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- That's a good shot of Steve. So if you guys don't know, I mean, I know you get frustrated. I know you get frustrated. - Oh, you mother fuckers. (laughing) - Hey, leave the short fat man alone. He was hungover, man. Come on now. - I know you guys get frustrated when we talk about things that you can see on the round table, the Zoom meeting here. - I'll be a part of the round table. - Well, that, and you can also watch the episode on YouTube. Just go over to JeepTalkShow.com and find the YouTube link or go straight to YouTube and just do a search for Jeep Talk Show. You'll find us. Every episode we do is now with live video or recorded live video on YouTube. All right, so if some of you guys might be remembering some of these questions from last week, well, that was because we didn't get to all the questions. I think we did one question last week. But it was great, because it was a great conversation. It actually wasn't just about that one question either. All right, so I thought this was kind of a cool question. I've thought about this before, but I don't know what the answer would be. If two Jeeps crash into each other on the trail ride or while rock crawling, who pays for the damage? - I've always been told the guy going uphill has the right of way. Because it's easier to roll downhill than it is to go uphill. So if two Jeeps are coming face to face and one guy's going up, you got to get out of his way and just be courteous and know that he's having the hardest time. So don't be a D-bab. - Well, I mean, that might keep the accident from occurring, but what if the accident does occur? That might be a way of establishing who's at fault. - Yeah, I don't know. - Might be a solution from the Discord channel. I would say whoever's got the most trail cams to catch the footage. (laughing) - This is Larry's fault. - Oh my God. - This is Matt from North Carolina. He's both have steel bumpers, so it shouldn't matter. - This is Larry from St. Louis. I would say it just depends on how much damage we're talking about. You guys bump each other on the trail, then you just go about your own way. We talk about you really destroyed somebody's Jeep because you were being an a-hole on a trail. That's all yours. - Right, but how do you establish fault? How do you establish who's going to be paying? I mean, there's a possibility that there's the person doesn't even have liability insurance for an off-road only vehicle. They should, but there's always a possibility they don't have that. - Well, an off-road, you don't have to have a street legal vehicle out there on the trail. So there's Jeeps 24-7 where we are in URE. There's Jeeps that are not legal on the road, but they're on the trail. I was actually with Matt a few weekends back. We're going up backside of Diggy Bell, I believe, and we're in a traffic jam, and there's Jeeps coming down above me on not so much a trail, but above me to my driver's side, and I'm just watching this guy, and I'm like, he's going to roll over on me. It's just going to roll down into my Jeep. Nothing happened, it didn't, but at that point, I'm sitting still just waiting for traffic. They decided to go around every which direction, and yeah, I do have dashcams. I have everything set up. I was sitting still, but it would have been on him. I've also seen side by side jump on top of the Jeep in URE, just literally being jackass idiots roll over on top of the Jeep. - Sounds like a good old ass and an ass-flustered man. - Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Whoever's the better fighter. - Yeah, for fun's sake, just beat the fist out of him. I mean, you might lose, but you might win. - Right, so it's in situations, it's life. Had that Jeep rolled over on me on that point? Yeah, he would have been at fault. Just don't be an idiot. Chuck was saying, you see the trail, the trails are marked. If you're going around or you're doing something stupid, it's going to be on you for doing something stupid. - How do you establish that though? If they do have insurance, how do you establish that they're going to pay? I mean, it's not like you can call the police to come out there and write a report. - Well, Tony, Tony, I apologize. This is Chuck from Candor. I mean, it's just like the guy that keep your hood. Did he ever pay?

I can't sit straight in the chair. My ass is too big. Are you ready? It's the Jeep Dog Show, Chick Chat. Hey, it's Jamie. I'll be your host for tonight's episode. Welcome to Chick Chat, your passport to Jeep Adventures, the podcast where style meets substance, and the conversation revolves around all things Jeep from a distinctly feminine perspective. Join us as we rev our engines and dive deep into the world of off-roading Jeep culture and everything in between. So grab your favorite pair of sunglasses, buckle up, and get ready to hit the trails with Chick Chat because when it comes to Jeeps, the journey is just as fabulous as the destination. Welcome everybody to Empower Hour. I'm so excited for our second one. We're going to start off discussing our first Empower Hour. So found out that some of the feedback from the first one, which we all had a great time at, was that some of the men did not like us talking about going to the bathroom on the trails. For anyone that's been on on Tuesday nights, for the roundtable there with the boys, it tends to be a lot of potty. So why is it okay for men to talk about going to the bathroom, but it's not okay for women to go to the bathroom? Are we supposed to wear diapers? Women don't poop. That's why women don't poop. We pee in private. And we don't fart. Right. That's not ladylike. Me too. Nobody ever told my six-year-old that because that's the first thing she does when she wakes up in the morning, literally aims it at you and farts in your direction. Lisa's kind of girl. Lisa had a daughter that would be her. Yes. So I watched the show the other day. I've watched it several times where I'm watching on the big screen in my bedroom and Lisa talking about it and I was hysterical. Like I could not stop giggling. I called her. I'm like that old line does a bear shit in the woods has now changed us to does Lisa shit in the woods and the answer. So question would be yes. So Lisa, you're now famous. We now have a new tagline for you. Hey when nature calls you got to take care of it just because I'm a female doesn't mean I can't go to the bathroom in the woods. I just you know, it's just we have to take a couple extra steps or processes outside of guys. If I could go as easy as guys in the bathroom, it would be great, but I can't so I do what I need to do and you know, I dealt with this stuff in the military. It's just kind of all your female you're not you shouldn't be doing this and that and the other look I have to poop. I pee you poop you pee you fart I fart you sneeze whatever, you know. Grow up your burp. You burp. Yeah, I burp. Yeah, she's good at that. She's like a human beatbox. No, not that much. Cough cough. So I just need to get that out there that women do the same things that men do. It's just men don't like to hear about it, but we are the stronger species. We have more fun. Yes, you know, and if you could I could do it girl could do it. That's what this empower hours all about. So you guys ready for my first question for this week? There's nothing to do with going to the bathroom. So we're going to keep it clean first question. If you were to go camping, do you sleep in a tent? Do you have a camper? Do you sleep in your Jeep or you have a rooftop tent or are you way camping is just not for you and you got to go the the Princess Way and hotel it. So love to hear your answers. I think first. I'll go to Tina. Go to Tina. No, no, no. I think the Princess Way is having a camper which is why I have one. I don't do a tent. I do a little scam. That's my preference for camping. I like it. Lisa. Okay, I prefer tent camping. I'm I have a tent that I can just pack up and throw in the back of my Jeep. I have a cot just because I have a sleeping bag. I throw on top of the cot, you know, it's just easy to throw in the back of my Jeep get to my site and depending on where I'm going and how long I'm going to be there. Basically, I may throw my 10 by 10 canopy in there too, just so I have what I need, but I don't really need the canopy. But I have a little two-person tent that does great and it holds up pretty doggone good about two months ago. We saw that with the hellosius winds that we had at Roush Creek where my tent was, you know, kind of that way and I was inside of it. But yeah, I have I prefer tent camping. I like camper tamping. Thank you air conditioning. I could snuggle with the puppies and have the air conditioning, but it's not required. I just think it's easier and simpler to and I don't hate on people that glamp or hotel it. My thing is I don't mind a tent and I really do like it. It's fun and enjoyable. You've got a big camping trip coming up in 14 days 12 days. Yeah, I do.

I think this is that. Why it's not being sold in the U.S. right now, I think is well, because of the market, frankly, nobody wants to buy electric vehicles. Europe has small streets. Yeah, and make you small as cute as you want. I don't care if you add four wheel drive. Nobody wants an all electric vehicle. Not selling. And so I think that FCA or Stellantis rather kind of saw the writing on the wall here in the States and they said, yeah, this isn't going to be a winner there. So let's try this in Europe. Let's see how it does. If we if it just gets stellar sales, maybe we'll go ahead and add it to the U.S. lineup. I don't think we're going to see it here. So check this out. Yeah. So check this out. The Jeep gets four wheel drive and a lifted suspension. But, you know, they don't say what the lift is. I'm guessing about three quarters of an inch. If you're looking at the picture that we're looking at, it's it. It looks like it has a similar stance to like a Renegade track trailhawk. You know, you get exactly a bit of a boost and maybe one size bigger tires. If that you got my get some traction. Yeah, it looks a lot like a Grand Cherokee to me, but you're right. It probably is really small. Oh, by the way, I don't know if you're aware of this or not, but the Renegade was very popular in on the circuses. The clowns really liked it. This looks like a clown car. I was going to say to your grand, your grand Cherokee. If you were to take a grand Cherokee, drop it into dry ice and chop it in half. That's kind of what you get here. It's a shrunken down smaller version of a grand. So probably without half the bells and whistles. So the Avenger four by E. Yes, it's a four by E. It has a tiny one point two liter gasoline engine fitted with a with a mild hybrid technology. It's a three cylinder turbo. Who could God this sounds like a great motor, not a motorcycle on a lawnmower that develops one hundred and thirty six horsepower, which isn't bad. I mean, that's that's Jeep four point. Oh, no, it's bad. I mean, the last three cylinder car that we had here in the States, I think, was the Geo Metro. And that was one of the cylinders was dead, right? That's you had to pay extra for that third cylinder. Yeah, I know only sometimes it worked. And I think that thing had like forty six horsepower. So I mean, it was just gutless. I actually owned one of the first wedding I ever DJed. I DJed out of a Geo Metro. Well, once you get in there, it's hard to get out. I understand. Look out all the seats except for the driver's seat. I'm a gear in the hard enough time, but not the stuff in the XJ. Yeah. Anyway, the this. It's one hundred and thirty six horsepower and routes the output of the wheels via six P'd dual clutch automatic transmission. What dual clutch automatic. OK, whatever. Joining the ice are two electric motors, one at the front of the vehicle and one at the rear, each developing 28 horsepower. Well, you don't need much to drive a milk crate down the road. I mean, top speed, one hundred and twenty one miles an hour. Yeah, yeah. OK, right. It speeds up to 19 miles an hour. The adventure four by always works in four by four mode with a 50 50 split between the two axles. Up to 19 miles an hour. OK. Yeah. From 19 to 56, it defaults to front wheel drive. Oh, yeah, because, you know, front wheel drive is wonderful. But the rear motor is always ready to intervene. Should the need arise faster than 56 miles an hour and the rear motor is disengaged to reduce fuel consumption. Wait, I thought. I thought the rear motor is electric. Yeah, it is. I guess it's a parasitic drag or. That's what I'm like. I'm like, wait a minute here. Where does the fuel consumption come in into an electric engine? Electric motor, especially one that is detached from the rest of the drive train up front and is in the back. Maybe it ejects it figuring if you're going 56 miles an hour, we're going to dump some of some of the weight of the vehicle, improve miles per gallon. You just have to circle back and pick it up. You get all wheel drive up to 19 miles per hour because reasons. Yeah, I guess there's, you know, too many burnouts. They don't want you spinning the tires. You get a better acceleration, better launch. It's actually it's going to feel like the car is actually quicker than it really is. More traction and rain and snow, too, I'm sure. I suppose for, you know, because, yeah, you're not going to be doing a whole lot more than 19 miles per hour when you're driving in ice or taking off in the rain. Yeah, I don't know. It's I don't know how they come up with this stuff. But yeah, I just found the whole thing interesting, especially the the 1.2 liter engine. So the again, it's not going to be sold in America, which is the majority of our audience. And you might say, why would you even talk about it on the show?

I think this is that. Why it's not being sold in the U.S. right now, I think is well, because of the market, frankly, nobody wants to buy electric vehicles. Europe has small streets. Yeah, and make you small as cute as you want. I don't care if you add four wheel drive. Nobody wants an all electric vehicle. Not selling. And so I think that FCA or Stellantis rather kind of saw the writing on the wall here in the States and they said, yeah, this isn't going to be a winner there. So let's try this in Europe. Let's see how it does. If we if it just gets stellar sales, maybe we'll go ahead and add it to the U.S. lineup. I don't think we're going to see it here. So check this out. Yeah. So check this out. The Jeep gets four wheel drive and a lifted suspension. But, you know, they don't say what the lift is. I'm guessing about three quarters of an inch. If you're looking at the picture that we're looking at, it's it. It looks like it has a similar stance to like a Renegade track trailhawk. You know, you get exactly a bit of a boost and maybe one size bigger tires. If that you got my get some traction. Yeah, it looks a lot like a Grand Cherokee to me, but you're right. It probably is really small. Oh, by the way, I don't know if you're aware of this or not, but the Renegade was very popular in on the circuses. The clowns really liked it. This looks like a clown car. I was going to say to your grand, your grand Cherokee. If you were to take a grand Cherokee, drop it into dry ice and chop it in half. That's kind of what you get here. It's a shrunken down smaller version of a grand. So probably without half the bells and whistles. So the Avenger four by E. Yes, it's a four by E. It has a tiny one point two liter gasoline engine fitted with a with a mild hybrid technology. It's a three cylinder turbo. Who could God this sounds like a great motor, not a motorcycle on a lawnmower that develops one hundred and thirty six horsepower, which isn't bad. I mean, that's that's Jeep four point. Oh, no, it's bad. I mean, the last three cylinder car that we had here in the States, I think, was the Geo Metro. And that was one of the cylinders was dead, right? That's you had to pay extra for that third cylinder. Yeah, I know only sometimes it worked. And I think that thing had like forty six horsepower. So I mean, it was just gutless. I actually owned one of the first wedding I ever DJed. I DJed out of a Geo Metro. Well, once you get in there, it's hard to get out. I understand. Look out all the seats except for the driver's seat. I'm a gear in the hard enough time, but not the stuff in the XJ. Yeah. Anyway, the this. It's one hundred and thirty six horsepower and routes the output of the wheels via six P'd dual clutch automatic transmission. What dual clutch automatic. OK, whatever. Joining the ice are two electric motors, one at the front of the vehicle and one at the rear, each developing 28 horsepower. Well, you don't need much to drive a milk crate down the road. I mean, top speed, one hundred and twenty one miles an hour. Yeah, yeah. OK, right. It speeds up to 19 miles an hour. The adventure four by always works in four by four mode with a 50 50 split between the two axles. Up to 19 miles an hour. OK. Yeah. From 19 to 56, it defaults to front wheel drive. Oh, yeah, because, you know, front wheel drive is wonderful. But the rear motor is always ready to intervene. Should the need arise faster than 56 miles an hour and the rear motor is disengaged to reduce fuel consumption. Wait, I thought. I thought the rear motor is electric. Yeah, it is. I guess it's a parasitic drag or. That's what I'm like. I'm like, wait a minute here. Where does the fuel consumption come in into an electric engine? Electric motor, especially one that is detached from the rest of the drive train up front and is in the back. Maybe it ejects it figuring if you're going 56 miles an hour, we're going to dump some of some of the weight of the vehicle, improve miles per gallon. You just have to circle back and pick it up. You get all wheel drive up to 19 miles per hour because reasons. Yeah, I guess there's, you know, too many burnouts. They don't want you spinning the tires. You get a better acceleration, better launch. It's actually it's going to feel like the car is actually quicker than it really is. More traction and rain and snow, too, I'm sure. I suppose for, you know, because, yeah, you're not going to be doing a whole lot more than 19 miles per hour when you're driving in ice or taking off in the rain. Yeah, I don't know. It's I don't know how they come up with this stuff. But yeah, I just found the whole thing interesting, especially the the 1.2 liter engine. So the again, it's not going to be sold in America, which is the majority of our audience. And you might say, why would you even talk about it on the show?

It almost looks like I mean, looking at the damage, like you could lift that thing up with a train and it'd start right up and you know, maybe you need a new hood and a bumper or something. But it doesn't look that bad. Right. You almost got to wonder if that was, let's say, a manual that was not put, you know, not putting gear or, you know, it just went down the hill or if that was a let's see how fast we get down to sales type scenario. You sir are correct. I don't know about the manual thing, but it was unoccupied when this crash occurred. There you go. And I got to figure, I mean, either the the the pen, the park pen broke in the transmission or more than likely it was a manual transmission. It seems like we had a story about this a number of years ago where something similar happened and I want to say it hit a cow. I can't remember, but it was it wasn't a big deal. But this thing must have really been moving to the suspend itself between these two things. And I forget who just said it about the crane, but that's how they had to get this thing out. They brought in a crane and lifted it up out of the way. I'd like to see an after picture and also too, I'd like to see if it was still drivable. It should be. But you put the nice bumpers in the wind. So you know, the guy in the living room might be able to unhook the winch for him and. So this Jeep slammed into the side of the house just after nine a.m. Early morning drinking is a thing. But but it wasn't in this case. Well, I don't know. It could have been the person could have been drinking when they got out and didn't set the break or the put it in something other than neutral. So the resident of the house had just walked into the laundry room. It's a good place if you think about it. If somebody's going to hear a loud crash in your house. Although I think the bathroom would have been a little bit better. Yeah. Yeah. You imagine sitting on the throne, look all sudden, look up and there's a winch and a bumper sitting there. It's a whole lot went wrong to get up to that point. Our day three of constipation that was just suddenly cured. Yeah. Try to put a positive spin on it. So as I said before, it appears that the Jeep was not occupied, but it rolled down a hill. The Jeep Wrangler had enough forward momentum and distance between the wall and the house was just wide enough for the two door Wrangler to be suspended all night. Almost perfectly horizontal. I still find that amazing. Well, it looks like it's like there's probably eight feet of clearance below that thing in the ground. Like you can easily walk under that thing. So do you guys, you guys see the door there in the hall? I mean, in between the wall and the thing, I'm thinking, you know, he hears the crash or the resident hears the crash, goes to the door, looks out, doesn't see anything. Because the Jeep is up so high. You can't park there. Yeah, exactly. And if that thing was any slower, it looked like it would just hit that wall and just nosedive right in that little valley section there. Yeah, that's what I would certainly have expected. But no, that's not the way it worked out. So, and I have this, it was a really short story that I found about this. So, but I did say there was no injuries and other than a damaged hood, it looks like the Wrangler JK fared well. Does that look like a JK to you guys? I'm thinking it's like a Sahara or something with that, that sidestep that's on there. Yeah, I think that's a JK with that side marker on the front fender there. Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Definitely not a TJ and it doesn't have that little thing like the JLs and the JT have just behind the front flare on the main panel there. So it's definitely not a JT or JK, I'm sorry, a JL. So anyway, I think this, and I don't know, I mean, the house, the owner of the house is certainly going to have some damage there that has to be repaired. But I think that it's relatively minor. I doubt very seriously that it made it all the way through the wall, although I could be wrong. I mean, it looks like all the bricks are knocked out. So, you know, usually that's just a fascia. So it's probably leaning up against the studs and that ball there. But it looks like another five or six feet and he'd have found the power boxes sitting there. Oh yeah. That could have been interesting. Well, I'm hoping the Jeep is still running, has a minor and the insurance, the JK probably still has full coverage on it. Hopefully the insurance takes care of it. And maybe they get some, some upgrades while they're at it. There you go. Time to replace those faded fenders. Yeah. The angry girl.

In the booth, selling shirts. It was great. And then took a group out. We went through the trails. It's amazing. The side-by-sides and the quads and the bikes don't care that there's a giant Jeep coming at them. They whip around corners. I almost ate a few people. Then they think that they pull over, that I'm as narrow as they are to fit around them. At one point, I'm like, look, I am the biggest one in the group. I'm the most experienced. If I'm worried, you should be even more worried. Because if I can get past you, it doesn't mean that they can. Might want to. So we got through it. And we wound up-- I took the whole team. It was a two and a half hour ride down to a gorgeous lake. That tremendous drop down. It's fed by a couple of waterfalls with barbecue dinner. And then made our way back in the dark. And then I showed them around the mud bogs and all of that. So it was nice. But it was three days is a long time. Three days can be a long time in the mud bogs. I can only imagine. But what a great way to spend the holiday weekend. Yeah. So what did you do? I was able to spend time with family and friends. We did take a little bit of a break today to be able to honor our heroes today. So I have a local parade that's right here in my hometown. Got to go. They had lots of vintage jeeps in it. So I was really excited to see all those. Were you in the parade? I was not. I got to be a spectator for a change. And I got to be honest, it was kind of nice. So we did take a break from the parade for just this special holiday. Someone can really spend some time with their own heroes and honoring our heroes. Because we just got back from a really big trip out to Sand Hollow, Utah, which we can dive into it a little bit about what we do with that. But it was nice to be able to kind of have a day. So and spend time with our own jeeps a little bit. I took time to spend the day with my pillows and my puppies in bed. I have not had a day off without an event since February. Oh my goodness, yes. But we love it, right? This is why we do it. Because we get to connect with everybody so much. It's nice. Someone had asked me their likes. So how many events do you do a year? And 49. 49, yes. I haven't started counting yet. I'm going to after this year. This has been my biggest year so far. And what is today's date? So we're halfway through. We're about to hit the halfway mark. And we're off and running. So it's really good. Yes. And now we just have that whole Florida Trail team challenge that they approached me about yesterday that I messaged you about. So they're going to sponsor a team of women. And so I'm trying to get a couple of women teams together for that. So that will be event number 50. Have you ever done this event before? Can you tell me later? So I took a call with the woman whose son runs the entire thing. And I do want to get her on the show because I think it's such an empowering thing to have women do challenges like this. So there's going to be firearms. And it's navigation, first aid, recovery, 24 hours. And it's eight hour shifts and doing all sorts of-- you start Friday night, check in, and then you're good until it ends at 3 o'clock on Sunday. My nickname is Natty Navigation. So I feel like this is something I need to go do. I think you need to meet me down in Florida. I think I do, too. It'll be fun. So each team is a jeep and a person. So we've got to get a couple of teams together. For sure, for sure. Definitely something fun to talk about. High Lift is definitely between you and someone else from High Lift. Get you guys down there. Get all girls-- Team, couple of teams going. Definitely be a thing. We're not just a shop. We are a whole family. We're a lifestyle. We are out on the trails with you as-- because you don't just become a customer with us. You are a family. You become our trail family because we help you build it. And then we take you out from your very first 101 class, no matter what your build size is, from going from stock to 35s or going up to 42s. And it's your first time. So you have to know how to use what you just built. So we love being able to do that and offer that opportunity. That's awesome. So where do you usually do-- where's the first trip that you usually take people out to? First trip, we have been doing what's called a park out in Attica, Indiana, called Badlands Off-Road Park. And it's becoming more and more popular It's a family-owned business and operation in Attica. It is what Attica is.

Tony met Rossy with Maxxis Tires last year at EJS, and had to visit her at the Maxxis Tires booth at EJS 2024. Always fun to visit with Rossy, I recommed telling her hi when you see her at events!

Tony does a brief interview with Tanner of Rock Slide Engineering. If you don't know about these rock sliders with retractable steps you need to know. Get protection for your Jeep sooner than later, later will be very expensive. Also think about these as a door ding blocker!

(laughing) So yeah, so I loaded all this on the Gooseneck and everything, I strapped tires down and I drive the Jeep, it was six and a half hours one way. And my dad sees like, "Yeah, it's gonna take you a solid six and a half." I was like, "Nah, I can make it faster than that." You know, so I pull up and I get there. And I look at the time and I'm like, "Ha!" And of course I'm looking at my phone which automatically updates via satellite, right? So I call my dad and I'm like, "I told you I'd make it faster than that. I made it in five hours." He said, "You went through a time change, didn't you?" - I was just gonna say, you went through a time change, didn't you? - Right? I had no idea. I show up and I drop the Jeep off. And again, me and Jim was talked for several hours, hours and minutes. And so we agreed that this was the timeframe, this is when we were gonna have it done. This is another thing. So he did the Artec truss, both front and back and did the whole axle swap and everything like that. The four and a half inch X Factor rock crawler long arm suspension with the coil over fronts, which was a nightmare in itself because one of my stipulations to Chambliss was that I wanted the center of gravity as low as possible. I didn't want to monster truck cheap. So I had to get taller towers from Artec to weld to the frame so the coilovers would sit higher in the motor bay and lower the overall height of the vehicle. - So let me jump in here. You're giving us a lot of information and I've got several questions along the way that, I'm curious now you've got this LJ and I know I'm gonna say JL because I keep getting those things. I know the difference, I just keep saying it wrong. So you correct me if you hear me say JL. I mean, I read it as LJ in your message here and I still was thinking it was a JL. At any rate, I mean, by the way, I love TJs. And if anybody out there doesn't know, that's what an LJ is, is a lengthened TJ. And you can correct me on that. I think that's really the only difference is one is a little longer than the other. So this LJ that you got, was it a sport? Was it an X? Was it a Rubicon? What did you start with? - No, it was just a bare bones sport. - So you were dealing with a 44 in back and probably a Dana 30 upfront, probably a low pinion Dana 30 upfront and whatever the stock gears were. So did you try wheeling this thing at all before you went into the build process? - I did not. - No, it's fine. I mean, you can do what you wanna do, but this sets it up for the people. You got a stock LJ and you said, I'm gonna buy a bunch of shit and get it put on there. - Well, I had a vision in my head and when I called Campbell's, I said, I wanted to look exactly how yours looked. - Okay, so he had one and it was set up. You basically were getting your setup the same way he had his. - At first. Infinity vault. But anyway, yeah, so I dropped it off to him and he did the suspension and the axle swap. It was in the middle of COVID. So it was, COVID wasn't like full fledged. It had died off a little bit, but then it came back. I don't know if you remember that or not, but it kind of flared back up. So it kind of, companies were still battling distribution and shipping. - Actually, I'm surprised you got the parts you did get. - Right, yeah. Well, it took RockCrawler, projected build on the lift was I think four weeks and it ended up taking them a month and a half. So it was only two weeks over schedule. So wasn't bad. Yeah, they did a tremendous job. And I actually got to speak and talk with Jeremy Purik at RockCrawler and he's real cool dude. But anyway, I went to go pick up the Jeep. This is after axles and everything like that. And I was just, I was running out of time. I wanted to get it done by a certain day. And at this time I had no idea that RockCrawler had invited me to Jeep invasion. And so when I go to pick up the Jeep, I showed up and I was kind of, I'm not gonna say I was in the best of moods. I was kind of upset because it was, it had taken a lot longer. I dropped it off the day before Thanksgiving, 20, 2023 or yeah, the day before Thanksgiving, 2022. And I was supposed to pick it up either at the end of December, right after Christmas or the first of the year. I ended up picking it up in March.

But John Lee picked the barbecue plays and I know maybe both of them, but they're the whole trail, the 160, 180 miles of scenic Texas is picked. And that's what's going on on the seventh. And I think, and I believe they're both going to be there on the sixth. So there may be some unofficial Jeep talk show off-roading on the sixth. So this is the sixth, the seventh and the eighth. So this is going to be really big for people that are out of state, like you, Rick. - Right. - I'll be down there. I'm coming from Kansas. - All right. - Oh my goodness, that's great. Yeah, I did see you fill out the form. So there is a form online that you can fill out. It says the head count type thing, a little more information on the event. So just go over there to jeeptalkshow.com and fill out the form. How about you, Matt? You hadn't come to something in a while. (laughing) - I have, we actually have two weddings that weekend. So my wife and I are going to give them places. - Yeah, that's right. - But unfortunately we're not going to make it this year. - Well, that's too bad. We're going to miss you. - And I was all playing around with him, but. - Yeah. (laughing) - Damn it, Matt. I was ready. - Yeah, play me some habits. - Travis, you can fly in and we will pick you up at the airport. I'm just saying your complaint about the long drive and everything, not a good excuse anymore, dude. - That's what Nicky G did. Nicky G has actually been to an event. - Yeah, Nicky G has. I've been to an event with Nicky G. I'm actually heading to the, we've got a event in the mountains of North Carolina that I'll be at that weekend. Otherwise, if Matt would have driving down, I would have hopped in road, you know, passenger bitch and just enjoyed sleeping while he drove. - You're in a ride map, bitch, what? - Is this a legally, this event you're going to, Travis, is it something legal that the judge has ordered you to go to? I mean, you don't have a choice of what event you can pick to go to? - I don't have a choice. I've just got a, it's local to me. - Look at that smile. - So when I say local to me. - He's lying. - It's in the mountains of me. I go visit my parents while I'm up there. They're having their house remodeled, so I'm going to go check it out and just, yeah. - Well, keep an eye on the dog this time because it got injured the last time. - Last time, and that's all we're going to let him run it through before the August Smoky Mountain Deep Invasion. This one's in the North Carolina side. From what I hear, a large event, the fifth year they've run it, we'll see how large it is. I've never attended, never been there. I'm going to check it out. - Oh, and I forgot to mention by popular demand, we are now doing YouTube Live again. So you won't be able to see it if you're watching this later. But if you want to check out future round table episodes, you can always check out our YouTube Live. It's really simple, jeeptalkshow.com slash live. - I'm watching it now. - Cool. - I guess I'm the other one. - Yeah, there's never a big head count there.

I'm just going to be really cool. Are you ready? It's time for the Jeep dog show with host Tony, Josh, Wendy, and Chuck. Well, howdy. It's Wendy and I'm so lucky to have the friends I have in this deep community that I belong to. I am Larry and I hopefully will be wheeling soon. It's been a while. June 7th. Well, that's that's the hope. You know, you you're not for sure. I'm not 100% sure yet. I gotta be clear from the doctor, you know, I've had all those quacks. I've had my clutch leg worked on so I gotta gotta get that operational again. That's right. He doesn't have an automatic where he can just sit there and drive. He has to right. You know, Duke's been on enough trips and he's been just eating stuff and not working. It's time to make that dog drive. Yeah, you have to work that clutch pedal a little bit. Just put a McDonald's thing on there that whatever it was. What is it? The breakfast thing that he likes? What is it? It doesn't matter. It's true. What am I talking about here? He doesn't peruse the menu and say, oh, I'm tired of that. Let's get something different this time. Alright, Jeep axing the grand Cherokee. It isn't so I just I mean my god, I wish they had done this years ago. So whenever I went in and was getting a part for my Cherokee, I didn't have to be asked. Is it a grand? No, god damn it. It's a real Jeep. Damn it. It's not something yuppy. It's not something yuppy mobile. I know. Oh, they are pretty nice. Oh, they are. Absolutely. Uh but I wanted I wanted an off-road vehicle. Okay. So I'm thinking Jeep is turning over a new leaf. Uh the new EV only Recon may be coming with an ice option. Uh and now Jeep's getting rid of the non off-road Jeeps. Hmm is maybe they're onto something. No, no, don't be ridiculous. They're not getting rid of that. They're not getting rid of the non uh the non off-road jeeps. No, no, no. So, right here. Yeah. So this is this is what you're going to go. Oh, that makes sense. They're axing prices. So, you you guys have heard. I like how you're not reading ahead in the show notes, Wendy. I appreciate that. I'm not. I'm listening. I'm trying to be like a listener. I'm like, what are you talking about? That's that's a great reaction and you guys can see the reactions if you watch us on YouTube. That's right. YouTube and search for Jeep talk show. So, don't be ridiculous. They're axing prices with reductions between. Listen to this part. Reductions between eleven thousand and twenty-eight thousand dollars. Wow. Oh my gosh. Wow. These things must be stupid expensive. Yeah. You're the only way you're getting twenty-eight grand off. That thing was over a hundred already. Oh, you know it. So, I mean, you know, it's that on sale thing, you know, that gets you but my god, could you imagine getting twenty-eight thousand dollars off a vehicle? You could think you'd won the lottery till you got that first payment. Yeah. So, what the the the Grand Cherokee and the Grand Cherokee L, I've had both of those for rentals and that's a pretty pricey rig there. So, I can see where those would be a hundred ish real quick. Well, and this here where it's kind of gives us an idea. Prices have been reduced by more than 20% on some models with the biggest savings to be found, of course, on the flagship seven seater version. That's where they're going to take the twenty-eight off of. Yeah. So, yeah. The top of the line. I mean, thirty, thirty thousand dollars roughly and that's twenty percent of the value. Wow. Yeah, you're right. I mean, we're talking, you know, some hefty dollars there. I don't see how these people can pay for these things. I know. That's what I want to know. What do they do for a living? That's my question. Who said they're paying for them? Well, I mean, they have to make the monthly payments, right? Well, yeah. They get maybe the first one. I mean, how long can you keep it and not pay for it? Yeah. Well, that's right. There's it depends on the state apparently. I know. I know here in Missouri, there's a ton of those little black tow trucks running

You've been to Germany, haven't you? Yeah, well, you have a station over there. So spent three years over there as a youngster. And so, you know, I say goomy and all sorts of other they don't think pronunciations are a little different. So well, I'm from Texas, damn it. And born and reared here. And we all know how painful that can be. So that you know, the interesting thing is it doesn't it doesn't actually mean that it's being pronounced correctly. But I want you to hear the mid-roll that we have because it's a recorded thing. And I think I'm saying it the same way that guy is saying it. He just sounds so much better. Whenever he says it. So stay tuned for that. I'm going to find out what you think about the way he pronounces it. Maybe it's just my my stupid American ear not hearing the the subtleties of the German language. Yeah, I mean, I figured it's a Bavarian country. So it's a play on, you know, Bavarian, right? The W's are pronounced like a V. Is it? Okay. Bavarian. Okay. Yeah. Looks like a warrior to me. Yeah. All right. Go topless day. One dead, two injured. Now we got a show. Yeah. So I've mentioned this several times before. If you're going to go to go topless day in southeast Texas, you can go to the Bolivar Peninsula or somewhere in regular Galveston where it's actually within the city limits or it's still called Galveston further down the beach, further east on the beach. I'm sorry, further west on the beach. And I've only been to go topless day once. There was no shootings, at least when we left at four, there wasn't. It may have been later that night, but I found out since then and several listeners have reached out and said, oh, yeah, you know, you need to go to the one in Galveston because that one is family friendly. And, you know, it's not it's a lot calmer. So this year and every year, at least here in southeast Texas, our beach is Galveston and go topless day happens several places along that sandy border of the Gulf of Mexico. Bolivar is generally a bad place to attend the event unless you have body armor and driving to Detroit is just too far to try that out. See what I did there? There was one hundred and eighty nine arrests made. And the thing that the thing I find really strange, I saw this on the last time I looked this information up the pre go topless day, the local media is calling it Jeep weekend. And I don't know, is is go topless day copyrighted or they don't want to I don't promote go topless day. Maybe go topless is too much negative connotation to it. Yeah, or maybe it's too dirty or something. I don't know. Somebody said change it. It's really strange. Jeep weekend. Of course, I kind of like that from the standpoint of go topless day doesn't say Jeep. I mean, that most everybody understands it's Jeep related. But Jeep weekend certainly indicates it's Jeep. You would think at least it's something that you can take the top off of. And I think that would be a like a 70s Bronco Blazer, also the same type of timeframe and the Bronco. I think those are really the only choices, the modern day Bronco, really the only choices for go topless. Unless it's a convertible car. Yeah, I wonder who the troublemakers are. So didn't they ban like American muscle cars, a coffee, cars and coffee there in Houston or something recently? Oh, I didn't see that. That's interesting. I saw something. It was like if you have a Mustang, a Camaro or a Challenger, like you're not welcome. So wow. That's I guess if it gets bad enough, people go out on a limb and do that. Yeah, people acting up being stupid. So, yeah, you can't find no more anywhere anymore. So the Bolivar Peninsula, there were there was one fatality among the victims of again, Bolivar, Bolivar Peninsula. But it's unclear if they died at the scene or died later. And my question is, does it frickin matter? They are dead. Yeah, I mean, they got shot out there at Bolivar. So even if you were going by yourself, Bill, is this something that you would be interested in attending at least once go topless day? And of course, you got to drive down from Austin to Galveston because that's that's the closest beach to you. No, absolutely not. Like the crowds and people being stupid. Like, honestly, if I want to go drive on the beach, go down to Padre down to the National Seashore, there's like 60 miles of like undeveloped beaches out there. And you just drive until you find a spot where there's no other vehicles out there. And you have you have like your own private beach to go camp on and start up a fire, have some drinks or whatever, and not deal with all this silliness that goes on at these events. I think you brought up a good point, though, as far as who was the groups that were causing the issues.

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It's just, it's flooring. It's a flooring system. It's a replacement flooring system. It's a, it's not mats and it's certainly not carpet. Uh, it is, it's a, it's a TPO vinyl and it's basically TPO is just a very durosy of different various types of vinyls. Um, some of your floor mats that are popular, they're a TPU. So it's a thinner, it, it's, it fades quicker. It warps quicker. It stains terribly. Uh, and, and you get what you pay for. Those are mats. And one of the nicer features that we also wanted to design into armor light is that mat function that in that tread, the tread that you would have in weather mats that's integrated into the top of the, you don't have to have formats with this. It is a, yeah, it's both things. It replaces the carpet in any formats that you have. Correct. So, so don't buy formats for it. Don't take your old formats and throw them on it. First of all, it's a very, it's a very nice, we're very proud of how it looks. And a lot of the compliments we get in the product reviews is how much nicer it makes the whole interior look. But it's also functionally just a lot easier, uh, and easier on your wallet because now you don't have to go buy floor mats. You just put this in, you've got that functionality integrated into the surface. It does two things. It manages the water to the drain plug. So when you get water in there off your boots or even a spill, it's going to guide the water through those channels to the drain plug and then out the bottom of the vehicle. And the other thing it gives you is what we call stiction. When you're off camber on a trail and you want to get in and out of your vehicle, you want to plant your foot and you want it to stay where you've planted it. So the, the, the, the surface that we have on that product will hold your foot in place, um, in almost any condition. And, and, and that's kind of important to all of us. I know you, I, I myself have an, on different floor surfaces in and out of a Jeep have slipped on the wrong kind of rocky condition. And it didn't feel very good cause of the way, you know, it depends on the position you're in, but there's a door sill there and you could hit that door. Are you okay? I know what you're talking about. I forgot to mention this. So if you want to go to the website and look at this, uh, this product that we're talking about while you're listening to the interview, go to go armor, light.com. The word go G O a no space armor and then light as in light beer, L I T E.com, go armor, light.com. And I'm looking at the, uh, I probably should be looking at the JL or the JT, but I just happened to pull up the, uh, the, the one, the front flooring for the Wrangler TJ and, uh, it, and I want to make sure people understand this, this stuff, it's raised and, and lowered. So if you have fitted floor mats or you're aware of fitted formats, think of that, except it's the whole, it covers the whole floor. So it goes up several inches in the front, several inches on the side. So you would really have to try hard or go through a lot of water to get water underneath these things. And like you said, it's all channeled to go through the drain plugs, uh, which are, which are right there. Uh, and, uh, the, the other thing that, uh, that you guys might, might be interested in, and I think you, you brushed on this, we certainly talked about it before the interview is the heat reduction portion of this, uh, which is especially important, as you said, for like the 392. Uh, but, and, and, and why is it, why does it knock down the heat? Did, did you guys do that on purpose, actually design it to keep the heat away from the passengers? So, uh, when I mentioned that we spent so much time on the trail before we introduced our MRLA to get that kind of feedback from Jeepers, uh, and just wheelers in general, one of the top complaints was the heat, uh, especially in the old CJ's TJ's, right? Cause they're all running sheet metal and the Hemi swaps and the LA swaps and so on. And, and, and everyone's saying, can you do anything to knock this heat down? So we knew that that was one of our first engineering challenges. And I talked about polyester and the importance of polyester is a material that

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I'm not a YouTube guy. I'm not a YouTube guy. Like literally Joel. No, I don't. I don't. I don't YouTube. I, I, if, if I need to go to the fix, I do, but I don't 24 seven watch it or go to it. It's not my go to. It's on the entertainment thing. What do you do? What do you watch for entertainment? TV. I still have cable. I'm, I'm, I'm still on cable. I do that. I'll go to, I work on social media currently. So that's my social media go to, uh, not YouTube, but just whether it be Facebook or Tik TOK or Instagram or everything you're posting on Tony. I'm watching it. I'm looking at it. YouTube is not it. Um, that said, I watch the YouTube's honestly on, honestly on, on Tuesday nights, I was logging in and I brought this up before the show. Oh, wow. That's a big, I didn't realize that that's a big deal for you to actually be watching the, the YouTube live we were doing in the past. You asked about that before we started the show and there may be some other folks out there. There may be one other person that's curious. We, uh, we were doing the YouTube live at the same time we were recording this, uh, zoom, uh, episode for the round table. And, um, I would put that out there. And I think that the only people that were watching were you guys that were here in the zoom meeting. And we never had more than three or four people, uh, that, uh, were watching. And so I didn't figure there was any reason to be doing it. Well, I mean, are we not a reason where the guys that are supporting the show and being a part of it? I hadn't, I really hadn't heard anything about it until tonight. I think maybe, uh, Rick had asked me about it before, but, uh, I brought it up two weeks ago, like, damn it, because I don't use a computer to log into my zoom and anybody else can do that as well. It's logging on your phone. That's what I do. I log you in my phone and I get it. But if it's YouTube live, I can actually see everything going on compared to the other people that, you know, are fancier than I am and have a nice computer to do everything for them. So let me ask you this other really quick. You, you watch your TV, you got cable and stuff. Well, what type of programming do you watch? Is it sports or, are there actual like serialized shows or movies? I'm just curious. Cause for me personally, uh, I, I find that I don't want to sit still for 90 minutes to two hours to watch a movie. And then I realized I don't have to, I can watch part of it and come back to it later. So, uh, but I used to just love watching movies, but now I have so many other things that I can do for entertainment besides just broadcast TV. Um, I'm a member or a member subscribes to everything under the sun, including table ID, VR, 90% of shows that I find, I'm not a patron. I found the shows that I like and I watch those. Um, I am big on sports. You know, a lot of, a lot of the guys in the room are not. And I'm like, yeah, I'm watching this game. I was watching hockey last week, you know, and I'm like, no one's paying attention to hockey game at all or football or anything. I'm going to mold the desk. I see. I'm going to be against you there because we've got game six coming up now and I'm really hoping the hurricanes can pull it out. Um, hurricane. Is that, uh, is that hockey? That is hockey. Yes. So you don't proud of you, Tony. You knew that. Yeah. Formally. I think the hockey got a lot more interesting whenever they started tracking the puck and you could actually follow the puck on the ice. Oh, God, they don't do it anymore. That was, it's been a long time since seven years ago. Yeah. It's been a long time. So I saw I've never watched the full game. I didn't care for it till college. I dated a girl from Detroit and became a huge red winks fan. Hurricanes came along and they took me over because I don't have one of those hockey. Hockey is one of those things that's better watched in person than it is on TV. 100% agree with that. I went to, I went to one, I went to one rockets football game, a football game, basketball game years ago. Uh, had a really good seats, not on the court, but a mid court up about five or six rows. And, uh, it was a lot more interesting being there, uh, than it is watching it on television. That's baseball as well. Yeah. I mean, baseball, I cannot watch it to save my life, but you put me at a game on TV. I love

Well, welcome, everybody. Of course, we're back. Isn't this awesome? Julianne, I'm so excited. We get to do this again. We get to keep doing it, bringing all kinds of content and fun stuff, right? Yes. All the amazing women. It is later in the day for us. And for me, it's Friday. That's right. And I'm using the 30th year celebration cup that the SEMA Business Women's Network had provided for us and gave us at the SEMA Show in 2023. That's awesome. Good old cheers for that, right? Cheers to Friday. All right. Well, we're going to kick this off and sort of get updated on what you've been up to, girl. I mean, we've both been kind of busy doing our thing, but tell me what you've been going. I know you went to EJS and also to Jeep Beach week, so you were there, right? So fill us in. Fill in the listener. What's been going on? Oh, EJS was absolutely wonderful. I had led four trail rides. I hosted one for Sprintech Superchargers and Maxxis Tires. We did a bunch of photo shoots with Maxxis Tires, which was a ton of fun to have a lot of the teams, the new Maxxis team that has been kind of formulated over the last like six to eight months. We have RPM steering that just joined the Maxxis team, so it was awesome to have their new rigs out there because they have been building and building and building everything. Yes. And it was nice to see it in person because I was able to see everything on our social platforms, you know, but once you see those beauties in real life, then it's like, wow, that wow factor kicks in. You're like, man, that's a build if I ever saw one. So we did we did a ton of trails altogether. We got a bunch of pictures and photo shoots with Maxxis. And then I went and did metal masher and I decided to take a little chance and I was doing one of the bigger obstacles with my little two door and I broke the front end. Oh, no, you didn't break again. Come on. Of course, that's always the fun part of it is breaking. And then wait, I have to improve. I have to upgrade now. So but I didn't break it to the point where I couldn't run it still. So I just took it easy for the rest of the week. Yeah. And put her on the carrier and sent her back home and RPM shipped me out the replacement parts ASAP, which was awesome because I was able to get these new shiny, beautiful parts back on the Jeep and just in time for Jeep Beach. Yeah, build them up. And man, I'll tell you, I drove that Jeep straight across the country from Michigan all the way to Daytona, Florida. And she drove like a dream. And it's crazy because everybody always says like, how can that like, how can you even drive that across the country? And I'm like, listen, I've got that suspension so dialed in, right? To where it's like driving a brand new Jeep right off the lot. It really is. And I mean, she hits bumps, you don't even know you hit the bumps. I mean, and I can take her 90 to 100 miles an hour for a couple hours straight. I mean, like I'm burning gas and I'm stopping more. But yeah, she goes fast thanks to the supercharger from Sprint X. And the suspension is all RPM now. So the control arms, all the front end steering, everything is RPM. And they always say like, you can just set it and forget it. And they're not joking. It's okay. So now you're up in Michigan, right? So getting down to Florida, how many days did that take you to get down there? Two. That's not too bad. You know, it's not really that bad. I can

EJS2024 Interview with Marvin of @flexrocksrollovers We've interviewed Marvin in the past but this was the first time meeting him in person. #jeeptalkshow #jeep #jeeplife #jtschicchat Hey, Tony here with the Jeep Talk Show. We're out here at EGS 2024 and I was out here doing another interview and Marvin from Flex Rocks and Rollovers pulled up alongside me and went, "I know that guy."(...) He kind of waved and started working on his Jeep because,(...) tell us real quick, you had a trail repair and now you have to actually get a true four-wheel drive to get the front axle working. You actually make a mechanical modification. Correct. So, I busted the front. You joined on a trip to Cedar City right before East Jeep Safari and I was in a really, really gnarly spot and couldn't, like there was no way to really change a full driveshaft, but I had a spare. So, I just took the front part of the driveshaft out and replaced it with my spare and, well, that never got balanced together. So, now I have a vibration when I drive it down the road and I don't have locking hubs. I just have drive slots.(...) You told me you were having problems with locking hubs. Yeah, exactly. I busted two sets of locking hubs in the last couple of years. Have you thought about any driving lessons so you don't break parts?

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A funny one to me. It was torture, very much torture, but it was it was something new to me. And I joined the world. I used to ride shotgun in my husband's seat, like literally all the time. And then boom, I'm in the spotlight. And so literally not having an offered story, but having more. And David told me that I had one. And then here you're. Oh, my God. Putting putting both of those, you know, helpful and inspiring and funny and playful and something both that just went together like you're freaking genius. I love it. Well, I don't know if I could have written your story without Leah's help. So she gets a little she gets a little shout out because she she filled in some of the blanks. When you were having a hysterical fit over that bat. So I got to thank her for that. And for those who haven't read the story yet. Yeah, the bat. My editor thought that was one of the most favorite things in the book actually was the bat. Yeah. So being that we have time on the show, David, you and I were talking about it, that perhaps Marissa and I would both read our story this way to get it out there. And we could have a giggle or a sob or whatever. And this way, it's a pretty good way to introduce ourselves to our new audience of cheap. So, text, text chat and also to get people more exposed to your book, which I think everyone should have. I mean, your other one is a life changer. So I have to tell you, reading this one. And the first chapter about being on the plane and the taking shoes off and the food and I'm identifying with everything. Don't give me a little. Give me a little. All right. So let me ask you a question, though. Are are you capable of reading your story allowed for the whole world to hear it in your voice because it's a vulnerable story. I will do it. I'd love to hear it. I'd love to hear it in your voice. I don't you know, it's funny. I read it last night when I got home at eleven thirty from a long day of rails and everything. And it's different than the first copy that you had sent to me. And it was amazing reading it. But now reading it to you who put this together, this is an entirely different experience. So here I go. I want to throw in. I'm going to throw in first that I am a different breed. I am a different breed in a sense where I like to wait on things. These make me a little nervous, but also in the same sense excited. And so I remember last week when we were talking that, you know, we're going to do the whole chick pad. And we're going to introduce that and talk about it. The story sort of possibly when my book came in, I shared it with everyone. And I had to personally sit down and read my story. And I wanted to save this moment for this moment. And so I am don't do that. Surprise. At least reduce reduce property when you do it. Absolutely. absolutely. So I'm excited. Are you ready? In time. But yes, Jamie, I couldn't be more excited to hear your story from your mouth. Let's do it. Steering towards sobriety. My Jeep's role in recovery. The cold of December 14, 2014 clung to me like a shadow. My husband of 13 years had just left two months prior. I was wading through a haze of newfound independence, garnished with wild partying. While I'd always dance with liquor and drugs that night my feet would trip. I used some extra money to throw a lavish Christmas party at the local clubhouse. The evening was set. A well-stocked bar brimming with champagne and guests clutching bottles of their favorite poison. My fresh wounds of heartbreak and deep-seated anxiety compelled me to drown them in intoxicating waves of liquor. I achieved, Godzilla taking over the city, levels of drugs. As hours passed, someone inquired if I'd eaten. No, no, I'm good. I slurred back. I could buy two champagne bottles, two and a half bottles of Jack Daniel's apple cider whiskey, and my spicy introduction to Fireball Shop. I was consuming enough for an entire party. By 9 o'clock my world went dark. The following morning I awoke in a disoriented state, finding myself in my own bed beside a man I had only recently begun to date. A glance out the window revealed my brand new Jeep parked outside. "How did my Jeep end up here?" I asked. I freaking love you. We did it. Holy crap. You guys are nuts. I can't even. You're my friend. You're my new friend.

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They're plentiful. They're out there. There's a lot of third party companies and parts manufacturers and suppliers that have them out there. And especially when you're talking about AMC era Jeeps, a lot of those parts cross reference to GM parts. So let me ask you this. What is a classic vehicle? Is it and I don't know if this is universal across the entire United States, but is it 25 years that it's 25 years since it was produced? Or what determines that? So every, every state has a little bit different of a definition, but on a federal basis, right? What they allow to be imported into the country as a quote unquote classic vehicles, 25 years or older. So anytime you have a vehicle, so that's what kind of what I fall into is anytime you have a vehicle is 25 years or older. I consider it. What is the other than just having the classic? What is the benefit or is there any benefit of tax wise or anything like that? And I know this is state by state. But so in general, is there a benefit to having a classic vehicle? Other than a whole lot of fun, enjoying them and you know, looking at them every day when you open up your garage door, I don't believe so. But hey, you know what? That's what it's all about is being an enthusiast that collects them, enjoys them and builds them the way that they want. I don't know of any other crazy tax benefits. I think that like the registration is cheaper here in Texas if you have a classic vehicle, but I don't think you can daily drive it. And then this is specific to Texas. So I like, for example, I've got a 1998 Jeep Cherokee that I drove daily for at least 22 years, maybe 23 before I got the 21 2021 Jeep talk show gladiator. And now I've been driving it every day, but I do plan on driving the 98. It was working fine whenever I put it in the garage. But so it is over 25 years. I need to do the math, but I'm sure it's over 25 years now. And I'm glad to hear that. I mean, I don't think that's a problem getting parts, even though the last XJ was made in 2001. I don't think there's a problem getting parts, but at least I have a gladiator that I can drive that in case it is trouble getting parts. What's it? It's funny you bring up something that state by state because I'm in New Jersey. I live in a coastal town in New Jersey, about an hour south of New York City. And here in New Jersey, our car insurance rates are absolutely astronomical because we're so densely populated. So one of the big benefits of having a classic vehicle is you get to use classic vehicle insurance and classic vehicle insurance is about roughly, I'd say 20% of daily driver, you know, modern, late modern. Yeah. You ready for this? I'll give you an example, right? My entire collection, it costs me, and this is agreed upon value. It costs me about her vehicle, about 10 to 15% of what it costs me to insure my daily driver. They got to do something of insurance is killing us, both health and vehicle and everything else. And then when it's a pain in the ass to get them to pay when you need it, it's just insulting. I hate insurance. I absolutely hate it. It's a necessary evil, but you know. You put it best. It's a necessary evil. All right. So let me ask you this and your, and this is, I know this is going to upset the children, but what is your favorite classic vehicle in your collection? So I'm going to preface this by a statement that makes me a little sad, right? So as of this past Saturday, this is the first time in, since I was 17 years old, so we're talking almost 25 years that I haven't had a Jeep in my collection. I'm sorry. We have to go. So I've had a numerous amounts of Jeeps come and go throughout my, through my collection throughout the years. I actually started collecting Jeeps. My first Jeep I ever bought, my first classic I ever bought was a 1981 CJ seven Omaha, Omaha orange. Um, love it. Said I would never sell it. Ended up selling it last summer to a friend of mine actually. Well, that's not, at least you can keep tabs on it. I see him in his family. Enjoy it. So, but I've had almost every CJ, um, several SJs, but the one I just saw, which sadly enough I just wasn't using a lot. Was it a clean immaculate 1982, uh, Jeep J10. Yeah. Long bed. Yeah. Have you, uh, and I always get this wrong. Uh, in Twister, they had a great Jeep that hurt me whenever they crashed it.

It's Tuesday and that means another new flagship episode! Josh calls in and gives us an update plus much more! #jeeptalkshow #jeep #jeeplife