I have a 2002 Jeep liberty Renegade complete with top lights and all, but not in 4 X 4 configuration...I also have a younger cousin who does own a fairly new 2003 4 X 4 full size truck with fat ass tires... I think just to piss me off, he showed me his new back window sticker of ole' Calvin doing his thing over the words "2WD"...He had a laugh and ribbed me that my vehicle sucks and trying to raise my ire or something...Being the gentleman that I am, I let it go, but kept in my collective memory... Well, lo and behold, I find out just yesterday he pushed his 4 X 4 a little too much and got it stuck in the mud...Apparently, he drove through some marshy mud water and went into a soft spot that nearly swallowed his whole truck instantaneously, He tried stomping on the gas, but it only got worse, and then the ignition died...He told me he thought the truck would then get completely swallowed and he climbed out, but then it finally stopped receding in the Earth...I laughed knowing he had to pay a lot of money to get his rig out..., he might have done mechanical damage as well. While I did secretly feel a bit of envy about his new 4 X 4 truck, I realize I can do light off-road and not be compelled to push the boundaries if I had a 4 x 4 ...and truth be told a lot of 4 X 4's can't really handle much more...Maybe if I had an H1 (not the H2...) I would feel like I could really go anywhere...but then again at that price, maybe not...
One time I got into a fender bender with this guy that had a truck. I wasn't looking when I backed out of my friend's driveway and I hit him as he was going down the street. Only body damage was done to his truck. The first thing he says when he gets out of the truck is, "You hit the part that says '4 x 4!'" I was thinking, "OK, so if I slam into the door or the front fender, you'll let me slide??" damn necks...
Calvin stickers are r****ded. Bill Watterson hates them. He never sold the rights to Calvin or Hobbs so they are a slap in his face. And the one where Calvin is praying in the shadow of a giant cross is downright scary.
Nothing says "redneck" quite like a Calvin sticker. Off-roading is risky business. It's better to do it with a car that's not your daily driver. One of my buddies bought an old 85 Jeep Comanche that he uses strictly for off-roading - and abuses the hell out of it.
I wanna buy a Calvin sticker where he's peeing on someone who's putting a Calvin sticker on their truck.
Definitely, unless you're loaded & only plan on keeping the truck for 50K miles or so. It's hell on the undercarriage, drivetrain & suspension. I've got a '48 Army issue Willy's that is absolutely, positively the funnest thing to drive out in the country. Sucker will go just about anywhere.
