I bought my truck new back in 2001. I bought a front bumper, sliders and skid plates in ā03 and headed to my first Off-road event, ECXC in 2004. Iāve been daily driving and wheeling my truck ever since.
Before my parents got too old two get in and out of the truck it was my families only vehicle and made trips to south Jersey and PA as well as getting wheeled almost monthly.
My wife has a CX9 we got in 2007 that we use for family now, but I still drive my truck to work if the weather is bad; below freezing, raining, snowing, etc. If itās nice I ride my bike. I enjoy driving my truck in the city and prefer it to the CX9. No one cuts me off and it doesnāt look like almost everything else driving aroundā¦certainly not like any of the thousands of pristine cookie cutter Jeeps.
I drive my truck to and from the trail. As anyone that has been on the trail with me will attest, I wheel her but that doesnāt mean I donāt worry about breaking something. I built my truck to survive the trails I want to wheel. Those trails get tougher almost every time I go wheeling. If youāre happy wheeling the same Green or maybe Blue trails year after year thatās cool but Iād get bored. I donāt think I have modified my truck to stroke my ego in any way. I do a lot of the modifying myself or am fully involved with the process. Modifying my truck is half the hobby.
Last weekend I drove my 2001 Xterra to Rausch and wheeled Black and, for the first time a few Red trails. I wonāt lie and say I didnāt get some damage or do one or two stupid things but for me itās part of the fun. Afterwards I drove my truck 150 miles back to Brooklyn, got my broken glass fixed yesterday all good.
This weekend Iām hoping to change my 35ās to my 33ās in an attempt to save them from the city wear and then California Cat Delete the truck. This, to me, is a good time.
Not for nothing, I havenāt come across any modifying of ego in this club. I havenāt come across bragging or pushing parts in this club. Who are you talking about?