Snitty
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I really feel sorry for those who never experience driving their vehicle in mud, and through unpaved trails. Every time i go and get the jeep muddy, i get the same reaction... most are good reactions... when i drive through town, EVERY person stares at me. I hear kids as well as adults saying "wow, look at that jeep over there". I often get people covering their mouths to prevent their jaws from falling off, and then there's my share of "HOLY SH!T"... Its great when I get a redneck pulling up next to me in a beat up ford, and I get a big thumbs up with a "yeeha, nice job" heard over their exhaust. But the best is when I get fellow 4x4ers in awe and asking how the hell i did what i did, and asking advice on where to go.
Then there are the people who have never gotten to experience the honor of driving the unpaved highway system, the people who criticize the beautiful new, and free, paint job that makes my jeep look like a chunk of earth on wheels. Most of these people are family, I've put together a list of a few common things I hear:
lets take my mother... "Yeah, its impressive, but why would you want to do that to your vehicle? Its only fun til you break something"... when in fact... if you break something, it usually means you were having more fun than usual
then there's my father... "You shouldn't do that, you just put those new parts on" ...ok?... and?... "You know, those things were made to be driven on the road, they were not meant to go ruin like that"... now how much more wrong can a statement get? i can imagine him wondering at night "now why didn't the military just use sports cars to get around in the jungles?"
brother... "Did you show mom yet? and "That's gonna ruin your paint, what are you going to do when it makes a scratch?" ...Scratches are bad?????
the elderly... "Now what on God's earth would convince you to go ruin your car like that?" and "You work so hard and save money for so long to buy that, and you go out and do this to it" ... Because I know better than to spend that hard earned money on a honda.
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I really feel sorry for those who never experience driving their vehicle in mud, and through unpaved trails. Every time i go and get the jeep muddy, i get the same reaction... most are good reactions... when i drive through town, EVERY person stares at me. I hear kids as well as adults saying "wow, look at that jeep over there". I often get people covering their mouths to prevent their jaws from falling off, and then there's my share of "HOLY SH!T"... Its great when I get a redneck pulling up next to me in a beat up ford, and I get a big thumbs up with a "yeeha, nice job" heard over their exhaust. But the best is when I get fellow 4x4ers in awe and asking how the hell i did what i did, and asking advice on where to go.
Then there are the people who have never gotten to experience the honor of driving the unpaved highway system, the people who criticize the beautiful new, and free, paint job that makes my jeep look like a chunk of earth on wheels. Most of these people are family, I've put together a list of a few common things I hear:
lets take my mother... "Yeah, its impressive, but why would you want to do that to your vehicle? Its only fun til you break something"... when in fact... if you break something, it usually means you were having more fun than usual
then there's my father... "You shouldn't do that, you just put those new parts on" ...ok?... and?... "You know, those things were made to be driven on the road, they were not meant to go ruin like that"... now how much more wrong can a statement get? i can imagine him wondering at night "now why didn't the military just use sports cars to get around in the jungles?"
brother... "Did you show mom yet? and "That's gonna ruin your paint, what are you going to do when it makes a scratch?" ...Scratches are bad?????
the elderly... "Now what on God's earth would convince you to go ruin your car like that?" and "You work so hard and save money for so long to buy that, and you go out and do this to it" ... Because I know better than to spend that hard earned money on a honda.
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