OT / OT off topic / but on topic about our Jeeps

[GreatCJ8]

Discuss lol
So today I "had'' to go for a Jeep ride.
A huge tree is coming down 20' from "Tank's"
parking spot. So even after they assured me my Jeep was safe... I went for a ride not as easy with a bum hip that's getting replaced in a few weeks.
The crane operator asked if he could buy it. Like I always do, I said sure, for 75.
Crane operator: HUNDRED
Me: thousand

 

[GreatCJ8]

Parked on the street when I got back.

 

[bigwalton]

I was tagged in a FB post about someone looking for an Alaskan Postal mail tray/mounts. I replied to say that I had one, but it would take a five-digit number to make me sell it after the trouble that it took to get.

 

[bigwalton]

Parked on the street when I got back.

Good man, properly protective.

 

[GreatCJ8]

Good man, properly protective.

they said it would be perfectly safe but covered in sawdust.... perfect morning for a ride I said lol
PS, a few local jeepers have commented that it's like a tank. So, emotionally I named my 38 yo, nameless 8 after my Dad.
He was a tank mechanic in Germany and Elvis was in his Company, btw.
So Tank it is

 

[GreatCJ8]

Hoping to encourage more scrambler chitchat with this thread =)

Been too cold for ice cream runs.
I'm going to plan an ice cream run for the Virginia Night Crawlers soon, talked to the ice-cream stand owner, they're in
They legally, have the whole parking lot Sundays in the afternoon. I wanna fill it with Jeeps I told him
I would to not be the only Scrambler

 

[bigwalton]

I love it, we have an A&W drive in and I always wanted to do a Jeep day there, but just too many other things going to try to get into something else.

 

[TexasAg77]

We have been in town the longest in a while and have been using the '8 for most of our trips to town. Always getting lots of looks, etc. Didn't realize how much I had missed driving it regularly. And it gets probably the best mileage of our cars with the 4.0 and 80's EPA 2.73s!

 

[GreatCJ8]

And it gets probably the best mileage of our cars with the 4.0 and 80's EPA 2.73s!

I haven't figured out an average spg yet but tracked the mileage from my last outing & just need to remember to go straight to the gas station and fill up next time I drive it which is tomorrow. But it's got to be close to 13 I'm guessing

As far as the Jeep/ice cream day I need a contact locally for Wheeling for Warriors
As they are my 1st choice for organizing this (officially, I already have permission with VA. Night Crawlers)

 

[gr8dain]

I am driving mine a lot more regularly now that my son pulled the motor out of his car and uses my truck to get to work and back. I am getting 11-12 mpg with my 4.0/aw4 with 4.46 gears and 35” tires. Not the most fuel efficient, but the joy I get driving it matters more.

 

[GreatCJ8]

I am driving mine a lot more regularly now that my son pulled the motor out of his car and uses my truck to get to work and back. I am getting 11-12 mpg with my 4.0/aw4 with 4.46 gears and 35” tires. Not the most fuel efficient, but the joy I het driving it matters more.

Aka SPG
Smiles per gal.

 

[Kane]

I really need to get my Jeep on the highway for a 100 mile trip and see what the highway MPG would be. I only drive it around town and get 12-13 with a 4.8 liter LS truck engine. I expected a bit better even around town.