I like this version better. Toyota emerges from the trees and climbs the hill... apparently playing chicken with the man, who throws up his arms in defeat. The Land Cruiser then focuses on the front end loader... and in a surprising move, grasps it with some aftermarket tentacle-like appendage... engaging in a sort of…

Can we please get a meme with this?

I think the only plausible explanation is that this Land Cruiser decided it would be best to just run away after experiencing whatever trauma that owner just put it through.

I got rear ended by a woman who was on her phone. She got out, didn’t want to call the cops... or give me her info... or anything. Just wanted to leave. She hit me hard enough that he radiator was cracked and leaking fluid and my bumper was hanging on by only a single clip. No airbags luckily.

I call the cops, they…

It’ll be fine! It’s got an inline six! (right?)

David.... people care about you. Some people may even love you. Maybe not people HERE, but, I mean, you know. Somewhere. Anyway, we’re concerned. When you go down this road... this rust-bucket road that leads to flecks of rust in your eyes and bloodied knuckles with bits of American Motors paints embedded in them.... w…

You joke but any company that goes out of its way, and of their own volition, to provide a more exciting driving experience is not only okay by me, its damn near heroic in this day and age.

I kept thinking I must be taking him away from real work, but he was genuinely interested in talking.

If I keep driving it, I’ll be right there with you in no-time.

Though I did recently upgrade the driver’s cushion from a pillow in a white plastic bag to a foam dog bed folded up in a heavy-duty black trash bag.

“help! why am I in Toledo Ohio!?”

It was actually a bit embarrassing. I had been riding the clutch so much during the parade, then walking so much around the area, that by the time I climbed awkwardly into the CJ my leg cramped up. Basically I looked like a 80-year-old man getting in.

I know some people have had Jalopnik writers/contributors in their cars, but you don’t often here of readers in the cars of writers.

This is just begging for one of those caption this picture contests:

David speaks the truth: this was a great show overall, and being introduced to the FSJ exhibit was a genuine shock and awe moment. Mark Allen, head of Jeep design and classic Jeep enthusiast, came wandering through and seemed quite impressed.

This is a Connie.

Ah, my parents had one of those first gen Honda Odysseys. Very solid car, although the 4-banger had to work pretty hard getting us up those mountain passes out west, with the whole family and gear on board...

Yeah but I miss the 505 and landcruiser. Those two are what I learned to drive stick on.