Get used to it, the KJ is the out cast and a woman's Jeep according to most "real Jeepers"
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| Author: | HedsIc [ Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
Out where I work there was a few guys smoking on lunch since it was a bit warmer today. I notice 2 pretty nice wranglers and a lifted f150 they was standing by. I decided to talk with them a bit. For the most part they was pretty cool and they offered places and events around here for offroading etc. they did talk a bit of smack for me having a Liberty though and that I need to get "a real Jeep". Not in a rude way but joking around so it didn't piss me off. I mentioned I just got a lift kit i plan to install here soon and they was going on not to lift it etc. basically said that would be the (not sure what word to use as I don't know if it is racist but) equivalany in the offroad scene blah blah. Compared lifting and doing stuff to a liberty with people who get fart can exhausts and giant spoilers on a Honda Civic. The libertys I've seen on here look pretty sweet. They appear to be more than capable of hanging offroad with anyone else as well. I get this feeling ill probably run in to a lot of this though. Just curious to those that go to events or are part of any Jeep groups. Have any of you experienced any negative attitudes and crap talking? I am new to the entire offroad thing so wondering if its pretty common to get busted on and I should get used to it or what? |
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| Author: | BugginKJ [ Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
Get used to it, the KJ is the out cast and a woman's Jeep according to most "real Jeepers"
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| Author: | Jeeper4life [ Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
The KJ is a sleeper in the off road jeep world..even stock it does pretty good off road. I think anyway.. |
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| Author: | BugginKJ [ Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
Jeeper4life wrote: The KJ is a sleeper in the off road jeep world..even stock it does pretty good off road. I think anyway.. I know I have pulled out a stuck Wrangler with mine even after he smack talked me before he got stuck 
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| Author: | Jeeper4life [ Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
BugginKJ wrote: Jeeper4life wrote: The KJ is a sleeper in the off road jeep world..even stock it does pretty good off road. I think anyway.. I know I have pulled out a stuck Wrangler with mine even after he smack talked me before he got stuck Did you drive through where he got stuck then and show him up? |
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| Author: | BugginKJ [ Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
Jeeper4life wrote: BugginKJ wrote: Jeeper4life wrote: The KJ is a sleeper in the off road jeep world..even stock it does pretty good off road. I think anyway.. I know I have pulled out a stuck Wrangler with mine even after he smack talked me before he got stuck Did you drive through where he got stuck then and show him up? Nope, I am a tad smarter than the average Wrangler owner. I drove around exactly where I said he would get stuck but ya know he had a "real Jeep" and was going to prove me wrong. Sucks when a "girls Jeep" pulls ya out
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| Author: | Cherrie 274 [ Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
Monday, while pumping gas a guy with a Wrangler laughed at my pink diff cover. Asked if I bought it that way, I said nope I did everything and its lifted too. He said I can tell nice Jeep. 
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| Author: | tjkj2002 [ Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
Jeeper4life wrote: BugginKJ wrote: Jeeper4life wrote: The KJ is a sleeper in the off road jeep world..even stock it does pretty good off road. I think anyway.. I know I have pulled out a stuck Wrangler with mine even after he smack talked me before he got stuck Did you drive through where he got stuck then and show him up?  I just went up the very same line the LJ did and made it. Though now I don't really get any flak about owning a Liberty since doing the SFA swap. |
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| Author: | tommudd [ Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
You know what , no matter what you drive or ride or what you float around on the lake, There will always be someone who thinks their's is better or think they have to give you crap about what you're driving. Go out have fun, show them what your's will do Its a lot more in knowing how to drive, than it is in what you drive |
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| Author: | Jeeper4life [ Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
Very true, all about driver skill and the lines you take..Have fun out there, heh |
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| Author: | BugginKJ [ Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
tjkj2002 wrote: I just went up the very same line the LJ did and made it. Though now I don't really get any flak about owning a Liberty since doing the SFA swap. Freekin AWESOME!!!  tommudd wrote: You know what , no matter what you drive or ride or what you float around on the lake, There will always be someone who thinks their's is better or think they have to give you crap about what you're driving. Go out have fun, show them what your's will do Its a lot more in knowing how to drive, than it is in what you drive EXACTLY! 
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| Author: | ChooChooman74 [ Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
Being an oil burner, people are more amazed by that fact. No flack yet. Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 2 |
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| Author: | Grannysgoat [ Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
The comment I got at first was "is that a four wheel drive"? By the end of the day they were all believers. Only two of us made it up the biggest obstacle, the other being a Rubicon on 35's. My Libby set up the way it is will go most places in 2wd where it takes 4 wheel drive on Jeeps with open diffs. I've pulled out a big Bronco and a 4x4 F150, or should I say pulled them along as they couldn't make it on their own. Funniest of all is going up a fairly steep hill, with big bumps (undulations) in 2WD and then having a TJ come behind and not be able to make it in 4x4. He said he had to disconnect his sway bar...sissy. Lifted, locked front and back with rock sliders, Libby's are serious off road capable. Up to the point where they run out of ground clearance anyway...when you get to that point, SFA baby! |
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| Author: | HedsIc [ Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
Yeah, I don't really care if anyone says something like that and all it just made me curious if that was common or not. Just from them saying that stuff and then browsing other jeep forums for stuff and coming across some KJ hate. Wasn't sure how common it really was. |
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| Author: | bgcarl01 [ Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
I get flak for the libby, I get flak for my little lancer I drive, I get flak for owning a Yorkie-Poo, I get flak for having a purple KZ 1000 motorcycle, and now I get flak for technically owning my wife's nail salon. And I'm a 260 pound bearded man. I say they're just jealous..... 
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| Author: | tommudd [ Fri Feb 08, 2013 11:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
I actually get way more questions about what it is. Folks walk up and I hear " Wow thats cool looking or that's B.A. what is it? " When I tell them a Liberty I then hear " Well never seen one like that before" |
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| Author: | 4x4kingx889 [ Fri Feb 08, 2013 11:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
I had a xj tj and a wj and hands done my favorite is the kj...much better as a DD imo sent from my sgh-1717 running CM10 |
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| Author: | woodtick [ Fri Feb 08, 2013 11:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
Being in construction, and a taller fella, yeah the BS gets going at work.  But when the size 52 jacket size 3 hat morons  start complaining that the Cootermobile trucks they own are breaking the bank with fuel cost, I laugh at 'em. Especially when the biggest thing theyusually haul is their lunch.  Their MPG 10 city, 15 HWY  My CRD KJ 20-24 city, 28-33 HWY 
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| Author: | TheJawsOfDeath [ Sun Feb 10, 2013 11:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
Sometimes I do, until people see it in person. With the lift and tires, it has a lot more ground clearance than the trucks that guys at work drive. I had it up on a lift in my stall one day, everyone came to check it out and look underneath, and the comments were basically "oh wow, this thing is actually really stout. I thought it would be built like a car. holy sh*t it's a stick shift!" |
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| Author: | Gageraid [ Mon Feb 11, 2013 12:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone get any flak for having a Liberty? |
Haven't gotten any yet, but it's great to impress them unintentionally before it starts. The other day my KK was on the lift and the first thing out of my father's mouth was, "Dang, that's a REAL driveshaft!" |
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