After have watched that and knowing those are 10min of my life wasted, my thought the entire time was, that when this guy gets older, he'll look back on this entire "Vlog" and realize what a dork he was. I mean there's excitement about buying a Jeep but video taping yourself and family, narrating it, then posting it on the internet for others to watch is something from the current generation that I'll likely never get and like all things specific to generations, they eventually look back and say, "We were pretty lame." I'm glad it's on the internet to constantly remind him in the future of how over the top and acting like a little school girl he was. He's getting Google money from us watching and discussing it, so he wins for now.

 

He'll look back at how awesome it was making money off of Vlogs.

 

It's a new generation. Plenty of idiots making awful videos on YouTube, racking up millions of hits. I think the joke is on the people who fuel the fire while getting these jokers paid.

 

What the hell is wrong with the videos these making? What's wrong with them making money they're generating to the website? I don't understand how any of you could have a problem with that. Obviously they're doing something they enjoy and obviously they have plenty of people who enjoy watching what they film. There are far worse things in this world that are going on to be hating something like that. Quit playing the generation game. Anything MY generation does is a result of what YOUR generation taught.

 

not true.

 

Agree with all but the last sentence.

 

I'm pretty sure I just said it's a generation thing that I'll never get, I'm not sure what you read into it but it doesn't sound like what I intended it to say. I'm certain the generation before me didn't get some of the things my generation did, so on and so forth. I'm pretty certain parents of the hippy movement generation didn't get that generation's infatuation with that as well and I'm pretty sure we all look back on the Disco era generation and still look up to that as well. The Bee Gees still rule!!!

It's all a part of that craving for attention in the manner of "Look at me, I'm doing things different than my parents that they don't get and love they don't get it."

 

People like the OP are why we get a bad reputation.....how ironic.

 

I think it has more to do with respect and the ability to build and know how to drive and take care of the Jeep ( or any vehicle really) more then it does with anything. There are a lot of JK's out there built to the hilt and the owner never turned a wrench or knows how to drive it. I saw a couple on the Rubicon this week end. God it sucks to get behind a JKU on 37's and the driver takes for ever to run thru a section of 12" rocks. When they stop they tell you about all the brands of stuff they have on their jeep but can't answer simple questions about the set up or why they are resting on their bump stops at ride height. I see guys running ragged out Toyota trucks sitting on 37' or 40's with coil over or air shocks that can run a trail and fix there stuff when it brakes. I would rather run with one of those guys then someone that payed for a built up jeep, can't drive for shit, and is worried about getting a scratch on the paint or one of their rock stars. I am not trying to be elitists or trying to offend the mall crawler club if that is your thing and you are happy about it then great but just because you sport 37's and 50" light bars does not makes you cool to the off roaders out there. I will give any CJ or wrangler a wave and even some old FJ's and broncos. A nice rig is a nice rig but respect is earned not bought.

I am sure the same way is felt by guys in classic car clubs that spend their lives and money restoring old cars feel the same way about a tech millionaire that can go out and buy one already done and then brags about his vehicle.

 

Dirtman hit the OP's point on the head, that no one else really wanted to say. With that in mind, I always get a kick out of some of these "Jeep Wave" discussions on the forums when some respond and try to put themselves in an elite group and say things like, "I only wave if the other Wrangler has a lift and larger tires, because they deserve respect because I know how much hard work and effort goes into doing those types of mods." When I read the OP's post, I immediately thought of those guys.


Along the same lines last week, I stopped off at AEV to pick up some parts I had ordered. Their facility is about 10 minutes away from where I go to work. AEV doesn't have a store front where you can just go in and shop around. It's more of their design center, parts warehouse, and vehicle build and production facilities. To pick up my parts, I was escorted into their main warehouse and I was in awe seeing boxes and boxes of AEV parts. It looked like a Costco/Sam's club of AEV products. On my way out, I counted 23 AEV modded JK's in their parking lot. Then I looked next door where there was another building and parking lot, where I saw 3 row's of JKU's parked right next to each other, totally about another 75 modded brand new JK's. On 1st thought, I was wondering, "Why does AEV have so many JK's?". Then I realized it's because they now have this dealership program, where you buy a new JK and then you can additionally select an AEV off-road package for an additional $15K+ where AEV will build your JK for you.
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For now, I enjoy learning things from shopping, buying and installing my own parts all in the interest of learning what those parts do and the reasons I need them. There may be a day in the future where my budget permits and wouldn't mind the luxury of someone doing it all for me. However, I just haven't reached that point at this time.