There was a group called something-crawlers or crawler-something in NOVA when I was stationed there. Not sure if they are still around or not. I've been lucky as the military jeepers usually have a chapter at any place I've been stationed. Their activity has dropped significantly though, which I blame on social media. The mother sites on the internet used to be a hotspot of info, activity, and organizing for trail rides. Now, everyone seems to have been infected by FB.candymancan wrote:Either im too old school and pig headed and old minded being only 33.. Or people today have gone nuts.
Im in a group in northern VA its actually the biggest group in Nova for Jeep owners. Our caravan on the 4th of July was nearly 2 miles long.
I was the ONLY SJ there.. there was an older CJ5 in the group and a couple late 90s wranglers buf 95% of the 200 people were need for speed ricer Wranglers.
Yea i said it.. Jeeps today aka wranglers todsy are nothing but lifted ricers.. plastic mods ALL over... csrbon fiber hoods eith 4 or more vents for that monstrous v6 pentastar engine. Some of these hoods have a bump in the middle that makes it look like you have a supercharger in there. The neon colored halo LED lights. No one has normal colored headlights. Now they are all green or red headlights. The mean looking mustash on the grill to give it a grin.
The stickers all over the Jeep and badges saying my Jeep is badass because its trail rated. One guy jad like 8 badges for each trail he went on. Almost everyone has some stupid comment written on their windsheild now.
I dunno.. They look cool but they also look like complete crap. And when i go to these meetings with my wagoneer i feel like the kid sitting in the corner of the room facing the wall.. lol no one cares about a peice of history i own. No one wants to check it out.. Not that i care lol. But its something ive noticed. Had a ricer wrsngler owner tell me my FSJ isnt a real Jeep.. i looked at his lifted FIAT and im like ok buddy.
I dunno i decided to leave that group.. I dont care how large it is.. Its most 20-30 something millenials ( yes ima millenial) who only care about showing off their ricer mods.
I dunno. I wish Northern VA had s group for older Jeeps.. CJs. SJs even older wranglers. Zjs and XJs.
Bleh
Am i the only one who has noticed this trend
tedlovesjeeps71 wrote:There was a group called something-crawlers or crawler-something in NOVA when I was stationed there. Not sure if they are still around or not. I've been lucky as the military jeepers usually have a chapter at any place I've been stationed. Their activity has dropped significantly though, which I blame on social media. The mother sites on the internet used to be a hotspot of info, activity, and organizing for trail rides. Now, everyone seems to have been infected by FB.candymancan wrote:Either im too old school and pig headed and old minded being only 33.. Or people today have gone nuts.
Im in a group in northern VA its actually the biggest group in Nova for Jeep owners. Our caravan on the 4th of July was nearly 2 miles long.
I was the ONLY SJ there.. there was an older CJ5 in the group and a couple late 90s wranglers buf 95% of the 200 people were need for speed ricer Wranglers.
Yea i said it.. Jeeps today aka wranglers todsy are nothing but lifted ricers.. plastic mods ALL over... csrbon fiber hoods eith 4 or more vents for that monstrous v6 pentastar engine. Some of these hoods have a bump in the middle that makes it look like you have a supercharger in there. The neon colored halo LED lights. No one has normal colored headlights. Now they are all green or red headlights. The mean looking mustash on the grill to give it a grin.
The stickers all over the Jeep and badges saying my Jeep is badass because its trail rated. One guy jad like 8 badges for each trail he went on. Almost everyone has some stupid comment written on their windsheild now.
I dunno.. They look cool but they also look like complete crap. And when i go to these meetings with my wagoneer i feel like the kid sitting in the corner of the room facing the wall.. lol no one cares about a peice of history i own. No one wants to check it out.. Not that i care lol. But its something ive noticed. Had a ricer wrsngler owner tell me my FSJ isnt a real Jeep.. i looked at his lifted FIAT and im like ok buddy.
I dunno i decided to leave that group.. I dont care how large it is.. Its most 20-30 something millenials ( yes ima millenial) who only care about showing off their ricer mods.
I dunno. I wish Northern VA had s group for older Jeeps.. CJs. SJs even older wranglers. Zjs and XJs.
Bleh
Am i the only one who has noticed this trend
I've pretty much given up on the club thing as well. Just a few folks from the earlier days who I do runs with as time (and jeep functionality) permits.
As for stickers... I have piles of them. They go on the fridge or wall of the garage when it gets built. Putting them on the jeep tends to trigger folks and in today's world... That can lead to issues.
No, the closest might be the muscle grille, followed by the rhino grille. But no seven slot grilles were ever used on an FSJ.Xplitive wrote:Is there a 7 slot FSJ grill? That would probably make the difference.
I did a run with a bunch of them here in AZ. There was one obstacle, a dry 'waterfall'. It's not hard but looks a bit intimidating. I was the last to go up and there was a small crowd of folks watching. They all started clapping when I got to the top. They didn't do this for the 'built wranglers' A lot of folks like to see the old stuff out on the trail. Here's a post from a different run ( tried to just grab post 18 but the entire second page is displayed):DustinLangston wrote:I appreciate the passion these new comers have for Jeep and their capabilities. I'm a member of the local Utah Jeep Crew community and its a pretty good group that is accepting of me and my old school Jeep love.
But you are correct that most of the JK/JL owners don't know anything about Jeep history or why certain things are the way they are.
will e wrote:I did a run with a bunch of them here in AZ. There was one obstacle, a dry 'waterfall'. It's not hard but looks a bit intimidating. I was the last to go up and there was a small crowd of folks watching. They all started clapping when I got to the top. They didn't do this for the 'built wranglers' A lot of folks like to see the old stuff out on the trail. Here's a post from a different run ( tried to just grab post 18 but the entire second page is displayed):DustinLangston wrote:I appreciate the passion these new comers have for Jeep and their capabilities. I'm a member of the local Utah Jeep Crew community and its a pretty good group that is accepting of me and my old school Jeep love.
But you are correct that most of the JK/JL owners don't know anything about Jeep history or why certain things are the way they are.
http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/showthre ... post813176
Okay, he called my rig a wagoneer, we can forgive him for not knowing the difference. But it shows the excitement folks have for our old stuff.