- Location
- East of Cincinnati
Ha! That just happened to me tonight! I don't think the boss liked it when I laughed...
How about "when you consider the body a consumable part..."
Robert
You know you own/drive a XJ when...
- Thread starter kdailey4315
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Ha! That just happened to me tonight! I don't think the boss liked it when I laughed...
How about "when you consider the body a consumable part..."
Robert
bjoehandley
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- WeGo, Chi-Town, Ill
When you look out the door and see a new puddle in the drive way and think, "CRAP, Which Jeep left that one?!"
You're getting a new roof put on your house and the only payment one of the roofer's is asking for is for you to stop his Renix MJ from overheating (happened to Dad not long before I bought my XJ)
You know which one of your normal parts sources will have the most odd ball part you can break in stock, and the parts guy gives you a "good guy" discount on the part to boot!
Your whole family knows that if you have stop in an '89-'91 ABS equipped XJ, that you need to start braking two traffic lights in advance.
You can no longer call in and say "I can't make it to work because of the weather."
A large puddle for you is a flooded viaduct for a car driver.
You can pick out which family member is home because of the sound theirs XJ make coming up the drive.
You consider a XJ with only 100k on the clock practically new.
You're getting a new roof put on your house and the only payment one of the roofer's is asking for is for you to stop his Renix MJ from overheating (happened to Dad not long before I bought my XJ)
You know which one of your normal parts sources will have the most odd ball part you can break in stock, and the parts guy gives you a "good guy" discount on the part to boot!
Your whole family knows that if you have stop in an '89-'91 ABS equipped XJ, that you need to start braking two traffic lights in advance.
You can no longer call in and say "I can't make it to work because of the weather."
A large puddle for you is a flooded viaduct for a car driver.
You can pick out which family member is home because of the sound theirs XJ make coming up the drive.
You consider a XJ with only 100k on the clock practically new.
When you go out on trips to pull people out of the ditch during a snow storm just to make some extra income to pay for parts.
When you carry a spare 36mm, 13mm 12pt socket, your 1/2" drive breaker bar, a spare hub, and a small set of torches with at all times.
When you get paid on thursday, have no money left by friday but have a pile of new parts to install over the weekend.
When you leave for work early giving yourself a few extra hours to repair your jeep on the way in.
When your fuel light never goes off.
When your AW4 gets stuck in OD during a wheeling trip because of heat.
When you carry a spare 36mm, 13mm 12pt socket, your 1/2" drive breaker bar, a spare hub, and a small set of torches with at all times.
When you get paid on thursday, have no money left by friday but have a pile of new parts to install over the weekend.
When you leave for work early giving yourself a few extra hours to repair your jeep on the way in.
When your fuel light never goes off.
When your AW4 gets stuck in OD during a wheeling trip because of heat.
8Mud
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Central Germany
When your wife tells you where to shove your dipstick.
muduck18
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Geigertown, PA
You carry pliers under the drivers seat to open the hood, because the latch cable snapped a couple years ago and you haven't put the hood pins in yet.
- Location
- REDLANDS, CA. (SoCal)
You spend more time washing the undercarriage and mechanicals than you do washing the body.
You wash it on the lawn, not on the driveway.
msrorysddad
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Texas
holy crap I wrote this once and it disappeared. SO... This thread should really be titled "you know :
: fits when.." I went to play on the way home from work and found... You wonder why you leave any tools at home. You can slip the drive belt around just enough pulleys to limp home. You laugh as you burn your hands on a greasy I6. You don't mind your locker(s) clickin. People tell you "I saw the top of your jeep in traffic". People ask you "so, what are you gonna do with THAT jeep?". You meet total strangers in bars to discuss XJs. You get every reply to this thread, missin on four? Sure am. You say the Harley prayer, dear God (or insert deity here) please let it start/get me to a place to work on it. You look forward to hassling the guys on this board (you know who you are!), because as much as we differ, I KNOW you are all as STOOPID as me, you love the XJ. I enjoy each and every one of you. I'm greasy and my hand is burned, but, hey, I made it home. We don't go for a ride, we go for an adventure.
: fits when.." I went to play on the way home from work and found... You wonder why you leave any tools at home. You can slip the drive belt around just enough pulleys to limp home. You laugh as you burn your hands on a greasy I6. You don't mind your locker(s) clickin. People tell you "I saw the top of your jeep in traffic". People ask you "so, what are you gonna do with THAT jeep?". You meet total strangers in bars to discuss XJs. You get every reply to this thread, missin on four? Sure am. You say the Harley prayer, dear God (or insert deity here) please let it start/get me to a place to work on it. You look forward to hassling the guys on this board (you know who you are!), because as much as we differ, I KNOW you are all as STOOPID as me, you love the XJ. I enjoy each and every one of you. I'm greasy and my hand is burned, but, hey, I made it home. We don't go for a ride, we go for an adventure.BruceB83
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Dacula, Georgia
....when you can list 10 pages of quirks and annoyances with your vehicle and you STILL drive it and love every second of it!
MisterFubar
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Home
...when you absolutely hate the damn thing and wish you never bought it but refuse to get rid of it because it's paid for and for some reason you enjoy trying to figure out what is causing it to not run right this week.
... when if you want A/C or Heat you stick your head between the dash and windshield...
... when you see that your reverse lights work you get excited, then look at other XJ's to see if they have working reverse lights..., if not you tell them of the NSS...
oh and...
...when 5 97+ XJ's were stolen off your block but your '92 was not, even with it unlocked, you wonder "why didn't they want to seal my XJ?"
... when you see that your reverse lights work you get excited, then look at other XJ's to see if they have working reverse lights..., if not you tell them of the NSS...
oh and...
...when 5 97+ XJ's were stolen off your block but your '92 was not, even with it unlocked, you wonder "why didn't they want to seal my XJ?"
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Supermanxj
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Fairfield, PA/DEE-EFF-DUB
yep that is totally me... and to add to that... you get pissed off when you realize that the said door that you can always open is locked because last time you locked your door it stayed locked when you hit the unlocked button and you have to reach around to unlock it... then it still wont open... then you tell them too get in on the other side!!
BruceB83
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Dacula, Georgia
:roflmao:.....because they don't want vehicles with black steel wheels!!! They thought the silver wheels on the other ones were worth more!
JeepAddict85
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Nashville, TN
^ on that note...
when people think your black steelies came from the factory.
when people think your black steelies came from the factory.
muduck18
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Geigertown, PA
...If you have ever had to actually wager money to convince a stock TJ owner that your XJ could go places his "Real Jeep" could only dream of.
...have talked a TJ owner into trying to follow you and had to pull them out...
...have talked a TJ owner into trying to follow you and had to pull them out...
luv2offroad
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Ut
I've spent hours laughing at all of these but wouldn't give up my XJ for anything. In fact, when my 95 was "totalled" by the insurance company, and I had to spend a month driving a rental, it nearly drove me crazy. I considered buying something more economical for about 2 hours.
BruceB83
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Dacula, Georgia
Yeah. On two different occasions, because of my wife hitting a deer in her newer car, I got stuck driving either a Grand Prix or a brand new Tacoma and both times I couldn't wait to get my Cherokee back (wife was driving it). Nobody thought I was serious when I said that...but I was as serious as a heart attack.
Dec 20th. Got 13 inches and after breakfast grabbed the keys and told the wife I was going for a ride. Yeah, she did give me the " funny" look.
Hammered
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Jeep Fiend Club
...when you cant wait to cut it up for bigger tires ...hood vents... etc
...when you can buy a nice one for 2000$ because the previous owner thought 130,000 was high mileage.
...when you can buy a nice one for 2000$ because the previous owner thought 130,000 was high mileage.
- Location
- Harrisburg, NC
baahaha....and Sasquatch dumps an entire 32oz soda on the floor of your Jeep as his way of saying "thanks for helping me"
Ahhhh..those were the good days.
You know you drive an XJ when all of your friends ask for help working on, lifting, and diagnosing that new rattle on their XJ's or other Jeeps.
- Location
- Harrisburg, NC
Or have had to rescue them from the middle of one of the busiest intersections in the City because their tcase literally exploded (fist sized hole in the front.....happened to my roommate about a month ago).