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| You know you have a real jeep . . . . |
- If you use a hose to clean the inside and the outside
- You can air up your tires without stopping at a gas station
- When the best route from point A to point B is through the rockpile or over the mountain
- When a scratch or a dent is a beauty mark
- You roll it over and don't get upset
- Your mom and sister can't get in without help
- You judge every hill you see by how much fun it would be to climb
- You get custom pin-striping from trail brush
- If it takes more than 6 hours to get donuts
- When you pull into the unplowed parking spots on snowy days
- When you take your friends wheeling and they say "What trail? I don't see a trail!"
- When you've been forced to add TJ, CJ, YJ, and XJ to your spell-checker
- When you can see OVER a Suburban
- You carry emergency supplies and clothing because you never know where you will end up
- When your Nerf bars battle rocks and win
- When it rains and you don't care that your tops and doors are off
- When you drive around to look at Christmas lights topless
- When you change your plugs in the parking lot at work on a break
- If your Parts Dept. is on blocks behind your house
- When you take your Mom wheeling and she has to help you flip the Jeep back onto its wheels again
- You use an ice-scraper on the INSIDE of the windshield
- You get more heat from holes in the floorboards than through the heater vents
- Every page of your repair manual has greasy fingerprints
- Passengers scream "DON'T ROLL IT!" when you take them wheeling
- You spend more time under your Jeep than under your significant other
- Winter comes and your can't remember where you left the roof
- You spend more on car washes than on insurance
- Even worse the car wash won't let you in
- You fix almost everything yourself
- When you feel sorry for someone in a $60,000 Toyota Land Cruiser
- When you have all your credit card numbers memorized
- When you slam the door and chunks of dried mud crumble to the ground
- If you get asked to pick up your co-workers in a snow storm and get paid for it
- Your "Significant Other" refuses to get in it
- You are the only one on the street who doesn't plow their driveway
- You are dating your mechanic to get a discount
- You try to run the plow trucks off the road when it snows heavily
- You can't hear your $200 stereo over the noise of your tires on the highway
- You have a high-water mark INSIDE the Jeep
- Any tire that isn't waist high looks like a bagel
- You carry a set of steps with you at all times
- You can't sneak into church late because the engine is too loud
- You carry along enough tools to supply a small garage
- You nickname your Jeep after the noises it makes or it's most damaging trail accident
- You carry along a replacement part for every drive component on the Jeep
- You know how to reinforce the windshield frame near the wiper arm
- You're constantly getting passed on the highway
- Your wallet is always empty
- When you finally wash the mud off, everyone thinks you bought a new Jeep
This List was copied from the Off-road.com Jeep BBS
To the best of our knowledge, the author is unknown.
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