I don't have any technical problems today, but what the hell's wrong with people? I guess you know when you've got too much money or credit when you buy things you'll never use. Last night my wife and I went out for dinner and while searching for a parking place we noticed 2 relatively new Jeep JK's, YK's, or whatever they're called now, both parked with neon lights glowing underneath them. Fortunately, the unattended vehicles weren't blaring offensive rap music like some of the rides in front of a convenience store often do, but I'm sure their entertainment systems were up for the task. In addition to the lights, they were both lifted 2-4", with large aggressive tires on bead locked rims, with multiple shock absorbers, winches and enough LED lighting bolted on to light up a baseball game. I kind of felt sorry for these jeeps and their gender confused accent lights, thinking back to the 3 old Willy's CJ2a's I once owned. and loved. Either of these Jeeps, you could have eaten off the inside of the wheel wells, not to mention the entire truck. Undoubtedly, these were 2 great examples of imposing vehicles you could drive to the grocery store, ready and capable of snatching any unfortunate shopping cart from the most trecherous weed-filled stormwater retention pond. After finishing dinner, I was lucky to encounter a middle age man and woman getting into one of those rolling advertisements for 4x4 parts and I asked him how his truck does in "the mud". He looked at me and said, "I've got a fortune in this thing and I'd never beat it up." I'm sure his purple under body lights wouldn't fare too well either on the other side of the curb. I realize people have done this forever with cars and I guess driving a macho-looking vehicle, is safer than a Harley and more legal than carrying a machine gun, but I can't understand why a man without a girlfriend would take Viagra, in you know what I mean. In any case, my, mostly stock, almost 50-year old FJ40 turns more heads than these dime-a-dozen, over-dressed, time released scrap heaps and best of all, I'm not afraid of mud, hills, rocks and deep snow because I know what it can do. I guess like many things in this world, people believe it's better to think they look good than to understand what is good for them.
That's it.
That's it.