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Old 07-20-2012, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Jrock(fos)
Ps3 let's freakin do it!!
I don't get on here as often as I would like-

Are we doing this? I think it would kick butt - a clan of XJ owners/lovers!

I have MW3 and Black Ops - usually on MW3 though
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Old 07-20-2012, 05:45 PM
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I don't get on here as often as I would like-

Are we doing this? I think it would kick butt - a clan of XJ owners/lovers!

I have MW3 and Black Ops - usually on MW3 though


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Old 07-20-2012, 05:55 PM
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Did that! Had some "smart car" driver standing beside his glorified go-kart before a flooded stretch of street flag me down. I stopped, and he told me the road was flooded and I wouldn't make it.

I looked at him.

I looked at his little "eco-car".

I made a big deal out of leaning out the window and looking at our own XJ (6 1/2" long arm lift on 33's)

I said "No, YOU wouldn't make it" and drove on. He looked really pi$$ed. I really dislike those liberal idiots that think if they can't do it, nobody should be able to.
Not to go offtopic to far but I remember during the hurricane last year, where I was staying was totally flooded, cops had the roads closed. I was probably the only nut that drove his stock jeep through 2 feet of flooded highway just to get my girl from work. I could only imagine people's faces when they saw me. I was also surprised the cop didn't stop me afterwards
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Old 07-20-2012, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by sycoglitch
Not to go offtopic to far but I remember during the hurricane last year, where I was staying was totally flooded, cops had the roads closed. I was probably the only nut that drove his stock jeep through 2 feet of flooded highway just to get my girl from work. I could only imagine people's faces when they saw me. I was also surprised the cop didn't stop me afterwards
lol nice. Either the cop admired your guts or he also drove an XJ and was going to wait for your alternator to stop you instead
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OK. So, this isn't a YKYDAXJW, but its fricken funny..

A HOME MECHANIC'S TOOL GUIDE

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate expensive car parts not far from the object we are trying to hit.

MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on boxes containing convertible tops, seat covers, headliners, or tonneau covers.

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning steel Pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age, but it also works great for drilling rollbar mounting holes in the floor of an XJ just above the brake line that goes to the rear axle.

HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.

VISE-GRIPS: Used to round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

ZIPPO LIGHTER: See oxy-acetylene torch.

OXY-ACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting those stale garage cigarettes you keep hidden in the back of the socket drawer (what wife would think to look in there?) because you can never remember to buy lighter fluid for the Zippo lighter.

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, splattering it against the Rolling Stones poster over the bench grinder.

WIRE WHEEL: Cleans rust off old bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprint whorls and hard-earned callouses.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering your buddy's Mustang to the ground after you had installed a set of Ford Motorsports lowered road springs for him, trapping the jack handle firmly under the front air dam.

EIGHT-FOOT LONG DOUGLAS FIR 2x4: Used for levering a car upward off a hydraulic jack.

TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters.

PHONE: Tool for calling your neighbor Chris to see if he has another hydraulic floor jack.

SNAP-ON GASKET SCRAPER: Theoretically useful as a sandwich tool for spreading mayonnaise; used mainly for getting dog-doo off your boot.

E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool that snaps off in bolt holes and is ten times harder than any known drill bit.

TIMING LIGHT: A stroboscopic instrument for illuminating grease buildup on crankshaft pulleys.

TWO-TON HYDRAULIC ENGINE HOIST: A handy tool for testing the tensile strength of ground straps and hydraulic clutch lines you may have forgotten to disconnect.

CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 16-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A large motor mount prying tool that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end without the handle.

BATTERY ELECTROLYTE TESTER: A handy tool for transferring sulfuric acid from car battery to the inside of your toolbox after determining that your battery is dead as a door nail, just as you thought.

AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw.

TROUBLE LIGHT: The mechanic's own tanning booth. Sometimes called a drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin," which is not otherwise found under cars at night. Health benefits aside, its main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that 105mm howitzer shells might be used during, say, the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark than light, its name is somewhat misleading.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the lids of old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splash oil on your shirt; can also be used, as the name implies, to round off Phillips screw heads.

AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that travels by hose to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty suspension bolts last tightened 20 years ago by someone in Toledo, Ohio, and rounds them off.

PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.

HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to cut hoses 1/2 inch too short.

AUTO REPAIR SERVICE: Free pick-up and delivery. Try us once, you'll never go anywhere again.
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Old 07-20-2012, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by chuck1225
OK. So, this isn't a YKYDAXJW, but its fricken funny..

A HOME MECHANIC'S TOOL GUIDE

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate expensive car parts not far from the object we are trying to hit.

MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on boxes containing convertible tops, seat covers, headliners, or tonneau covers.

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning steel Pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age, but it also works great for drilling rollbar mounting holes in the floor of an XJ just above the brake line that goes to the rear axle.

HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.

VISE-GRIPS: Used to round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

ZIPPO LIGHTER: See oxy-acetylene torch.

OXY-ACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting those stale garage cigarettes you keep hidden in the back of the socket drawer (what wife would think to look in there?) because you can never remember to buy lighter fluid for the Zippo lighter.

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, splattering it against the Rolling Stones poster over the bench grinder.

WIRE WHEEL: Cleans rust off old bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprint whorls and hard-earned callouses.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering your buddy's Mustang to the ground after you had installed a set of Ford Motorsports lowered road springs for him, trapping the jack handle firmly under the front air dam.

EIGHT-FOOT LONG DOUGLAS FIR 2x4: Used for levering a car upward off a hydraulic jack.

TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters.

PHONE: Tool for calling your neighbor Chris to see if he has another hydraulic floor jack.

SNAP-ON GASKET SCRAPER: Theoretically useful as a sandwich tool for spreading mayonnaise; used mainly for getting dog-doo off your boot.

E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool that snaps off in bolt holes and is ten times harder than any known drill bit.

TIMING LIGHT: A stroboscopic instrument for illuminating grease buildup on crankshaft pulleys.

TWO-TON HYDRAULIC ENGINE HOIST: A handy tool for testing the tensile strength of ground straps and hydraulic clutch lines you may have forgotten to disconnect.

CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 16-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A large motor mount prying tool that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end without the handle.

BATTERY ELECTROLYTE TESTER: A handy tool for transferring sulfuric acid from car battery to the inside of your toolbox after determining that your battery is dead as a door nail, just as you thought.

AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw.

TROUBLE LIGHT: The mechanic's own tanning booth. Sometimes called a drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin," which is not otherwise found under cars at night. Health benefits aside, its main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that 105mm howitzer shells might be used during, say, the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark than light, its name is somewhat misleading.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the lids of old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splash oil on your shirt; can also be used, as the name implies, to round off Phillips screw heads.

AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that travels by hose to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty suspension bolts last tightened 20 years ago by someone in Toledo, Ohio, and rounds them off.

PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.

HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to cut hoses 1/2 inch too short.

AUTO REPAIR SERVICE: Free pick-up and delivery. Try us once, you'll never go anywhere again.
The tree one is hilarious!
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Old 07-21-2012, 03:45 AM
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haha... that's awesome... the mechanic sitting next to me reading it over my shoulder thinks so too.
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Old 07-21-2012, 01:20 PM
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You have to remove the fishing line and lure wrapped around your axle.


Just today



........ its easier to get into your tree stand from the vehicle.

......... a paving crew causes depression.
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Old 07-21-2012, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by holycaveman
You have to remove the fishing line and lure wrapped around your axle.

Just today

........ its easier to get into your tree stand from the vehicle.

......... a paving crew causes depression.
I currently have the end of a tow hook under one of my coils and ive had a shotgun shell under my hood.
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Old 07-21-2012, 03:58 PM
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YKYDAXJW a friend gives you a rusty front driveshaft and some rusty 3" lca's and it makes your week! I smell a project!
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Old 07-21-2012, 04:29 PM
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YKYDAXJW you drive less than 5 miles to your friends house and when you get there he hops on your hood. Then after about 45 seconds he gets off and hops around his yard because your hood is so hot it was burning his butt.
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Ykydaxj and have an awesome girlfriend when your stuck in traffic in the heat, and you apologize for not having a/c, and for not being able to go doorless because you haven't got the time or resources, and it might be illegal in the area. So she says, "I don't see why it would be, it is a jeep after all."
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Old 07-21-2012, 04:52 PM
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YKYDAXJ when you drive into a headwind and have no power lol
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Old 07-21-2012, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 94XjSport94
YKYDAXJ when you drive into a headwind and have no power lol
Or when you're driving up a slight incline on the highway, and you watch your speedo steadily drop til you kick down to third gear.
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Old 07-21-2012, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by NewKindOfClown
Or when you're driving up a slight incline on the highway, and you watch your speedo steadily drop til you kick down to third gear.
Yeah lol and your like oh come on dont do it dont do it dont do it.... **** it
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