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Minty JL

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I love my 23 hydro blue rubicon but it’s been cold and I can’t stop buying fun stuff but I’m not going outside to install crap so I’m stuck dreaming
I do miss my 21 blacked out sport max tow tho
Same here............I have a 3 car garage......time to purge some shit so I can work in the garage with heat
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What grocery store is that so I can visit the next time I'm down in OBX???
It was probably a Harris Teeter. The new or remodeled ones have a bar in them (beer and wine only).
 

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I've fallen a bit out of love with mine, to be honest.

I think its the automatic transmission (which is fantastic), but it's just not engaging to drive. The horrendous ride quality and handling, poor power, and poorer MPG have worn me down. The seats are poorly bolstered so taking turns is a chore. Going onto any driveway results in extreme jostling back and forth (side to side). It's a pain to get my kids into and out of. And now, the winter months, bring that lovely fear of extreme tire wobble over the slightest imperfection in the road.

I'm on 37s, lifted, and regeared, btw.

I'm not ready to sell it, as I love it for wheeling and towing my trailer, but as a daily driver it's just awful. I despise getting into it every day, especially compared to my wife's fantastic turbo 6 speed golf alltrack wagon. I love driving. But a gladiator is not a driver's car, and the novelty of it was worn off and then some.
 

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It was probably a Harris Teeter. The new or remodeled ones have a bar in them (beer and wine only).
Well its not the Teeter in Corolla, was there back in August
 

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Love mine! Bought 10/05 2019, has 105,000 miles on her. Want to keep it forever, but other numb nuts are so mesmerized by her ass end they keep ramming it!
Goes into shop Monday to see if the frame has been bent this time. If she’s totaled I’ll strip her down and purchase a new one.

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What grocery store is that so I can visit the next time I'm down in OBX???
Lowes Grocery in Cape Carteret. Right off the bridge from Emerald Isle. I think that most newer Lowes and Harris Teeter grocery stores have them now. Grab food, eat at the bar with a beer (wine for the wife) then get one to enjoy while shopping. They even have cup holders on the grocery carts. Good marketing!!
 

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Same here............I have a 3 car garage......time to purge some shit so I can work in the garage with heat
you should look at buying a max jax lift system. I ordered this unit the end of Oct and it arrived on the 10th of Nov. I had it up and running on monday Nov 20th and the intent is to use it outside when nice and inside when the weather is cold and or wet.

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I tried to be nice with my HOA when they came at me over my old Silverado , our rules said " No Trucks of Any Kind", they wanted to play a game.

After spending close to $10k they had to fold due to "Selective Enforcement".

20 of the 27 unit owners, including the HOA president drove "LDT" classified vehicles and were not harassed.

When having to rewrite their rules, they blindly followed the verbiage I copied from the CAFE / NTHSB / EPA guidelines.

Now Light and Medium Duty Trucks are allowed.

They went being Karens over my Single Cab , Short Bed with an ARE tonneau to unknowingly allowing Crew Cab , Longbed Duallys up to 1 ton.

??????
Not all heroes wear capes.
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you should look at buying a max jax lift system. I ordered this unit the end of Oct and it arrived on the 10th of Nov. I had it up and running on monday Nov 20th and the intent is to use it outside when nice and inside when the weather is cold and or wet.

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That runs on a 110v 20a outlet right?
 

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Person sitting in the office under the stairs, behind the bathrooms... dispensing unreliable advice based on questionable numbers
Yes so much so that while it was in the body shop for over a month... That I missed it so much that got an itch that started me down a path of buying random upgrade parts.
 
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Person sitting in the office under the stairs, behind the bathrooms... dispensing unreliable advice based on questionable numbers
Yes so much so that while it was in the body shop for over a month... That I missed it so much and an got itch that started me down a path of buying upgrade parts for it.
And it got me looking at buying a late model spare jeep... just because.
 

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Bought JULY 2019 ,57,000 miles now and still get the twitch looking at her.
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