what did you do to your MJ today?

[Htchevyii]

The last time I had the MJ at the tire shop for the day, the tech said he was asked multiple times why that Toyota said Jeep on the hood. 😂 I've also heard people comment to each other that someone made that Cherokee into a truck.

[87MJTIM]

1 minute ago, Htchevyii said:

 😂 I've also heard people comment to each other that someone made that Cherokee into a truck.

I’ve got the same comment. When I tell them it’s factory, they say “I didn’t know Jeep made a truck.”

[gogmorgo]

I honestly don't mind that most people walk right on past my MJs without seeing much more than an old truck.
Driving my Lada around the US got me a LOT of attention. It's got a small tank and isn't super economical so you end up stopping for gas a lot. And probably every third gas station someone walks up to talk to you about it. It's understandable given most Americans don't know what it is as they weren't sold in your country. Maybe 5% of people know what it is and are excited, either because they or their grandparents or someone used to have one back in the old country, or people who recognized it from pictures but were shocked to see one in the USA.

But 95% of the interactions would be someone walking up to me, reading the BWA off the aftermarket(ish)wheels, asking questions but never paying any attention to my answers including when I try to correct them on what it is, and then they walk away going "wow that's cool I've never seen a BWA before". One particularly memorable guy in Tennessee walked up and asked what it was, then when I answered said "I didn't know Volkswagen made a 4x4 like that". I must've said "it's not a Volkswagen" a dozen times during an extended one-sided conversation of him asking questions and making up the answers on his own. It doesn't have anything on it that looks like a VW logo, it doesn't look particularly like a VW other than vaguely European styling cues... It's just a frustrating waste of my time when getting gas in your country is already a frustrating process because you haven't figured out how credit card pins work.

[MiNi Beast]

Made it back home to be with big brother. 

[White_Comanche]

Got the MJ out to represent DJT this weekend. Real great Trump Train we had. Stretched out for many blocks while snaking around town.

 

She performed well. Definitely got its clutch exercised! (ultra-slow, many stops kind of driving)

 

 

[gogmorgo]

On 10/26/2024 at 8:29 PM, White_Comanche said:

Got the MJ out to represent DJT this weekend. Real great Trump Train we had. Stretched out for many blocks while snaking around town.

 

She performed well. Definitely got its clutch exercised! (ultra-slow, many stops kind of driving)

We’re all embarrassed for you.

[TurboedMJ]

Not all of us

[Pete M]

leave the politics to yourselves please

[fiatslug87]

[gogmorgo]

So why is it politics are okay when people are waving Trump flags?

[89 MJ]

1 hour ago, gogmorgo said:

So why is it politics are okay when people are waving Trump flags?

They didn’t say whose post they didn’t approve of. They might not have seen that one by the time you commented

[gogmorgo]

4 minutes ago, 89 MJ said:

They didn’t say whose post they didn’t approve of. They might not have seen that one by the time you commented

Nah that post was up for two days before I said anything. It’s the way of it. You get jumped on if you say anything that might be construed as an opposition to that cult of personality. The no politics rule is absolutely a one-way street, and that’s even more embarrassing than supporting the cult. 

[Pete M]

Drama is the thing I want to avoid most of all.  I'd greatly prefer there'd be no political stuff on the CC, but he was doing something in his MJ so it was more of a coin flip this time and I let it slide.  apologies for doing that.  I should have been a bit more strict.

[Pete M]

today I learned that years ago I didn't buy a 95 dana 30 axle like I was told, but a mislabeled 99.5 axle. 

 

fun fact, putting new 95 rotors on a 99.5 axle results in the rotors locking themselves against the dust shield and preventing any movement.     something that's only apparent after the tires are back on and the lugnuts are tight. 

[JZLAJeep]

20 hours ago, Pete M said:

fun fact, putting new 95 rotors on a 99.5 axle results in the rotors locking themselves against the dust shield and preventing any movement.     something that's only apparent after the tires are back on and the lugnuts are tight. 

And if you are like me, get it all put back together, get in to drive it and wonder why it doesn't move... The fact that we didn't have to lower the vehicle to tighten the lug nuts should have been the red flag, but at the time it seemed awfully convenient. 

 

That was the experience we had last winter putting free from a co-worker snow tires and "universal" wheels on one of our vehicles last year. Fortunately we didn't have the same problem on the rear (driven) wheels and two snow tires was better than no snow tires.