[eksjay]

I parked my 95XJ in main street of a rural town recently and a passer by inquired about the model year. They weren't a Jeeper but they did show reverence (could not think of any other word) to the car and asked what it was like to own and drive.

This isn't the first time. I have been stopped many times in other towns, the local supermarket car park, and other places to describe the ownership experience, and places that I have taken it.

When I'm on the highway, I can sense other drivers looking at the car with awe, or envy and despondency (in the overtaking lane)! Given Jeep sold thousands of them, I wonder if some of these people are former XJ owners themselves, bitterly lamenting selling it, only to end up with multiple borefests.

There's only one Jeep.

In 1996, a fellow camper at Dalhousie Springs asked if they could take a look around my stock XJ. It still had a new car smell. Even though they drove an older Isuzu Jackaroo, the Cherokee captured their imagination. Fast forward nearly 30years, and nothing has changed.