.....first dates fall back out on thier attempt to get in the heep

.....second dates learn how to un-zip the window just right to flick cig ashes

.....third dates are used to you staring at their chest as you go down secondary roads

.....fourth dates rarely happen

you spend more time underneath it that driving it

when your floor mat can be seen from underneath the jeep as well as it can from the inside....

a tractor trailer passes you going uphill

You walk through your garage and find a rusty bolt lying where your Jeep is usually parked and you just pick it up and set it aside thinking you may find a spot for it next time you're under your rig.

Your only cup holder is the crotch of your pants and you have the coffee burns to prove it.

You are the only one at the car wash hosing out the inside of your vehicle.

You hold up traffic at a toll booth because you can't get your window unzipped.

When the joke "No, I have NATURAL air conditioning!" is no longer a joke because you've come to believe it.

When you give Hummer drivers the finger when they try to waive at you...too bad it was just a buddy of yours trying to show off his new ride.

And last but not least...when you're a single man with a Jeep when just a few days ago you heard the words, "It's either me or the damn Jeep!"

You Bought a yourself a Daily Driver but you Drive the YJ every day and dont know why.......

You see other cars and think how fake they are.


You see a flatbed trailer in front of you and you wonder if you climb the back of it.

...when your parking spot has more oil in it than your oil pan
...passenger asks 'theres smoke coming from underneath and under the hood, is that bad?' and you reply with 'no thats normal!'
...it stalls every time you come to a stop
...you get asked by dumb tj owners 'why are your headlights square?'
... when your friend can reach over and take the key out while your driving down the road, not shutting it off, and you have to say 'hey dont loose that incase i want to lock my doors!'
...when your guages are a broad estimate

You have discovered you don't need a top, just a variety of hats.

You never have to drive on group outings because it's too windy/noisy/bumpy/exhausty.

Your true gas mileage is a closely guarded secret-- especially from your wife and/or girlfriend.

You can't explain how you can have so much fun driving so very slow.

Your neighbors look at you in horror and amazement when they see you in the driveway hammering the living crap out of something under your Jeep.

...when you drive home with a hi-lift, chain and a log holding your rear axle shaft in.

...when you no longer fear the plow pile at the end of your driveway.

...when you find yourself making mental notes about every trail you pass during the week or a long trip.

...when you drive it so hard you HOPE it'll break just so you can fix and upgrade it.

...when trail scratches become "pinstriping"