Why won't folks use their Jeeps?

[pinaplebob]

It's the same way here. I spent the last four years driving cars and watching everyone off road. And when I finally am not a tag a long no one wants to go with me. I've got a friend who has a 2001 wrangler that he bought a 9000 lb winch and 6 hella 500's and bolted them all on. But still, every time we going wheelin, he hops in someone elses vehicle (i won't let him in mine becuase he should be drivin his own.) Everytime we go it's the excuse that he just washed it. It's pretty disgusting. I feel sorry for that winch, it's never been used.

pinaplebob[addsig]

[Shane]

Hell i've only had the jeep for about 1 year, and untill two weeks ago it was riding much lower than stock with 32's, rubbing was a constant at high speeds. But now that i'm 4" higher i'm looking really hard for the last few things i need before off roading. I thinnk i might have some interior mods coming up, so if/when we go to TN for the week, i hope y`all like what i'm hopefully doing. I'll drive wherever you guys think my jeep can go, and hopefully learn a whole lot! i consider myself a quick study, so i hope to be wheelin with the kings (well maybe the jacks ). I do my best to go jumping or spind donuts, or go play in the mud, and climb all those fun hills whenever i get a chance, i'm hoping much i'll make the CA to TN treck this june!! -Shane[addsig]

[Shane]

Why isn't that black jeep hydrolocked (mudlocked) i went through one puddle at night and was hydrolocked for 12+hours BS i say BS!![addsig]

[Alaskan_Jeeper]

Sweet OlllllO 8-)

I need to have someone to take pics for me.. I got the rig ready and YES it's sweet in the woods. haven't really gotten to test it in the real stuff, but just wait till next week, all the snow should be gone and the trails will be just right for plowing down and mudding up... Can you tell I'm excited... :-P

take care all and I know i keep saying it but I will get you some pictures soon...


OlllllO 8-) [addsig]

[Snitty]

that jeep is not hyrdolocked because he's got a few hours put into making it safe from that sort of set-back... many a people around here have the know-how for that sorta stuff... its a great place to learn... and bounty, as well as the rest of us are willing to help you with that info[addsig]

[randomjeeper]

hey tug,
i hear you on this. i was looking up paragon info and trying to find some buddies interested in going. i ran into 2 problems. 1) no one has an suv 2) i'd have to come up with a great story to tell my parents (every time the tires get muddy, my dad asks where i've been. for some reason i don't see him being a fan of off roading. unfortunately the jeep is in his name and its my daily driver, so if something were to happen, it wouldn't be too good. but i can worry about that later ). i have a stock '94 zj and we *the jeep and i, are both looking for somewhere to have some fun, especially because its a nice way to relieve stress and classes are coming to an end with lots of tests,etc aka other stressful events. so my plans for this summer are to enjoy my jeep to the fullest capacity. i guess if i were in your (tug's) position i'd be even more frustrated because the people have suv's and are just not willing to loosen up and have some fun. as for now, i'll just have to stick to suburbanized off roading (aka construction sites and other minor barriers). good luck finding someone to go with you. if i were in tn, i'd be there in a heart beat!!! [addsig]

[tarsij]

I have kinda the same dilema of randomjeeper. My jeep is under my father's name until I turn 18 (2 months). He doesn't care if its a little muddy, but if I get it covered in mud then he starts asking questions. And in August I'm moving up to hazleton to go to college so Ill only be 5 mins from paragon. For some reason, I'm seeing myself there every weekend. So if anyone want to take me out for a tour of paragon I'm good for september

TARSI[addsig]

[Jeep#3]

I feel ya Tug. Oh... and by the way, sorry I can't get out this summer because I have to let the Armor All dry on my tires first!

Great pic Bounty!!!

One of these days!!! :-( [addsig]

[duff]

there is a few other jeeps where i work and none of them will come out and play either. i say ...." it's not bad , we won't get into anything to hairy " but still no . one of them told me he was just a " fair weather jeeper ''.[addsig]

[PASmokeater]

Had to jump in here...Tug, just wait until we get there, we'll show em' how to use the little stick lol. As for Paragon, I practicly live there, so anytime anyone wants to go, email me at PASmokeater@comcast.net, or leave me a private message. or (better yet) post it here so we can all go.





Rob :-P 8-) [addsig]

[Sully]

What is hydrolock???:wink: Sully[addsig]

[tarsij]

What is hydrolock

Hydrolock is when water gets into the engine and locks it up. hence the name hydro - water, lock - lock.


TARSI[addsig]

[Jeepster05]

It's actually a little different here. Everyone and their cousin goes wheelin at my high school here in NC. I guess you could say the school I go to is the redneck school of the town :-D . But driving around town I see a few awesome looking TJs with their black 767s and they're little lifts but with sparkling paint job and mud virgin swampers. Makes me wanna puke. But I have talked a guy with stock 4dr tahoe into going 4wheelin one day and he fell in love with it. If a guy in that kinda rig can make it any jeep even a lower getto one. [addsig]

[far_right]

my jeep is my second 4x4, my first was a 92 toyota 3runner, that my dad bought for me, i was scared to death to wheel it, so i only took it out in the mud twice i two years, both times he was gone on week-long business trips and i could get it cleaned before i got back.... my dad loves riding 4wheelers but thinks getting mud on his Z71 is very bad...... solution... when i got my jeep i paid every penny for it, i pay for the gas and insurance.... problem solved, i can do what the hell ever i want to to it :-D :-D [addsig]

[PASmokeater]

Well..it would seem that this post is contagius sp?. After reading it, I went to the Wawa (convienence store around here) to get coffee. Pulled in right between a YJ and a shiny new TJ. Both had the tops up. When I asked the YJ guy what the deal was, he told me it was to much of a pain to remove the top. When the TJ owner came out and was drug into the conversation, he said it was to cold and windy. What is this world coming to ?!!!!!!





Rob :-P 8-) [addsig]

[Matmadus]

Man i took my YJ for the first run of the spring easter weekend, The jeep is mostly stock and siting on 30"'s....It was at a mud run, that happens twice a year, i had a blast, mind you we drive it home on the battery cause it got a little to wet, and you know it's the first run of the year and you get ready to go, take the time off work, and get up to the first pit, thinking, "Man my jeep is like almost the smallest truck here" Plus i told everyone, "I going but i'm only going though one pit and trails for the rest of the day" It's my daily driver so i can't afford for it to be off the road to long.....Well i walk though the first pit like it was nothing, and i'm like the big boys are getting stuck and i'm walk though the stuff i must be doing something right..... so up came the second pit then the thrid, then four but the fifith time i took on to much water and the battery wouldn't charge so i'm like ok that enough for today, but it's funny how the one run idea turn into five just because i wasn't getting stuck, now i'm just looking forward to the next run, and trying to get some friends together for some local stuff. but yeah i'm getting the same bs back about how they don't want to brake stuff. so I'm joining the local jeep club, so i can get some weekend runs going......sooner the better

Matmadus 8-) [addsig]

[jeepin_madness]

Would love to take a trip to Paragon. you guys tell me when and I'll see if I can make it :-D


I agree with you Tug. What makes me even sicker is the 2 or 3 Rubicon's I always see running around here and have yet to see one of them dirty. :-(

edited by: jeepin_madness, May 02, 2003 - 02:11 AM[addsig]

[duff]

one of the other jeeps at work just got new rubber put on it yesterday . what kind ? white-wall radials ! he won't be going wheelin anytime soon. [addsig]

[PASmokeater]

Hey ZB.......reasons one and three I perfectly understand, but you'll have to do better for reason number two lol. I love what my Jeep has been doing for me stock, and even though I'll be higher soon, I'll miss the days of will she or won't she. And the one thing I never had to worry about, is she always got me home. Use the stocker for what she was put on God's green earth to do, and have some fun !!!!!! (just don't try any lake crossings lol)


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Rob :-P 8-) [addsig]

[PASmokeater]

ZB, In these pics my Jeep is completely stock right down to the Wrangler GSA street tires . Take your time, and do what you feel comfortable with. Get used to the way your Jeep feels on different terain, and how she reacts.You'll have a blast




Rob :-P 8-) [addsig]