You Know You Have A Real Jeep If...
- If you use a hose to clean the inside and the outside
- When the best route from point A to point B is through the rockpile or over
the mountain
- When a scratch or a dent is a beauty mark
- You roll it over and don't get upset
- Your mom and sister can't get in without help
- You judge every hill you see by how much fun it would be to climb
- You puke when you see a RAV4
- You get custom pin-striping from trail brush
- When a low-rider Jeep pulls up next to you and you get out and *****-slap
the driver
- If it takes more than 6 hours to get donuts
- When you pull into the unplowed parking spots on snowy days
- When you take your friends wheeling and they say "What trail -I don't see a
trail!"
- When you've been forced to add TJ, CJ, YJ and XJ to your spell-checker
- When you can see OVER a Suburban
- You carry emergency supplies and clothing because you never know where you
will end up
- When your Nerf bars battle rocks and win
- When it rains and you don't care that your tops and doors are off
- When you drive around to look at Christmas lights topless
- When you change your plugs in the parking lot at work on a break
- If your "Parts Dept." is on blocks behind your house
- When you take your Mom wheeling and she has to help you flip the Jeep back
onto its wheels again
- You use an ice-scraper on the INSIDE of the windshield
- You get more heat from holes in the floorboards than through the heater
vents
- Every page of your repair manual has greasy fingerprints
- Passengers scream "DON'T ROLL IT!" when you take them wheeling
- You spend more time under your Jeep than under your significant other
- Winter comes and your can't remember where you left the roof
- You spend more on car washes than on insurance
- Even worse the car wash won't let you in
- You fix almost everything yourself
- When you feel sorry for someone in a $60,000 Toyota Land Cruiser
- When you have all your credit card numbers memorized
- When you slam the door and chunks of dried mud crumble to the ground
- If you get asked to pick up your co-workers in a snowstorm and get paid for
it
- Your wife/girlfriend refuses to get in it
- You are the only one on the street who doesn't plow their driveway
- You are dating the Service, Parts or Sales Manager at the Jeep
dealership
- You try to run the plow trucks off the road when it snows heavily
- You can't hear your $200 stereo over the howl of your tires on the
highway
- You have a high-water mark INSIDE the Jeep
- Any tire that isn't waist high looks like a bagel
- You can't take a girl, who's wearing a dress, on a date without carrying
along a set of steps
- You can't sneak into church late because the engine is too loud.
- You carry along enough tools to supply a small garage
- You nickname your Jeep after the noises it makes or it's most damaging
trail accident
- You carry along a replacement part for every drive component on the
Jeep
- You can air up your tires without stopping at a gas station.
- You know how to reinforce the windshield frame near the wiper arm
- You're constantly getting passed on the highway.
- Your wallet is always empty.
- When your boss's secretary calls to "recommend" that you wash your
Jeep
- When you finally wash the mud off, everyone thinks you bought a new
Jeep