- Location
- Aransas Pass, Texas
April will be two years here. A couple more observations:
The Jeep wave is very alive and well here. Pretty damned cool.
The off-road community is pretty solid here. When Mac and crew broke down on the way to KOH, a post on the local forum brought many offers of assistance.
A couple weeks ago, one of my counterman said a customer was asking what steering I have on my Jeep. Went to the parts counter, had a discussion with the customer. An XJ owner, similar build to mine. We talked a while, then went outside to talk more and look at my Jeep. He noticed I had a broken marker lense. He told me he has an extra and would bring it by sometime. A few days later, he pops in with a lense. Pretty damned cool. Asks if I need anything else.
Turns out, my AW4 is not shifting out of first very well. I purchased a TPS at work. Went to change it out. One screw was broken, the other was stripped. Told customer/new friend that I need a new throttle body, if he knew of any. He said he would look. Poof, a few days later I come downstairs from the district office and see a renix throttle body in my office.
Alex was great enough to give me his spare axles from his old Jeep. Have not needed them yet... but I do carry them when I am out on the trail. Thanks again, Alex.
My boss has an 07 Wrangler. Broke his spare tire carrier last weekend. ~$200 for a new one. I posted on the local forum. Within an hour, a guy replied he had one and would take a 12 pack of beer for it. Right on.
Sunday, going out wheeling with daughter. Find out a fellow wheeler was broke down. Trailer got arranged, met at trail head. Truck painstakingly loaded on to trailer... and extricated from the trail. Everybody pitching in.
I know many areas have similar tight knit 4X4 communities, and many of those exist within
. Just wanted to give praise to the Jeepers, 4X4'ers, and the 2wd pre-runner types here in Albuquerque.
The Jeep wave is very alive and well here. Pretty damned cool.
The off-road community is pretty solid here. When Mac and crew broke down on the way to KOH, a post on the local forum brought many offers of assistance.
A couple weeks ago, one of my counterman said a customer was asking what steering I have on my Jeep. Went to the parts counter, had a discussion with the customer. An XJ owner, similar build to mine. We talked a while, then went outside to talk more and look at my Jeep. He noticed I had a broken marker lense. He told me he has an extra and would bring it by sometime. A few days later, he pops in with a lense. Pretty damned cool. Asks if I need anything else.
Turns out, my AW4 is not shifting out of first very well. I purchased a TPS at work. Went to change it out. One screw was broken, the other was stripped. Told customer/new friend that I need a new throttle body, if he knew of any. He said he would look. Poof, a few days later I come downstairs from the district office and see a renix throttle body in my office.
Alex was great enough to give me his spare axles from his old Jeep. Have not needed them yet... but I do carry them when I am out on the trail. Thanks again, Alex.
My boss has an 07 Wrangler. Broke his spare tire carrier last weekend. ~$200 for a new one. I posted on the local forum. Within an hour, a guy replied he had one and would take a 12 pack of beer for it. Right on.
Sunday, going out wheeling with daughter. Find out a fellow wheeler was broke down. Trailer got arranged, met at trail head. Truck painstakingly loaded on to trailer... and extricated from the trail. Everybody pitching in.
I know many areas have similar tight knit 4X4 communities, and many of those exist within
. Just wanted to give praise to the Jeepers, 4X4'ers, and the 2wd pre-runner types here in Albuquerque.
