2 1/2-ton Insurance
In "Buying Big" (Jan. '09), you talk about how cool 2 1/2-tons are to have and drive, which I believe. You say that in most states you can get historical plates, which I have checked, and Missouri is the same way. However, I have over the past months found one and I want to buy it but I have run into a complete mission shut down on insurance. Nobody will insure it when I tell them it is not a commercial truck. Can you please help me find a company that will insure it for the purpose of just having it?
Troy L Harris
Bonne Terre, Missouri
The likely problem is that you are telling your insurance company too much. Simply tell them it is a whatever year (1966 for example) Kaiser (or AM General, look at your registration) M35A2, and that it is a historical vehicle driven less than 4,000 miles a year. Don't tell them it's a dump truck or 2 1/2-ton truck. It's too much info and they generally have no idea what to do. All they need is the year, make, and model. Unless you want full coverage for some reason. Try Allstate Insurance.
Man Up!
I just want to start by saying to every one that reads this-you need to stop bitching! I read this mag all the time and there are so many cry babies. I want to thank Jp for doing a great job. I used to be hardcore Chevy, then about seven months ago I drove my first Jeep and I'll never drive any thing else. Every issue I find useful things and for those guys that complain all the time, do us all a favor and go by a Toyota. Real men and women drive Jeeps anyways.
Sid Vega
Denver, Colorado
Boneless Jeeps
Here's a group shot of most of the attendees of this years Winterfest event. The Midwest Chapter of NAXJA hosts this event every year at Badlands ORP in Attica, Indiana. This year, Winterfest was held on March 6-8th. We had a total of 66 rigs. You'll only see 53 in the picture; the other 13 didn't make it back at pic time. While most of us wheel boneless Jeeps, you'll notice that we even let a few of the guys that drive those cheerleader Jeeps hang out with us. We've yet to set a date for Winterfest "Oh Ten," but as soon as we do, I'll let you know. It'd be great to have you guys there. If you're interested in more info on NAXJA or the Midwest Chapter check out naxja.org.
Michael Hale
NAXJA Member #1107
Via e-mail
Fished In
Thank you! I picked up Jp magazine last year because my truck got stuck in the mud while searching for mountain bike trails. I have never owned a Jeep but I own a motorhome and I had vacation plans to go to Moab, Utah. I bought Jp magazine every month for about 5 months, scattered them around for my wife to see, and than I hit her with "We can pull the Jeep behind our motorhome!" She said "Don't spend too much money!" To me, that was a big yes. Working on a weak budget of $3,000 I found a good running '97 2.5L TJ with 140,000 miles on it. I took it to Moab and we had the time of our lives! I will only buy Jeeps from now on!
David Murrie
Valencia, California
Chrysler is Done!
Let's face it. Chrysler is done and it'll slowly take Jeep down with it. Who cares about an electric Jeep? You want to save your environment? Drive a Prius (I won't get into what a crock of S#!T that really is). You want to explore your environment? Drive a Jeep. The last thing I need is to have a breakdown in the middle of BFE in an electric Jeep without the proper Bachelors Degree to do the repairs myself. What people aren't thinking about is going off-road uses more power. I use a lot of gas when rock crawling. Torque likes gas/power! If you have an electric Jeep you'll be dead on a trail in no time! Holding me up! It's bad enough that Chrysler wants to neuter the Wrangler (more) by converting it to IFS. The company should drop the 3.8 (POS) in favor of the V-6 planed for the new Grand Cherokee.
Jeff Crabtrey
Redlands, California
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