Ha-Ha! Burn!
I glanced through the Apr. '07 issue of Jp and got real excited when I saw the new Wrangler SRT6, which I have secretly hoped for. I figured I'd read the whole magazine in the morning when I had more time, and I went to bed with visions of JK holeshots dancing in my head.
As I skimmed through the rest of the blurbs in the Dispatch section, some of them seemed a little odd, but I read on. I mentioned some of the oddities to a coworker, and he told me to check to see if it was the April issue. You got me bad! Bastards! Now, if I could just remember not to get burned again in 12 months.
Mark Hadden
Via e-mail
More Burn
I just read the Dispatch in the Apr. '07 issue with the Wrangler SRT6. Well, DaimlerChrysler has disgraced the Jeep name for the last time. This is a lowered four-door Jeep made for the street. I just have to say, what the heck was DaimlerChrysler thinking? It's bad enough that the company made the JK. I have only seen concept photos, but this will be the worst thing that has happened to the Jeep name since it was purchased by Chrysler.
I don't know the reason for four doors in the first place, but a street-only performance version has got to be the worst idea I have seen come from Chrysler. I mean, a four-door Jeep with miles and miles of plastic, bumpers, side skirts, electric windows, curved windshield, slanted grille, and so on . . . I would rather have a completely rusted-out CJ than any of the new Jeep vehicles. I think Jeep should be taken away from DaimlerChrysler before they ruin it completely!
Chelsey Robinson
Via e-mail
April Fools! Now look at that. You just wasted a perfectly good rant for nothing. Feel better?
Chrysler is for sale, by the way. Got $4-6 billion on hand? You can fix it!
Buy American andBed-Mount Flattie
I just bought the Apr. '07 issue. Sorry I'm not writing to bash the new JK like everyone else. Instead, I just wanted to say thanks for your "Buy American" editorial (Trail Head). I've been harping on this issue for at least a decade, but I'm afraid it's probably too late. Of course, it's not just Jeep parts, it's everything. Have you ever tried to shop for American products? I always do, but it's getting harder and harder to find anything made here.I refuse to shop at Mao Mart. I don't care how low the prices are--everything there is made in China. We gave this country's manufacturing capacity (and the jobs that go with it) away so we could have a house full of cheap crap that costs $1. Was it worth it? On top of that, our need for all that crap props up a brutal Communist government.Anyway, I don't get it. I'm just afraid this is one boat that's already sailed. It's nice to see someone remind people what happens when you buy cheap imported stuff, though.
I took this pic (bottom, left) while driving down Interstate 90 just outside of Missoula, Montana. Just in case anyone wanted to know for sure, yes, a flattie will, in fact, fit in the back of a pickup truck. Keep up the good work.
Scott Clark
Hamilton, Montana