Episode 149 – Bad Parking Revenge or Need for Food?

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This Week In Jeep

Jeep Renegade + Fiat 500X = sibling rivalry.

We’ve been reporting since they were just rumors, that the new Jeep Renegade is based on a CAR platform, the Fiat 500X. The 500 and The Renegade, both subcompact crossovers, share virtually the same exact platform, and will even be built on the same production line in Italy. Analysts say the two vehicles will appeal to different types of customers. “The Jeep [Renegade] and 500X CAN coexist, “say analysts…. And speaking of analysts….. Ian Fletcher, who is an IHS  or (Institute for Highway Safety) Automotive analyst, said the 500X is a (QUOTE)  “cute, urban vehicle with off-road capabilities, while the Renegade is the “rugged” off-roader EXPECTED from Jeep. They are almost like the male and female version of the same model, although I expect the two models to please both men and women.” HOW I ASK… by a marital aid for a stick shift, and flesh light in the tail pipe? I’m sorry …did he say “rugged” …when trying to describe what most people are calling “THE CUTE UTE” …. the micro jeep since its debut has been getting reviews of odd design, and a plasticy feel… afterall this thing IS basically a car, with some drivetrain and suspension alterations of course…. Most of us die hard jeep fans are saying this thing is barely a jeep to begin with… Much like the New Cherokee.  The strength of the 500X will be its design, while that of the Renegade will be its functionality Fletcher said. He also said he likes turtles, put a tinfoil hat on, and started doing the flying spaghetti monster dance in his underwear…. , so there’s no telling whats going on upstairs with this guy. The 500X will appear in European dealerships before the end of the year, and next spring in the U.S.  In Europe, the 500X will replace Fiat’s slow-selling Sedici, which Suzuki built at its plant in Hungary. The 500X will complete the 500 lineup, sitting alongside the 500L minivan and the 500 three-door hatchback. The Renegade will complete Jeeps “how can we piss off the enthusiasts now” line up right along side the IFS Wrangler and the New Cherokee. Consider yourselves warned. 

More Potentially Bad Decisions By Jeep are on the horizon.

-The man in charge of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said the company might consider moving production of the Jeep Wrangler out of its current home in Toledo Ohio. But he indicated that the plant would not be shut down, just that a different vehicle would likely be built at the Toledo Assembly Complex. Sergio Marchionne, speaking at the Paris Auto Show, said the next Wrangler could have an aluminum body and be built off a unibody platform… SCUSE ME…SAY WHAAAT??!?! Unibody Wrangler? Nooooooo!!! The next update for the Wrangler, which is built only in Toledo (for now), is due in 2017. Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken, a former Jeep worker and union leader, and a veteran of previous efforts to retain Jeep manufacturing in Toledo, said he was surprised by the announcement but was confident the city would be able to accommodate any technological innovations needed to build the Wrangler. He then told his assistant to (QUOTE) Get that ass hat Marchione on the horn, I have some ass kicking to do. “It’s not the first time we’ve heard these announcements. IS WHAT HE REALLY SAID… They told us in ‘97 the old plant couldn’t be converted to build a new car. So We built a new plant,” He went on to say ….. “If there’s new technology we’re the place to launch it,“ Mr. Gerken was hired on the Jeep assembly line in 1976, was elected to union leadership in 1983 and retired in 2006. Bruce Baumhower, the president of United Auto Workers Local 12, which represents the Toledo Jeep workers, said he felt “extremely betrayed” by Mr. Marchionne’s comments. “There’s no solution under which you can take the Jeep Wrangler out of Toledo,” Mr. Baumhower said. And still retain any degree of respect from certain Podcast hosts, or the american public I might add… Mr. Baumhower said Chrysler could build an aluminium Wrangler in Toledo, and that the union would do what needs to be done to ensure that the next generation of Wranglers continues to be built in Toledo. Thats right… lets get some of those union mob bosses back on the take, and lets start busting some knee caps around here…. what we NEED is a lot Less thinking …and more building of the Jeeps we all have known and grown to love… (I’m not talking to YOU 2015 Cherokee…)  

MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL

-Or in this case might explain the reasoning behind some of the seemingly brainless decisions that have been coming out of the Chrysler/Fiat camp lately…. Starting Oct 13th …. The Fiat Chrysler Automotive Corporation will begin trading publicly on the NY Stock Exchange… so obviously you can see how important it is for them to be putting their best foot forward right now, and to look at global sales more than local sales, in an attempt to appease share holders early and often… Hence why we’re seeing things like the new cherokee and the renegade… dumb and dumber two is being released a little early, and it aint gonna be in the theaters, its gonna be in the dealerships. 

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Interview:

Kyle DeMattia, This is the Jeep Cherokee owner that took a stand against bad parking of a Corvette owner at a local eatery! “The parking lot was packed except for a few spaces at the back and I could see people parking and walking by it in just plain annoyance,” DeMattia said. By most people’s math, two parking spaces should fit two cars. So DeMattia pulled his mud-covered Jeep in next to the Corvette, perfectly parallel, albeit on the sidewalk, and had his meal. “I just did enough to make him think some [expletive] kid in a Jeep came and messed with his mid-life crisis mobile,” DeMattia said. DeMattia happened to get a window seat from which he could see Corvette driver’s reaction. He took a video. The driver was not thrilled, not even by the “Zombie Outbreak Response Team” stickers on DeMattia’s Jeep.

Chit-Chat

Josh is gonna go wheelin this weekend. Need to work on/ (possibly replace) the CB Shackle angles were adjusted last weekend. may install the Bilstein shocks b4 then

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