Went hunting in my FJ40 Saturday morning and got good and muddy on the trails so I stopped at the quarter wash on my way home.

The next bay over had a black J**p on 31's and the guy walks over and is admiring my rig and says "Is that an International???"

:laughing:

:p

It's funny when ALL FOUR of my kids will reply "No, It's a LAND CRUISER"...

Finally put up an Avitar.... spooky enough? :D

Tom :usa:

yes, scary avatar:eek:

I'm just going to start saying "YES IT IS" :flipoff2:

I think I'll leave the emblems off and start telling people its a International:flipoff2:

I've got a buddy with a Chevy bow tie on the grill of his 40.

We were at a gas station once and some guy was looking at his rig and told him he didn't know that Chevrolet ever made a Jeep !

The guy was serious !:eek:

That event left me very disturbed......... :rolleyes:

my buddy got out of a ticket for that the cop wrote chevy on the ticket because of the bow tie he went to court with his reg and title and said " but i own a toyota landcruiser :rolleyes: " the judge throw it out ... it wuz too sweeeet for words :D

Originally posted by Deep South Cruisers
The next bay over had a black J**p on 31's and the guy walks over and is admiring my rig and says "Is that an International???"

:laughing:

Did you atleast kick him in the nuts and key his hood?!?!?! :flipoff2:

Originally posted by Chemical442


Did you atleast kick him in the nuts and key his hood?!?!?! :flipoff2:

:D NO, after he finished telling me how well his J**p performed offroad I cut the conversation short, I guess I could have offered him a Type "R" sticker or something. On a similar note, I exchanged waves from a nice Jeep on 35's the same day........Surely he knew the difference:rolleyes:

Just this morning after pulling in to the coffee joint, I had a guy say “nice jeep”, before I could say anything a guy walking from a great looking restored early Bronco, goes “That’s not some crappy J**p, that’s a Landcruiser”. The Bronco guy got a free latté, the other guy just looked stupid. It’s a good Monday.

I've had the same J**p comments about my FJ60:eek: I mean come awwwwwwwn, I don't even bother correcting people about the 40 anymore but a 60 is unexcusable:rolleyes:

I spotted a green 40 at lunch and pulled in to check it out, I was tempted to wait for the owner so I could chat with him but didn't hang around long enough. There aren't many 40's round these parts.

Originally posted by helocat
Just this morning after pulling in to the coffee joint, I had a guy say “nice jeep”, before I could say anything a guy walking from a great looking restored early Bronco, goes “That’s not some crappy J**p, that’s a Landcruiser”. The Bronco guy got a free latté, the other guy just looked stupid. It’s a good Monday.

by far, the BEST story yet :p :D

Originally posted by roundrocktom
:p

It's funny when ALL FOUR of my kids will reply "No, It's a LAND CRUISER"...

Finally put up an Avitar.... spooky enough? :D

Tom :usa:

Your ugly mug would be scarier:flipoff2: :flipoff2:
It would frighten women, children and small dogs.
Butch

in a place where you dont see many jeeps (lots of new TJs) we still get far too much nice jeep comments :flipoff2:

and i get wayy too many stoners, going, despite all ypou have done to it, mine would go just as well, and i luagh and think they have not seen where i drive :D

good looking international though deep south ;)

Why, thank you:laughing:

I could see the J**p guy peering over at my cruiser and I knew I was going to HAVE to talk to him.

I guess I could have said, yea, thats a nice Kia you got there, Are those All Terrains rough on the highway:confused: and how do you get all that chrome clean;)

Well I'm in trouble now :eek:

My boss caught me on the computer reading this post ( I'm supposed to be working :rolleyes: )
Anyway he's got a pretty bad ass Jeep, a 56 CJ5, built to the max.
So now I'm about to lose my job cause of all the Jeep bashing going on here. :D Just kidding.

Seriously though, I have never been offended by anyone referring to my Cruiser as a Jeep, because it's a generic term. The fact that they are offering a compliment is appreciated....They can't help the fact that they are ignorant and don't know the difference.

My usual response is thanks, but it's not a Jeep, it's a Toyota LandCruiser. It's better to enlighten them than to offend them by pointing out their ignorance. :)

I had a guy ask me if my FJ40 was a "95", as in 1995 - he went on to say: "I thought they stopped making these years ago?"

Maybe I need to skuff up the paint and let the mud dry and crack on the fenders.

Originally posted by Reddog
Well I'm in trouble now :eek:

My usual response is thanks, but it's not a Jeep, it's a Toyota LandCruiser. It's better to enlighten them than to offend them by pointing out their ignorance. :)

no offense intended & I didn't disrespect the guy I just moved along. I just thought it was funny that the guy wanted to talk trucks but obviously had no knowledge.

I still have to correct the wife, and you are right its a generic term that people use because they haven't been educated otherwise. Maybe it would be easier to start telling them YES but its a Foreign Jeep (FJ) ;) then maybe it would stick.

I, too, am fed up with the ignorance of some folks, so here's a scenario of how I handle "nice jxxp" comments:

Bonehead: "Nice Jxxp 'ya got there buddy"
(this guy happens to be driving a Chevy pickup)
Me: "Hey, you're drivin' on of those cool lookin' Fords"

Bonehead #2: "What years' that Jxxp your're drivin'?"
(this dude has a classic Mustang)
Me: "Close to the same year as your Camaro"

:rolleyes: That REALLY gets 'em going :mad: