out of sheer jalopism you should refuse to help anyone buy a crossover ever.

Damn...that was cold...funny, but cold.

My brother-in-law is on his third. He also wears shoes with Velcro.

While I have no stake in the issue and no connection to Jeeps, I have to say, why the hate on dentists? I think dentists are awesome, and some of the nicest medical professionals I have dealt with. Let them have some fun!

How is somebody that spends his weekends in the mud at an ORV park not a “real” off-roader?
Sorry your hobby became more popular, I guess. But dentists have as much right to enjoy off-road driving as you do. With whatever mods they feel like spending their money on.

I think at least 80% of the people buying these 4 door wranglers really wanted a 2nd gen Cherokee with modern safety and creature comforts.

Yup. Having checked out a few Jeep clubs lately (I’ve got an old XJ Cherokee and need more people to wheel with) these clubs have literally become family friendly biker clubs for people who are afraid to get on a motorcycle, or their wife won’t let them. 90% of what they do is go hang out at a bar or restaurant, and…

My kidding aside, a poster on TTAC pointed something out recently. What if European countries were successful in reducing the use of diesel there? Combine that with the recent push for higher octane gas in the US and there is a plausible scenario for diesel to be cheaper than gasoline in the US.

so I just did a quick run through of the build and price on both...

Yes. This. I purposely get the smallest avail wheel/tire when buying a new vehicle. “Better ride on big wheels” my a$$.

makes the cars slower, ride worse, more expensive tires/wheels, heavier....bleh.

Why do all modern cars have to be designed so that anything other than a 20" wheel looks small? It’s dumb and they should feel dumb.

Or... those 23% can take this, and leave the nice fucking things to the rest of us.

So the “Aw shucks” persona seems to just be who Jimmy Stewart was. I’d be all mad if he was stealing women left and right, but if he said “But they steal me!”, I’d be all forgiving and whatnot.

Yes, he dated...everybody. Marlene Dietrich, Olivia deHavilland, Ginger Rogers, Doris Day... I’m forgetting many. His best friend Henry Fonda used to complain about him “stealing all the girls” and Jimmy would say “But they steal ME!”

Also, I ballparked the math on that while watching it this year. If Mary was 18 when she graduated in 1928, she would have been 36 in the movie’s present day and flashback scenes (assuming the both took place in 1946). Had George not been born and married Mary, she would have been a lonely, dried out old maid at,…

Miracle on 34th Street is crappy schmaltz. It’s a Wonderful Life is absolutely depressing and is a goddamn masterpiece.

I miss the days when librarians were required to grow out their eyebrows, wear obviously fake glasses, and work crazy late hours on Christmas Eve.

“Am I the only one who can’t warm up to this movie?”

Right? Her ass would have married Sam and been traveling the world dressed in silk and fur. No time for kids... she’d have been doing lines off a mirror and partying her ass off.