The lady who parks next to me drives a 35k Toyota Highlander and gives my JKS puzzled looks whenever I see her. TeeHee!

 

Highlanders are nice, but their no Jeep

 

So far everyone has had good things to say about my JK, it seems to get more attention/smiles/etc. than my SRT did.
IIRC a Highlander is a FWD platform, in other words it's just a minivan disguised as an SUV/crossover so people feel kool.

 

My friends and family think my Jeep is THE coolest vehicle ever and they're all envious. Interestingly enough the only "haters" I encounter are on this forum and the modded Jeeps I encounter out on the road.
Apparently my crimes are:
#1 I'm female
# 2 I'm 45
#3 I'm a mom
#4 I have a Sahara
#5 I have a 4 door
#6 I don't have a lift or aftermarket wheels and tires
#7 My Jeep can be seen driving my kid to practice, parked at the grocery store or occasionally at the mall
#8 My Jeep is clean

The facts are:
#1 This is my 4th Wrangler (YJ, 2 TJ's and my JKU) and I never feel more like "me" than when I'm behind the wheel of a Jeep, top down, with a sweaty butt
#2 I drive topless EVERY DAY it's not raining or below 60 degrees - even when it's 106 and I pass modded Jeepers all zipped up with the A/C blaring (and I'm the one who waves and gets snubbed)
#3 I'm installing a love of Jeeps in my 5 year old son (who by the way is also riding topless with no A/C sweating his butt of in the back seat without complaint)
#4 Although I can appreciate the appearance and the time, effort, knowledge and money it takes to build a badass rig, I have very little time and knowledge nor do I trust someone to build my rig for fear it would become less drivable and very expensive to fix if I hated the way it handled afterward. So I err on the side of caution and only do upgrades I can perform myself (TK leveling kit, wheel spacers and rubi take-offs)
#5 I AM a "soccer mom" - for the life of me I cannot figure out why I am looked down upon for it. I am teaching my son to be a sportsman and a rugged outdoorsman (so shoot me)
#7 I hand wash my Jeep frequently because I like the way it looks all cleaned up and I think if you love something, you take care of it.
#8 I do wheel my Jeep (although much less frequently than most of you) - the fact that I do wheel does not make me NOT a soccer mom so please don't tell me because I wheel or because I am on this forum that "soccer mom, grocery getter, mall crawler" doesn't apply to me, because if I passed you on the street that's EXACTLY how you'd treat me.

 

That's true, I was speaking of the luxury aspect tho, some friend of ours have one and its got a nice interior, but like I said, its no Jeep

 

No wonder....I'd be pissed off if you came over and"turned my wife's fireplace on" as well

 

moalder, I'm w/you about the interwebs, & I edited my post, I don't want to come across as a "hater".

 

Damn good post Moalder

 

Well said Moalder!

 

yep yep yep ... on yerself moalder... you drive your jeep your way...

we're all different ... sensible folks drive sensible cars... we're jeepers...

we drive jeeps and always will ... i don't give a monkeys what haters say...

especially when those haters have jeeps themselves ...