutes and i had a cool story to tell my boss and the other guests.
You know you drive an XJ when stuff like that happens almost every day.
Newbie
Joined: Aug 2010
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From: CT
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
You know you just bought your first XJ when you back it off your dads trailer after you just got it home and think, "man this is gunna be fun" while there is no swaybar and the shocks are shot.
CF Veteran
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,142
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From: Grand Prairie, Texas
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 HO I6
when you are hot, sweaty, have oil,grease or some other type of engine fluid on your hands, you smell of burning oil and/or gas fumes you look as if you have just gotten done working out, your hair is matted and wet..... and all you did was drive your XJ to the grocery store and back on a hot day.
Front Toward Enemy
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 691
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From: Cleveland, Ohio
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 L 242 Power Tech I6, 193 hp (144 kW).
Senior Member
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 811
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Model: Cherokee
you got luck like i do. i can make a ten minute job turn into a days worth of work.
Seasoned Member
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 298
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From: Galax Virginia
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
You know ya drive an xj when you buy it on monday with what you think is an exhaust leak, and you are tearing the engine apart on wednesday hoping to find,at best, a bent valve. Fingers crossed!
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 381
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From: NW Oregon
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 High Outout I6
you know you drive an xj when you have tons of extra screws and random bolts rolling around in it all the time and you know that you put everything back together with no "extra" parts lol
