Your family?

[XJ Jeepin Girl]

Does your family hate the fact that you want to fourwheel and/or mod your Jeep?

I thought it would be fun to do this trail run organized by CO4x4.org and then go camping, so I mentioned it to my family. Here are the responses:

Mom: "I don't know about being a passenger on that... that just doesn't sound like fun."

Sister: "Meh."

Dad: Paraphrased, but basically: "Hell no. Why do you think we always want to do what you want to do?" :confused:

I just love the support! lol... My parents pretty much would rather die than see me "build" my Jeep, and they are very anti-4 wheeling... I wish they could see the light. Maybe I could get my sister into it, she's only 13! Oh well, I'm still goin'.

</rant>

[djblade311]

have they every gone before? Did you scare the crap out of them at any point? :) My father in law thought that I was f'in crazy and them I convinced him that I was going to go "sightseeing" in regular streets and ended up on difficult trails. He had a blast and now understands

[jeepdude10000]

Hey if u were closer, I would go with u.:sunshine:

[CanMan]

Hey if u were closer, I would go with u.:sunshine:

Lame. :conceited

[Matt S.]

have they every gone before? Did you scare the crap out of them at any point? :) My father in law that I was f'in crazy and them I convinced him that I was going to go "sightseeing" in regular streets and ended up on difficult trails. He had a blast and now understands


Thats how i get people to go with me. Tell them its just sightseeing and some pretty lakes and stuff. Then take a nice "trail" with wicked boulders. They always love it.

My dad loves this stuff. He bought my XJ from me! One sister drove a YJ for a while and the other one is on her 2nd ZJ. Its a jeep thing around here.

[rock rash]

girlfriend likes it, doesnt really care, but like me to take her camping

mom couldnt care less as long as they dont have to pay for anything... :D

dad thinks its pretty cool

[Rev Den]

Never asked them.....Don't really care anyway.

Live your own life, screw those that would keep you down.

Rev

[GSequoia]

screw those that would keep you down.

The Man is trying to keep me down but I'm not gay...

What shoudl I do?!

[85xjwoody]

The Man is trying to keep me down but I'm not gay...

What shoudl I do?!

:laugh2::roflmao: Now that was funny!

Kim.

[Rev Den]

I'm not gay

SPOBI!

You live in Cali, therefore you ARE gay.

Pehaps you should seek treatment.

Rev

[85xjwoody]

Some of my family likes to go wheeling and some don't. The ones that don't care are ok with what I do as long as it keeps me out of legal trouble.

Kim.

[woody]

Does your family hate the fact that you want to fourwheel and/or mod your Jeep?

I thought it would be fun to do this trail run organized by CO4x4.org and then go camping, so I mentioned it to my family. Here are the responses:

Mom: "I don't know about being a passenger on that... that just doesn't sound like fun."

Sister: "Meh."

Dad: Paraphrased, but basically: "Hell no. Why do you think we always want to do what you want to do?" :confused:

I just love the support! lol... My parents pretty much would rather die than see me "build" my Jeep, and they are very anti-4 wheeling... I wish they could see the light. Maybe I could get my sister into it, she's only 13! Oh well, I'm still goin'.

</rant>


In a nutshell, yes to all of the above.

That is exactly why I take vacations FROM my family and not WITH them. I figure that since they get to harass me 50 weeks out of the year, I am entitled to a couple weeks parole. What they do for fun? Beats the hell out of me... they can bob for corn-dogs at the state fair for all I care.

Solution? Fire them and get a new family. Since we ran the youngest daughter off, we have a spare room & bath. Rent is cheap but the wheelin is not real abundant out here. :dunno:

[IntrepidXJ]

my parents don't care either way what i do........they just think i spend too much money on this hobby

i did take my dad wheeling once on a fathers day run.....he had a decent time, but thought it was too slow. he likes speed

[karstic]

Let's see

Wife is going with me for a week long 4wd vacation in CO in two weeks

Sister and BIL have "wheeled" (4wd sightseeing) 3-4x already this year

Oldest brother owns a Honda dual sport bike

Next brother owns an exFS 4wd Full-size Bronco

Next brother owns a VW thing

Naw no problems with wheelin' im my family

[XJ Jeepin Girl]

Never done anything to scare 'em... My mom and sister have actually never been. My dad's gone, but I wasn't driving...

Never asked them.....Don't really care anyway.

Live your own life, screw those that would keep you down.

Rev

Heh, yeah I totally agree. I'd still like someone to go with, so I'll as the friends.

[red91]

The Man is trying to keep me down but I'm not gay...


you will be soon enough.

[GSequoia]

you will be soon enough.

???

I'm not going to NWFest?

[CanMan]

???

I'm not going to NWFest?

You are?

[IslanderOffRoad]

My parents support nothing that I do.

Of course that lack of support led me to getting my XJ as they talked me out of restoring an SJ...

But before that they hated that I drag raced my Mustang, and that I blow money on cars in general.

[ChiXJeff]

My g/f's intro to offroading was following OneTon up Moab Rim........ she decided on the best way to describe what was happening to her coworkers back home: "A bunch of guys teaching their Jeeps to be mountain goats."

I've shown the Fall Fling DVD that Troy & Shari shot to the rest of my family. And their jaws more or less dropped.

[Gil BullyKatz]

Wife doesn't care as long as it makes me happy...

it's also less dangerous then my previous motorcycle racing hobby...

it's cheaper than my gun hobby...

and my daughter loves to ride in the Jeep!

[w_howey]

My wife & kids love it. The rest I couldn't care less. My Dad isn't interested anywhere his golf cart can't go. My mom goes to art fairs, antique auctions.

[dbswede]

My 11 yr old son has gone to eagle rock twice and wants to know when the next trip is....I cant wait to teach him how to drive....my wife could care less

[XJ Jeepin Girl]

My Dad isn't interested anywhere his golf cart can't go. My mom goes to art fairs, antique auctions.

Hmm, sounds like my parents..

[shortxjdoug]

sister loves it, in fact im going to buy her xj here soon when she turns 16.

mom is interested because her boyfriend likes the idea they both want to ride, but she still worries A-LOT "don't break it its the only car you have!, Im just afraid you'll break something that can't be fixed.....etc etc"

girlfriend loves the jeep and loves that i love the jeep(s):D and wants to come wheeling to see what it is im doing when i'm not around, course when i told her i almost flipped it at tellico she made me promise not to scare the crap out of her :D

all in all my family loves what i do and supports my love of breaking....ummm i mean...driving jeeps

[XJ Jeepin Girl]

sister loves it, in fact im going to buy her xj here soon when she turns 16.

mom is interested because her boyfriend likes the idea they both want to ride, but she still worries A-LOT "don't break it its the only car you have!, Im just afraid you'll break something that can't be fixed.....etc etc"

girlfriend loves the jeep and loves that i love the jeep(s):D and wants to come wheeling to see what it is im doing when i'm not around, course when i told her i almost flipped it at tellico she made me promise not to scare the crap out of her :D

all in all my family loves what i do and supports my love of breaking....ummm i mean...driving jeeps

Lucky...

I wish I was your sister! That's nice of you, lol. Wish I had a more supportive family about it all, but oh well.

[planefixer]

My family is totally supportive of it.My wife used to not have much interest in it until I put her behind the wheel on a couple of trails, now she loves it.I'll be building her XJ for her this winter (5.5" lift,33s, etc.) so I dont have to share mine.:D

[1990XJ4x4]

We took a family trip out west a few years ago, I forced them to stop by Moab for a day. We rented a rubicon and that was my dad's first jeeping experience, he liked it a lot but there was a lot of cursing going on. We tried to take my mom for a short trip but she started crying on the first hill of Hell's Revenge.

Other than that they think i am an idiot for spending so much money on my jeep.

[PhunkXJ]

when I was trashing my pretty 2001 XJ, my parents and older brother thought I was nuts but never gave me a hard time. I also wasn't living under their roof.

they don't care one way or another and that is fine with me, I don't depend on them to be my riding companions. They enjoyed looking at my pics from BOTW and my brother is happy for me that I am able to do so many "cool" things like this with my fiancee, compared to where he was at my age - married with a kid. that's more support than I need from them.

[IH8RDS]

move out and dont look back

[XgeekstarX]

my family doesn't really care, but a lot of my friends think offroading is only reserved for dumb backwoods hillbillies and refuse to go see how much fun it really is.

[Matthew Currie]

I'm far from a hardcore offroader, and haven't modded my jeep except to add tow hooks and slightly larger tires, but I do like to drive off on logging roads and the like. And of course, a box-stock Cherokee will happily negotiate some pretty uncivilized terrain. I especially like easing over sections that are smeared with someone else's paint and oil. That, and the transverse ditches that the forest service likes to put on some of their roads to control erosion and thin out the traffic.

Anyway, my wife thought I was a little nuts until she took up photography, and got quite used to the idea of our being able to dive into some unlikely hole in the woods. She's warmed up to the Jeep a good deal.

[Ramsey]

they all think i'm nuts, they are probably right.

[MENEZES]

Yea, may family thinks im crazy.

[Krazors001]

My father thinks I'm nuts for putting so much money into my car. My g/f thinks if I could i would sleep with my car but she was sweet enough to take one of my favorite photographs of my car and got it black & white and framed. Live this girl:loveu:

[NHEric]

I have to be VERY careful around the wife. Un-noticable mods - if ya know what I mean...

4 year old daughter loves it.

Hoping wifey changes her mind after a few "drives in the country".

[SteelblueSteve]

My wife told me to choose between her or my Cherokee. I've put about three grand in mods into the xj since then. My wife has owned a Cherokee since then and now wants a 04 grand cherokee. One of the first words out of my five year old's and two year old's mouths was "jeep". Everyone eventually sees the light, sometimes you gotta shine it in their eyes.

[shortxjdoug]

Everyone eventually sees the light, sometimes you gotta shine it in their eyes.

ahhhh found my new sig line :D

[scoobyxj]

ahhhh found my new sig line :D
Damn you bet me by 13 minutes!

[shortxjdoug]

Damn you bet me by 13 minutes!

haha gotcha :D
http://gallery.anarchystar.com/files/anarchystar/1/owned-cat_669404.jpg

[ALL PLAY]

Well XJ Jeepin Girl just take your lickin's and keep on wheelin. At some point of time they will respect your wishes and support you!!!!!

Bo

[RenegadeStang]

My dad loves to go wheeling. He's finishing up his CJ-7 so we can go together.
My mom could really care less.
My fiancee doesn't mind the occasional trip now and then, but she says she'd rather be driving her own vehicle (she wants either a FS Bronco or a FS Scout) because she gets motion-sickness when she's not behind the wheel.

[ladywolf]

its kind of a family obsession with us. started with my moms folks, and has just continued down the ages. my dad doesnt care long as its not his rigs, and i dont spend his money to fix my broke ones lol.

[non-stick]

My folks are in FL and retired, so their input is niether requested nor offered.

My brother went with me on a local trail last Labor day and had a ball, unfortunately he's in MA.

My 15 year old twin daughters just don't get it. One would rather be home in the A/C listening to music and writing stories and the other would rather do anything else, as long as it was in total comfort.

The only one who wants to go is the soon-to-be ex-wife. Even with that going FOR her, I aint taking her....

Do what you like for yourself. Find friends that share a common interest. If you waste time trying to convert others or compromise you'll never be truly happy.

Live and let live.

[XJ Jeepin Girl]

My 15 year old twin daughters just don't get it. One would rather be home in the A/C listening to music and writing stories and the other would rather do anything else, as long as it was in total comfort.



What kinda girls are you raisin'?! lol... sounds like my sister, though. Maybe they'll understand once they can drive?

As for what everyone else has said... yes, I agree with you all. Screw the family if they don't want to. I'm going to meet all kinds of people interested in this sport if I go to runs and such. It's just annoying to know the people you are closest to hate one of your passions. :-/ Oh, well. I'll just run them over when I get a huge lift. :-P jk.

[Boatwrench]

My wife went out on a 1-2 rated trail with me when the XJ was one week off the showroom floor. She said it hurt her back to much and hasn't gone since.

My sister went on the same trail, and later to Moab with me, she now is a member, posts as rightseatsis and has her own 01 XJ. and as much as I hate to admit it, a better driver than me off-road.

My third daughter likes to hang out around the camp fire but has not gone on a trail in awhile, she used to ride in my CJ all the time.

The other three daughters are not interested and neither is my son in law.

Oh well, their loss. But with me the only one really interested in off-road it is hard to get time away and money.

[freerider15]

My mom doesn't really have an opinion. She does get kinda pissed though when I need to borrow her jeep since mines down:D She does like it though in a sense. My dad loved to work on his car and on vehicles in general, so shes happy to see me carry on part of him. It got me into Mechanical Engineering, so thats a plus. But I figure it like this...parent could get all pissed at their children choosing to "mod" their vehicles, OR they could be happy that theyre not spending all theyre money on drugs huh? (Yes I do know some people who went the latter route)...

[Matthew Currie]

My mom doesn't really have an opinion. She does get kinda pissed though when I need to borrow her jeep since mines down:D She does like it though in a sense. My dad loved to work on his car and on vehicles in general, so shes happy to see me carry on part of him. It got me into Mechanical Engineering, so thats a plus. But I figure it like this...parent could get all pissed at their children choosing to "mod" their vehicles, OR they could be happy that theyre not spending all theyre money on drugs huh? (Yes I do know some people who went the latter route)...

You could also occasionally remind her that wheeling is about the lowest-speed motorsport around, with the possible exception of observed trials motorcycling.

[steel58ers]

my wifes says she doesnt care,, She just thinks I'm going through some mid life thing..lol

[wacho4]

I get "why do you spend your f*@>en on this", like that sticker that pisses us off says, some people just 'don't understand'. Too bad they are related to some of us.

[Bent]

It was my wife's idea to get the XJ. We bought it with the intention of building it.

[xjh3]

My mom didnt care until things started breaking. My dad doesn't like any type of money spending unless completely necessary. My friends parents felt the same way but his dad is into Jeeps so we now have an 87 YJ trail beater (4", 31x11.50 LTBs). My girlfriend loves to go with us and get muddy.

[UNCC_99XJ]

well....mom doesn't quite get it yet, so she doesn't see why i'm always outside messin with the Jeep or wanting to buy stuff for it. She's slowly comin around though, I've taught her alot about her own Jeep and she's starting to get there....

step dad had an old CJ back in his day. He's talkin about wanting to get another one and fix it up :yelclap:. Currently has a Silverado 4x4 that i'm itchin to see what it can do...

As for dad....well dad absolutely hates anything american. spent his whole life working on porsche's and german cars. Owned several v-dubs (the older bugs) and atleast 1 Audi that I know of. Now drives a Honda and swears it's the greatest thing since the wheel. That's one thing I just DONT understand:dunno:

[motorcityxj]

well....mom doesn't quite get it yet, so she doesn't see why i'm always outside messin with the Jeep or wanting to buy stuff for it. She's slowly comin around though, I've taught her alot about her own Jeep and she's starting to get there....

step dad had an old CJ back in his day. He's talkin about wanting to get another one and fix it up :yelclap:. Currently has a Silverado 4x4 that i'm itchin to see what it can do...

As for dad....well dad absolutely hates anything american. spent his whole life working on porsche's and german cars. Owned several v-dubs (the older bugs) and atleast 1 Audi that I know of. Now drives a Honda and swears it's the greatest thing since the wheel. That's one thing I just DONT understand:dunno:

uhh your dad has good taste not so much if he is into FWD vw or audi. The quatro systems are cool though, and if he is into porsche 911, or boxster, thats about as cool as you can get besides a lotus elise.

Now a honda is a nice appliance. Hope its a s2000 or maybe prelude, and not a 4 banger accord :gag: I dont hate american but your old man can do allot worse than german sports cars! I have never even owned anything foreign, but i will have a turbo 911 someday (old and used) and a elsie hopefully.

xj jeepin girl your in the best part of the country you have wheeling spots in every direction. I would count my blessings and be glad your not a flatlander, and spray some mud on your family with a nice roostertail as they try to smother your fun times with their bitch'in

[TheWarWagon]

Well, I haven't lived under my parents' roof for quite some time. I suppose I could show up in a clown car, and there's really not much they could say. :kissyou:

[casm]

I took my Dad on his first real wheeling trip a couple of months ago; we went out to Calico (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItElPYh1vFw), and farted around for a day. He'd raced Lolas back in the '60s and '70s, but had never done anything like this - and liked it. He gets it. My Mom has never been on a run with me yet, but we'll fix that soon enough.

As for the rest of the family? Screw 'em. They drive minivans, and get what they deserve.

[PDeeXJ]

I live out of state now, so it's all gravy... but..

mom thinks it's a phase i'll grow out of, and though she has never been, she associates rolling vehicles, broken gear, death, etc etc for some reason. dad doesn't understand it either, just says it's a waste of time and money but asks me about my adventures occasionally. dad drives a touareg but never takes it offroad with the exception of tahoe in the winter.

[RTicUL8]

I emailed the following picture to my mom with only the subject "Hey mom, I found a new favorite Jeep trail."

I didn't hear from her for two days.
She finally sent back a 4 page letter carefully explaining the evils of off-roading and taking such risks when I had a family to support...etc. etc.

I can't remember laughing so hard in a long time.

It took me a long time to explain to her that it was not me in the picture, and that I would never take such a risk.
And, that the picutre was actually a fake
(Note: I have confimation directly from WARN that this picture was fabricated for a poster of theirs. )

===

So if you want a good laugh (at the expense of mom's nerves)...go ahead and send this one to her.
http://home.comcast.net/~mypcwrench/JeepOnEdge.jpg


FYI:
For those of you wanting to know more about the picture (I did speak to a marketing rep at WARN about it):
He said that the picture was taken in the '70s (he did not have the exact year) on a trail in Washignton State.
The actual trail is twice as wide as in the picture.
It was edited in the days before photoshop.
They used an exacto-knife to carefully cut/trim the trail to look narrow.
They then pasted a picture of a forrest behind the main picture.

[goodburbon]

bring out your dead......

I'm not dead yet.


(check start date of thread)

[seanyb505]

My Dad has built several cars in his years, so any time I talk about building up the Jeep hes all for it. My brother has a craptacular Subaru, so everything i get to do with the Jeep is golden. Sister likes it when shes riding with me and i push the envelope, but other than that she lives in a house with three guys so she doesnt get an opinion.

[woody]

Does your family hate the fact that you want to fourwheel and/or mod your Jeep?

I thought it would be fun to do this trail run organized by CO4x4.org and then go camping, so I mentioned it to my family. Here are the responses:

Mom: "I don't know about being a passenger on that... that just doesn't sound like fun."

Sister: "Meh."

Dad: Paraphrased, but basically: "Hell no. Why do you think we always want to do what you want to do?" :confused:

I just love the support! lol... My parents pretty much would rather die than see me "build" my Jeep, and they are very anti-4 wheeling... I wish they could see the light. Maybe I could get my sister into it, she's only 13! Oh well, I'm still goin'.

</rant>

Yes mine hates it.

But you know what?

I don't particularly care.

I take my vacations AWAY FROM them, not WITH them. I figure they got me 50 other weeks each year, I'm entitled to an escape clause. My Jeeps, my bike, and the other loud hobbies do that well.

[UNCC_99XJ]

uhh your dad has good taste not so much if he is into FWD vw or audi. The quatro systems are cool though, and if he is into porsche 911, or boxster, thats about as cool as you can get besides a lotus elise.

Now a honda is a nice appliance. Hope its a s2000 or maybe prelude, and not a 4 banger accord :gag: I dont hate american but your old man can do allot worse than german sports cars! I have never even owned anything foreign, but i will have a turbo 911 someday (old and used) and a elsie hopefully.

I meant he had bad taste in Honda, not german sports cars. That audi we had when I was a tike was fun when it was running. Didn't really have much power, but once you got going it was a damn tank on wheels. It was a quattro and I was amazed at some of the snow it could go through. He works on just about anything, but I see alot of Porsche's in his shop, so I'll get the opportunity to test drive them once he's done working on them to make sure it's fixed, and i'm a big fan of a good 911.

The Honda however, is a 4 cylinder Accord.:doh: The only thing it's got going for it is it's a manual tranny. Other than that, BORING!!! I've driven it a few times and it just feels real cheap, I don't like how it handles (I even got him to admit the handleing sucks on that thing), and you gotta run the piss out of it to get anything from it.

[muddinxj04]

my dad was a gearhead in college, so he helps me work on it, actually he put most of the lift on it. Mom kinda understands, she just doesn't understand why i like to leave dry mud caked on for a week or two after i wheel. My cousin actually got me into jeeps...has a 90sumthin yj. Even my sister likes to wrench...she helped out with the lift and some other stuff

[Bdiddy11]

My family just thinks i'm crazy working on my Jeep all the time... swapping to a completely new interior.. taking all that time... My fiance on the other hand... loves Jeeps, loves to off-road, goes to the junk yard with me to get parts... I ask her what she wants to do this Saturday... "Let's finish putting your Jeep together." One of the many reasons i'm marrying her in March!:clap:

[goodburbon]

My family just thinks i'm crazy working on my Jeep all the time... swapping to a completely new interior.. taking all that time... My fiance on the other hand... loves Jeeps, loves to off-road, goes to the junk yard with me to get parts... I ask her what she wants to do this Saturday... "Let's finish putting your Jeep together." One of the many reasons i'm marrying her in March!:clap:

don't do it, she'll encourage you to play with the other woman (see jeep) until your money becomes "our money". Then you'll be told to sell that piece of crap.
:hang:



I'm kidding.......or am I?

congrats either way.

[Bent]

bring out your dead......

I'm not dead yet.


(check start date of thread)

I'm getting better!

[UNCC_99XJ]

I'm getting better!

You're not fooling anybody!

I think i'll go for a walk...

Not today you're not.


Add this to the many other threads that break out into monty python/holy grail quotes....

[casm]

"Ooh, Dennis, there's some lovely filth down here!"

[Bdiddy11]

burbon... thanks and there is no need to worry about that. She even sat in my Jeep in the 15-20 degree weather wrapped in a blanket holding the light for me while I put the dash back together... dedication :eeks1:

[Cherikon]

Does your family hate the fact that you want to fourwheel and/or mod your Jeep?

I thought it would be fun to do this trail run organized by CO4x4.org and then go camping, so I mentioned it to my family. Here are the responses:

Mom: "I don't know about being a passenger on that... that just doesn't sound like fun."

Sister: "Meh."

Dad: Paraphrased, but basically: "Hell no. Why do you think we always want to do what you want to do?" :confused:

I just love the support! lol... My parents pretty much would rather die than see me "build" my Jeep, and they are very anti-4 wheeling... I wish they could see the light. Maybe I could get my sister into it, she's only 13! Oh well, I'm still goin'.

</rant>

I'm really sad to hear about this... And yeah I know I am revamping an old thread(I had a lot of time on my hands at work, so I started archiving)-
Anyhow, I bought my first XJ a few years ago when I first started dating my wife (we've been together 5 years and married for 2) and it really brought us together more. We started planning weekend trips to different locations and working on the Jeep together. She isn't a big fan of wrenching on Jeeps, but she will hand me my tools and help in any way that she can. She recently helped me put on my rock rails at the house- it took about 3 hours, but she was dedicated. Her family is totally supportive of exploring and such and her sister loves to go "wheelin" as much as I can get her offroad. My family thinks I am a little silly for spending some money on the Jeep, but they all own big 4x4 trucks(I grew up on a farm in S.C.) so they understand.

It's really too bad that you have to deal with that kind of negativity, but they will realize one day how much they missed out on by not getting to know more of who you are and what your interest in what/why you do the Jeep thing.

Just remember: F%@k 'em if they can't take a joke. Enjoy what little bit of time you have on this rock/sand/mud strewn planet and tackle it all while you still can.

Late,
Coullt