You know you own/drive a XJ when...

1. you are threatened with eviction because you flexed on your old car.
2. the steering wheel is bent from your first death wobble experience
3. you only lock the doors that open
4. you have enough partial quarts of oil to do an oil change
5. you call napa at closing and they leave the parts under a bush and you drive a tractor in town to pick them up, true story
6. you know if someone steals it they wont get far
 
consider your xj a member of the family,
look forward to crawling underneath it on the weekend,
you listen to all the squeaks, rattles, and clunks, and love every minute of it.
 
When you can wear your headliner as a hat.
When you open the drivers door and it pops so loud, people duck.
When the uninitiated open your rear hatch, let go and require stitches.
When your pleased at least two windows go up and down without help.
 
My buddy who works at a parts store couldn't find a part for someone, and he went to every other store within a 30 minuite drive, they didn't have it either. I had 4 of em.

You know you own/drive an XJ when...

You hang bent tie rods/ other busted parts on the wall with tags from what wheeling trip it broke on, and more specifically what trail.

You have to open the door for your passanger because there is no door handle on the outside.

Your passenger locks thier door, forgetting theres no door handle and they cant get it unlocked. they have to get out of your side, then you have to crawl back in and force the door to unlock and open.

You have a surplus of tie rods, transfer cases, drivelines, transmissions, axles (shafts, carriers, gears and completes, all different) and even sheet metal.

People get scared when you drive fast because it feels like your going to roll, and you just tell them that they don't even know what that feeling is.

you have to hit stuff to make it work right.
 
good thread!!

when you don't bother to lock your doors because the body is so tweaked, if any average joe tried opening one, he'd think it were indeed locked.
 
You insist that it’s a Station wagon, not an SUV.
 
It snows and your phone starts ringing non-stop.
 
...you really want an MJ too.
 
when you buy another XJ as a DD and end up lifting it too!
 
1. you are threatened with eviction because you flexed on your old car.
2. the steering wheel is bent from your first death wobble experience
3. you only lock the doors that open
4. you have enough partial quarts of oil to do an oil change
5. you call napa at closing and they leave the parts under a bush and you drive a tractor in town to pick them up, true story
6. you know if someone steals it they wont get far


#6 sooooo true soooo true hahaha
 
The police have trouble calling your vehicle in to dispatch because every other section is a different color.


when you dont lock your doors, because your not sure if the key will unlock them.
 
...you pick a girl up for a night out, and it takes her 5 minutes to figure out how to get your rig without giving the street a show since shes wearing a skirt... then she gets frustrated and you get a show cause it was either you or everyone on the street :spin1:

You have to pull up to a curb or other elevated object to get girls in when they're wearing their "tight" jeans.
 
When you have a socket held in with bailing wire in place of an IAC motor because it wouldn't quit idling above 3000rpm with it in.

When you have to tell your passengers to pull up on the window as they hold the switch because the motor doesn't have enough power to roll it up itself.

You can't go above 50mph on the freeway otherwise you'll start getting horrifying vibrations from the drivetrain.

You have to yank as hard as you can on the back hatch to get it open because the unibody is so out of whack.

The neighborhood hates you because the spot in front of your house on the street is pure oil and grease stains.

Your parents won't let you park in the driveway because they don't want said stains.
 
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