Woman Up!
I am writing in regards to the women who respond to your features and pictures. The mom who wrote in the September '09 Mailbag has fired me up. I am a woman Jeeper and own three Jeeps: two YJ's and an XJ. I am in no way offended by the Jeep chicks in the Sideways section, nor was I offended by Bree. It seems to me that the women who are offended may need to look at themselves (literally in the mirror) and see why these pictures offend them. I have been on many Jeep outings and see that the women who ride (not drive, I assume she doesn't wheel since she states that she is associated with Jeep owners) are usually overweight, with bad haircuts and bad clothes and overall just slobs. It's 100% jealousy why they are complaining. If this lady who wrote in the September issue is so mad, why didn't she send in a picture of herself and her Jeep. Oh, that's right, she doesn't own one, her husband and offspring (which I assume are sons) do. So unless you are a Jeep owner, keep your comments to yourself and look at a Good Houskeeping. Women who ruin things for others by complaining and bitching just need not to look at the pictures and just close the magazine. I feel sorry for their husbands, sons, and boyfriends. I bet they (the significant others of the complainers) don't get to go to Hooters either. I know there have to be other women who have some positive thoughts on this matter. Anyway, keep up the good work and keep up the girl pics.
Kelli
Westport, Kentucky
Tuna Can Cherokees
I just read an article online saying that the Grand Cherokee and Cherokee are in the top ten automobiles traded in for the Cash for Clunkers bill. Is it possible for you guys to find out what they are doing with all these orphaned Jeeps? I hope they are not making them into metal boxes. If the government or dealers had any sense, they would sell them as used cars and still make money.
Matthew
Arlington, Texas
Sorry, all of them got a lethal injection to the oiling system. These Jeeps and plenty of other perfectly good vehicles have hit the wrecker. They could only be used for parts (minus the engines of course). Once they've been picked over at the junkyard, most will be coming to a tuna can or Chinese-made car near you.
Axle Gone?
Hey, just thought I would pass this along. I wanted to get the axle shafts featured in "The Other Side" (Aug. '09). This is the conversation between a representative and me when I sent an e-mail.
Me: Hey I saw in the newest issue of Jp magazine that you had Wrangler Rubicon Dana 44 axles, but I couldn't find any info about it on your website. Could you send me some info or a pamphlet with some more information?
Them: Sorry, we no longer sell them. You can try RCV Performance.
Clay Yancey
Via e-mail
Yep. That dealer recently dropped the Jeep axle line. Go to rcvperformance.com for more info and check out "Get a Pair" in January '10 for a full install and our review of the RCV JK axles.
Less is More
Loved Christian's article "Gearing for Power" (Sept. '09). I just wish he had done it long ago. I'm one of those who thought the hp add-on would be the fix for big tires. Wrong! Just more money. Christian just proved the old theory that my father used to tell me all the time, "Sometimes less is more."
Ken Gistedt
Clover, South Carolina
Extra Mmmm
In "Jeep Game" (Sept. '09), I was stumped by #21. According to the answers on page 104, the correct answer should be "Limited." However, the scrambled letters contained too many M's and no D. Don't consider this to be the typical crying that you frequently get, as I'm just messing with ya'll. Love the magazine. Don't change anything.
Ray VanBuren
Via e-mail
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