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I'm becomming a puss-butt

2007 Jeep JK Wrangler

Posted December 12 2006 09:22 AM by Jp Editor 
Filed under: Editorials, Jeep Enthusiast Culture, John Cappa

I'm getting soft.


Not that I'm fat or in need of Viagra or anything. Although, I have put on a few pounds and I suppose my appearance isn't as firm-looking as it use to be. But that's normal for a magazine editor that survives solely on doughnuts, beer, and Kool-Aid (hey, I need my vitamin C ) Anyway, what I meant to say is that I've gotten soft as far as my choice of commuter vehicles goes. I somehow, begged, pleaded, kicked, and screamed my way into an '07 Jeep Wrangler JK with a hard top no less. Tech Editor Christian Hazel made fun of me (yet again...what a surprise) because yes, it's another red one. So what. Red shoots the best. I mean the rescue green/yellow color is cool and all but when you shoot photos of it it's hard to make it look good. In most lighting conditions it will often resemble the nasty avocado color 4-Wheel & Off-Road squirted on their Ultimate Adventure FJ Cruiser or perhaps more similar to the squirtings Hazel's boy sprays in his diaper. White would have worked but it was too boring as were the rest of the color options. So now I'm a Jeep Rubicon owner. Or at least the driver of one because technically I don't own it. It's really comfortable. It would be very difficult for someone to pry me out of the driver seat to put me back in Red, our '01 Project Wrangler that I handed down to Associate Editor Pete Trasborg. Yep, color me spoiled. While Hazel is making the 126-mile one way commute in a rattle-trap M-715 that gets 30 mpg on engine oil in addition to the 10 or so it gets with gas, I'll be listening to my free satellite radio, talking on my cell phone (and able to hear the person on the phone and the one next to me sipping my super double decaf late' with a twist of lemon (not really, I don't drink coffee, but I figured it would make you less sick to your stomach than if I told you I drink gut-rotting energy drinks and soda really early in the morning).

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