Your truck is Ugly!?

[Jeeperjamie]

I’m normally not confrontational at all, but I messed with a 19 yr old kid talking shit about my Gladiator today. For sport really. Basically, just entertaining myself. I had just parked at the grocery store and was walking inside when this 19 yr old kid in a beat down black 2011ish Grand Cherokee with poorly done plastidipped trim and wheels drove by and was staring at me and my Jeep. I could clearly hear him say, “those Jeeps are so fucking ugly“. I don’t really care what he thinks of my 2020 $55k Jeep while he’s driving his clapped out $10k car, but that’s the most aggressively that anyone has ever hated on it and he clearly made eye contact with me when he did it. I’d already laughed it off, but by chance we happened to be walking into the store at the same and he was mean mugging me like a tough guy. He’s a suburban white kid that’s not large of stature that’s clearly trying to show off for the girl he’s with. So, being the smart ass that I am, I said “your Jeep is fucking ugly too”. He froze like a statue and his girlfriend grabbed him and dragged him off.

I just thought it was funny and I honestly think it was jealousy on his part. I wouldn’t have let myself get into a fight over it, it’s not worth going to jail over, but it was fun to put a punk kid in his place. Hopefully, it taught him a lesson to watch his mouth so he doesn’t do something like that to the wrong person in the wrong neighborhood.

I doubt it but it was funny that you said that to him. These kids these days got no kind of respect. He was probably driving mom and dad's hand me down Grand Cherokee.

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[W8lifts]

I get lots of compliments on my JTR and many people just starring at it. When I picked it up from the dealership the kids next door and his friends all swarmed the JT and asked a ton of questions. Never gotten a negative comment on it.
I don’t like the front bumper on the JTs and the stock wheels on the sport, it’s a tad goofy for me but not ugly.

 

[NC_Overland]

I doubt it but it was funny that you said that to him. These kids these days got no kind of respect. He was probably driving mom and dad's hand me down Grand Cherokee.

The things that happen on the mean streets of Cary, NC in the Harris Teeter parking lot. Lol.

 

[Blade1668]

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Likely as we did later trade that truck for a Cherokee Sport.......... been Jeeps since except for a couple of years. Man, I miss that Comanche!

I'd like to get my Comanche back on road and hope to some day, it will probably take a year to get title straight after what the county in GA did.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

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I'd like to get my Comanche back on road and hope to some day, it will probably take a year to get title straight after what the county in GA did.

Bring it to Iowa, sell it to me, I will get an Iowa title for it, then sell it back to you.......... maybe........

 

[Demetrius]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! I love the changing nature of my Hydro Blue Sport 6 speed. Sometimes I'm hauling something, next time riding on the beach top panels and doors off, next I'm playing around shifting gears while joy riding and lastly, traveling buttoned up as a highway cruiser on a trip. It might not be great at any one thing but does everything well. It's fairly roomy inside and rides well, The paint, body fitment and interior build quality are excellent. I will also note the ability to do and available of mods from both Mopar and other suppliers. I admit that I've owned or still own and enjoy unusual vehicles (VW Thing, Roxor, Ural with sidecar, Avalanche, Chevy Tracker ZR2 convertible, Jag XKR roadster, Chevy SS etc.) but the JT really gets my vote and has become my "got to" ride. Of the many comments received, only one person actually called it ugly. I get many many thumbs up, shouted good comments and of course, Jeep waves.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

The hydro blue definitely changes with the changes in light, angle of the sun, cloud cover, sunny day, whatever. Every time I take photos it looks different. I always like that in a color on a truck.
And aside from color, yeah, you can make it look very different depending on how you have it configured.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I doubt it but it was funny that you said that to him. These kids these days got no kind of respect. He was probably driving mom and dad's hand me down Grand Cherokee.

Careful there........... I bought this right after Dad was killed in an accident - it was his. He was proud of this thing and it's a fun vehicle to drive. IMO, the WJ was the best looking Grand Cherokee version ever put out. AND these are safe and stable on the road in winter. That full-time 4 wheel drive goes and goes in snow and ice, the headlights don't ice up or get snow pack. It's a great winter vehicle (except the winter is hard on them - rust is an issue due to the millions of tons of salt brine Iowa lays down)
I've seen these things after accidents - people get out and walk away. I saw one that was flipped hitting an embankment and it landed on the roof. The roof was still in position, not caved in, the A pillars still intact.

These are why Lee Iacocca wanted AMC so badly. The original was already on the drawing board.

4.0, special edition, 129,000 miles and counting

 

[Jeeperjamie]

Careful there........... I bought this right after Dad was killed in an accident - it was his. He was proud of this thing and it's a fun vehicle to drive. IMO, the WJ was the best looking Grand Cherokee version ever put out. AND these are safe and stable on the road in winter. That full-time 4 wheel drive goes and goes in snow and ice, the headlights don't ice up or get snow pack. It's a great winter vehicle (except the winter is hard on them - rust is an issue due to the millions of tons of salt brine Iowa lays down)
I've seen these things after accidents - people get out and walk away. I saw one that was flipped hitting an embankment and it landed on the roof. The roof was still in position, not caved in, the A pillars still intact.

These are why Lee Iacocca wanted AMC so badly. The original was already on the drawing board.

4.0, special edition, 129,000 miles and counting

Oh yeah, I totally agree, we had one as well for a few years. I was just speaking of teenagers in general and having no respect. Maybe he did buy it.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Oh yeah, I totally agree, we had one as well for a few years. I was just speaking of teenagers in general and having no respect. Maybe he did buy it.

I was funnin - I know where you were coming from.
I know the sort you were referring to, too. They expect family to provide a ride. They don't want to start out with a cheap starter vehicle. Others mooch off mom and dad and drive their stuff- not really caring about it. They don't understand responsibility or respect.

My parents decided that when I turned 14 and started to drive, I was going to use my own car, not one of theirs. Smart, but not really. It got me into trouble LOL
Anyway, I had my own car at age 14, had to pay license, insurance and gas. I had a car and truck by the time I was 16 and had 2 cars and a truck by the time I was 17. All paid for with my own money.

 

[NC_Overland]

Careful there........... I bought this right after Dad was killed in an accident - it was his. He was proud of this thing and it's a fun vehicle to drive. IMO, the WJ was the best looking Grand Cherokee version ever put out. AND these are safe and stable on the road in winter. That full-time 4 wheel drive goes and goes in snow and ice, the headlights don't ice up or get snow pack. It's a great winter vehicle (except the winter is hard on them - rust is an issue due to the millions of tons of salt brine Iowa lays down)
I've seen these things after accidents - people get out and walk away. I saw one that was flipped hitting an embankment and it landed on the roof. The roof was still in position, not caved in, the A pillars still intact.

These are why Lee Iacocca wanted AMC so badly. The original was already on the drawing board.

4.0, special edition, 129,000 miles and counting

I had an 04 4.7l WJ. It was a Laredo with the 4.7l V8 and 247 transfer case. The 4.7l did awesome in them, it got the same mpg as the 4.0ls, had good power, and got the much better 545RFE transmission. I liked the 04 only front grill and thought it looked really good in silver. It handled and drove well after I upgraded the shocks and sway bars. I loved that Jeep, the only reason I got rid of it was because I got a crazy good employee deal on my 08 JKU Rubicon at the end of 08 when everyone thought Chrysler was going to go under.

Partially why I loved the WJ so much was because it was my first “nice vehicle”. It was three years old, but way nicer than the vehicles I’d had before it. I too had to buy my own vehicles and bought my first at 14 for $400 and worked on it for two years to have it reasonably safe, relatable, and road legal by my 16th birthday.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I had an 04 4.7l WJ. It was a Laredo with the 4.7l V8 and 247 transfer case. The 4.7l did awesome in them, it got the same mpg as the 4.0ls, had good power, and got the much better 545RFE transmission. I liked the 04 only front grill and thought it looked really good in silver. It handled and drove well after I upgraded the shocks and sway bars. I loved that Jeep, the only reason I got rid of it was because I got a crazy good employee deal on my 08 JKU Rubicon at the end of 08 when everyone thought Chrysler was going to go under.

Partially why I loved the WJ so much was because it was my first “nice vehicle”. It was three years old, but way nicer than the vehicles I’d had before it. I too had to buy my own vehicles and bought my first at 14 for $400 and worked on it for two years to have it reasonably safe, relatable, and road legal by my 16th birthday.

Compared to today, the 4.0 in that is lacking. Even my wife noted her GC would run circles around this one. She asked what engine she has - I told her, same basic engine as my JT but smaller than the WJ and she said it was doggy compared to her GC.
The reason my father liked this WJ so much is that it was his first really nice vehicle for trips and driving with other people. (Mom had died a couple of years prior and he was wondering about having friends again - to which we 3 brothers said - IT'S YOUR CALL, not ours!)
He wanted something nicer than his 2010 Ranger truck. That Ford was the VERY FIRST new vehicle my parents ever bought or owned. Mom kept complaining about spending so much money but they decided they were ready for a new one for a change. IT had always been "well used" vehicles before that - which often ended up nickle and diming them over time.
He liked his truck, but wanted something more for going places, survivor meetings, going out with other people. This Jeep - he drove it to each of our houses to visit and made a point of showing what he had driven.
Of course he had MY full approval, being a fan of Jeep and the 4.0 I told him he made a good choice.

The rocker panels were just starting to show some bubbles and pin holes and it looked like the prior owner had done some minor rock climbing with it (pinch welds one the bottoms bent up a bit) so I spent 3 grand on rocker panels. Otherwise the body is pretty solid. There's some shield or something around the fuel tank that's totally rusted apart, but, and I've not looked CLOSE, but it seems to be just a shield, not body proper.

 

[Moe_Fugga]

I spotted a young kid and his father eyeballing my Gladiator from the inside of a Tacoma at a red light today. The look in their eyes reminded me of the feeing I used to get when I would stare at the Lamborghini Countach poster hanging in my bedroom when I was a kid. Made me chuckle a bit.

 

[Deleted member 30519]

The JT was made to be modded. At stock form its silly and modded it's unparalleled.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I'm afraid me and my family don't consider it silly, neither does my neighbor.
Love the insults to those of us who love it just as it is.

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