New 2005 GC
#71
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Re: New 2005 GC
.......and all this time I thought the Gremlin was just a really huge tennis
shoe.
"twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
news:noYhd.14980$bP2.2196@newssvr12.news.prodigy.c om...
> Heheh! And they did a fine job with that ruse!
>
> Lon wrote:
>
> > RJ proclaimed:
> >
> >> attnews <john.n.allen@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> the gremlin was a superior design then and now
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Not on planet Earth.
> >
> >
> > Sure it was. Remember that during that era there were all sorts of
> > cheezy little S*boxes cluttering up roads and freeways. In a truly
> > inspired marketing move, AMC wanted to avoid the Gremlin being
> > recognized as just another S*box, so they cleverly designed it to
> > look like a S*box.
>
> --
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw
>
> 71 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
> 03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
> 01 XJ Sport
>
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> -- Dave Barry
>
> Pronunciation: 'jEp
> Function: noun
> Date: 1940
>
> Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
> 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
> World War II.
>
> (Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
> __________________________________________________ _________
shoe.
"twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
news:noYhd.14980$bP2.2196@newssvr12.news.prodigy.c om...
> Heheh! And they did a fine job with that ruse!
>
> Lon wrote:
>
> > RJ proclaimed:
> >
> >> attnews <john.n.allen@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> the gremlin was a superior design then and now
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Not on planet Earth.
> >
> >
> > Sure it was. Remember that during that era there were all sorts of
> > cheezy little S*boxes cluttering up roads and freeways. In a truly
> > inspired marketing move, AMC wanted to avoid the Gremlin being
> > recognized as just another S*box, so they cleverly designed it to
> > look like a S*box.
>
> --
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw
>
> 71 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
> 03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
> 01 XJ Sport
>
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> -- Dave Barry
>
> Pronunciation: 'jEp
> Function: noun
> Date: 1940
>
> Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
> 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
> World War II.
>
> (Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
> __________________________________________________ _________
#72
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Re: New 2005 GC
.......and all this time I thought the Gremlin was just a really huge tennis
shoe.
"twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
news:noYhd.14980$bP2.2196@newssvr12.news.prodigy.c om...
> Heheh! And they did a fine job with that ruse!
>
> Lon wrote:
>
> > RJ proclaimed:
> >
> >> attnews <john.n.allen@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> the gremlin was a superior design then and now
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Not on planet Earth.
> >
> >
> > Sure it was. Remember that during that era there were all sorts of
> > cheezy little S*boxes cluttering up roads and freeways. In a truly
> > inspired marketing move, AMC wanted to avoid the Gremlin being
> > recognized as just another S*box, so they cleverly designed it to
> > look like a S*box.
>
> --
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw
>
> 71 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
> 03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
> 01 XJ Sport
>
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> -- Dave Barry
>
> Pronunciation: 'jEp
> Function: noun
> Date: 1940
>
> Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
> 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
> World War II.
>
> (Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
> __________________________________________________ _________
shoe.
"twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
news:noYhd.14980$bP2.2196@newssvr12.news.prodigy.c om...
> Heheh! And they did a fine job with that ruse!
>
> Lon wrote:
>
> > RJ proclaimed:
> >
> >> attnews <john.n.allen@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> the gremlin was a superior design then and now
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Not on planet Earth.
> >
> >
> > Sure it was. Remember that during that era there were all sorts of
> > cheezy little S*boxes cluttering up roads and freeways. In a truly
> > inspired marketing move, AMC wanted to avoid the Gremlin being
> > recognized as just another S*box, so they cleverly designed it to
> > look like a S*box.
>
> --
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw
>
> 71 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
> 03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
> 01 XJ Sport
>
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> -- Dave Barry
>
> Pronunciation: 'jEp
> Function: noun
> Date: 1940
>
> Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
> 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
> World War II.
>
> (Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
> __________________________________________________ _________
#73
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Re: New 2005 GC
LOL!
I don't know....
I worked for the dept of highways and we were surveying a new overpass
and heard a great noise coming up this 5 mile uphill. Whatever was
racing was over the lip out of sight for a while.
Then up pops 2 sets of cherry's on 2 new RCMP 'chase cars'.
One was a Camaro and the other was a freaking Gremlin! These were fully
marked cop cars.
The Gremlin wiped the Camaro's *** big time!!
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
RJ wrote:
>
> attnews <john.n.allen@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> > the gremlin was a superior design then and now
>
> Not on planet Earth.
I don't know....
I worked for the dept of highways and we were surveying a new overpass
and heard a great noise coming up this 5 mile uphill. Whatever was
racing was over the lip out of sight for a while.
Then up pops 2 sets of cherry's on 2 new RCMP 'chase cars'.
One was a Camaro and the other was a freaking Gremlin! These were fully
marked cop cars.
The Gremlin wiped the Camaro's *** big time!!
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
RJ wrote:
>
> attnews <john.n.allen@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> > the gremlin was a superior design then and now
>
> Not on planet Earth.
#74
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Re: New 2005 GC
LOL!
I don't know....
I worked for the dept of highways and we were surveying a new overpass
and heard a great noise coming up this 5 mile uphill. Whatever was
racing was over the lip out of sight for a while.
Then up pops 2 sets of cherry's on 2 new RCMP 'chase cars'.
One was a Camaro and the other was a freaking Gremlin! These were fully
marked cop cars.
The Gremlin wiped the Camaro's *** big time!!
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
RJ wrote:
>
> attnews <john.n.allen@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> > the gremlin was a superior design then and now
>
> Not on planet Earth.
I don't know....
I worked for the dept of highways and we were surveying a new overpass
and heard a great noise coming up this 5 mile uphill. Whatever was
racing was over the lip out of sight for a while.
Then up pops 2 sets of cherry's on 2 new RCMP 'chase cars'.
One was a Camaro and the other was a freaking Gremlin! These were fully
marked cop cars.
The Gremlin wiped the Camaro's *** big time!!
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
RJ wrote:
>
> attnews <john.n.allen@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> > the gremlin was a superior design then and now
>
> Not on planet Earth.
#75
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Re: New 2005 GC
Beep beep, beep beep, his horn went beep beep beep.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> LOL!
>
> I don't know....
>
> I worked for the dept of highways and we were surveying a new overpass
> and heard a great noise coming up this 5 mile uphill. Whatever was
> racing was over the lip out of sight for a while.
>
> Then up pops 2 sets of cherry's on 2 new RCMP 'chase cars'.
>
> One was a Camaro and the other was a freaking Gremlin! These were fully
> marked cop cars.
>
> The Gremlin wiped the Camaro's *** big time!!
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> LOL!
>
> I don't know....
>
> I worked for the dept of highways and we were surveying a new overpass
> and heard a great noise coming up this 5 mile uphill. Whatever was
> racing was over the lip out of sight for a while.
>
> Then up pops 2 sets of cherry's on 2 new RCMP 'chase cars'.
>
> One was a Camaro and the other was a freaking Gremlin! These were fully
> marked cop cars.
>
> The Gremlin wiped the Camaro's *** big time!!
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
#76
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Re: New 2005 GC
Beep beep, beep beep, his horn went beep beep beep.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> LOL!
>
> I don't know....
>
> I worked for the dept of highways and we were surveying a new overpass
> and heard a great noise coming up this 5 mile uphill. Whatever was
> racing was over the lip out of sight for a while.
>
> Then up pops 2 sets of cherry's on 2 new RCMP 'chase cars'.
>
> One was a Camaro and the other was a freaking Gremlin! These were fully
> marked cop cars.
>
> The Gremlin wiped the Camaro's *** big time!!
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> LOL!
>
> I don't know....
>
> I worked for the dept of highways and we were surveying a new overpass
> and heard a great noise coming up this 5 mile uphill. Whatever was
> racing was over the lip out of sight for a while.
>
> Then up pops 2 sets of cherry's on 2 new RCMP 'chase cars'.
>
> One was a Camaro and the other was a freaking Gremlin! These were fully
> marked cop cars.
>
> The Gremlin wiped the Camaro's *** big time!!
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
#77
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Re: New 2005 GC
Nah, a Frog in a Tux.
Plunk your magic twanger...
j carter proclaimed:
> ......and all this time I thought the Gremlin was just a really huge tennis
> shoe.
>
>
>
> "twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
> news:noYhd.14980$bP2.2196@newssvr12.news.prodigy.c om...
>
>>Heheh! And they did a fine job with that ruse!
>>
>>Lon wrote:
>>
>>
>>>RJ proclaimed:
>>>
>>>
>>>>attnews <john.n.allen@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>the gremlin was a superior design then and now
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Not on planet Earth.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sure it was. Remember that during that era there were all sorts of
>>> cheezy little S*boxes cluttering up roads and freeways. In a truly
>>> inspired marketing move, AMC wanted to avoid the Gremlin being
>>> recognized as just another S*box, so they cleverly designed it to
>>> look like a S*box.
>>
>>--
>>________________________________________________ ___________
>>tw
>>
>>71 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
>>03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
>>01 XJ Sport
>>
>>There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
>>-- Dave Barry
>>
>>Pronunciation: 'jEp
>>Function: noun
>>Date: 1940
>>
>>Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
>>A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
>>1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
>>World War II.
>>
>>(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
>>________________________________________________ ___________
>
>
>
Plunk your magic twanger...
j carter proclaimed:
> ......and all this time I thought the Gremlin was just a really huge tennis
> shoe.
>
>
>
> "twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
> news:noYhd.14980$bP2.2196@newssvr12.news.prodigy.c om...
>
>>Heheh! And they did a fine job with that ruse!
>>
>>Lon wrote:
>>
>>
>>>RJ proclaimed:
>>>
>>>
>>>>attnews <john.n.allen@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>the gremlin was a superior design then and now
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Not on planet Earth.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sure it was. Remember that during that era there were all sorts of
>>> cheezy little S*boxes cluttering up roads and freeways. In a truly
>>> inspired marketing move, AMC wanted to avoid the Gremlin being
>>> recognized as just another S*box, so they cleverly designed it to
>>> look like a S*box.
>>
>>--
>>________________________________________________ ___________
>>tw
>>
>>71 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
>>03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
>>01 XJ Sport
>>
>>There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
>>-- Dave Barry
>>
>>Pronunciation: 'jEp
>>Function: noun
>>Date: 1940
>>
>>Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
>>A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
>>1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
>>World War II.
>>
>>(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
>>________________________________________________ ___________
>
>
>
#78
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Re: New 2005 GC
Nah, a Frog in a Tux.
Plunk your magic twanger...
j carter proclaimed:
> ......and all this time I thought the Gremlin was just a really huge tennis
> shoe.
>
>
>
> "twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
> news:noYhd.14980$bP2.2196@newssvr12.news.prodigy.c om...
>
>>Heheh! And they did a fine job with that ruse!
>>
>>Lon wrote:
>>
>>
>>>RJ proclaimed:
>>>
>>>
>>>>attnews <john.n.allen@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>the gremlin was a superior design then and now
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Not on planet Earth.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sure it was. Remember that during that era there were all sorts of
>>> cheezy little S*boxes cluttering up roads and freeways. In a truly
>>> inspired marketing move, AMC wanted to avoid the Gremlin being
>>> recognized as just another S*box, so they cleverly designed it to
>>> look like a S*box.
>>
>>--
>>________________________________________________ ___________
>>tw
>>
>>71 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
>>03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
>>01 XJ Sport
>>
>>There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
>>-- Dave Barry
>>
>>Pronunciation: 'jEp
>>Function: noun
>>Date: 1940
>>
>>Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
>>A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
>>1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
>>World War II.
>>
>>(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
>>________________________________________________ ___________
>
>
>
Plunk your magic twanger...
j carter proclaimed:
> ......and all this time I thought the Gremlin was just a really huge tennis
> shoe.
>
>
>
> "twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
> news:noYhd.14980$bP2.2196@newssvr12.news.prodigy.c om...
>
>>Heheh! And they did a fine job with that ruse!
>>
>>Lon wrote:
>>
>>
>>>RJ proclaimed:
>>>
>>>
>>>>attnews <john.n.allen@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>the gremlin was a superior design then and now
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Not on planet Earth.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sure it was. Remember that during that era there were all sorts of
>>> cheezy little S*boxes cluttering up roads and freeways. In a truly
>>> inspired marketing move, AMC wanted to avoid the Gremlin being
>>> recognized as just another S*box, so they cleverly designed it to
>>> look like a S*box.
>>
>>--
>>________________________________________________ ___________
>>tw
>>
>>71 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
>>03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
>>01 XJ Sport
>>
>>There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
>>-- Dave Barry
>>
>>Pronunciation: 'jEp
>>Function: noun
>>Date: 1940
>>
>>Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
>>A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
>>1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
>>World War II.
>>
>>(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
>>________________________________________________ ___________
>
>
>
#79
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Re: New 2005 GC
"erinn" <ephines@***.net> wrote in message news:<uB2hd.195573$a85.143838@fed1read04>...
> Just saw the new 2005 GC at the California Intl. Auto Show. I was not
> impressed by the 5 part hardly soft all plastic dash. Nor by the fit and
> finish of the door material. I think it they want to stay in the class
> they set from 1999-2004 they need to up the quality now.
To me, it looks like a Mitsubishi Endeavor dash. Or just like all
the other "new" cars which use cheap plastic with that awful dull
silver paint. Why some people like the current "cheap boombox" look,
is waaay beyond me.
OTOH the outside shape grows on you. I kind of like the Jag looking
headlamps. I'm just really sorry it got extended (what? 5"?) and not
a bit of that went into more space for the rear passengers. What was
Jeep thinking?
Kev
> Just saw the new 2005 GC at the California Intl. Auto Show. I was not
> impressed by the 5 part hardly soft all plastic dash. Nor by the fit and
> finish of the door material. I think it they want to stay in the class
> they set from 1999-2004 they need to up the quality now.
To me, it looks like a Mitsubishi Endeavor dash. Or just like all
the other "new" cars which use cheap plastic with that awful dull
silver paint. Why some people like the current "cheap boombox" look,
is waaay beyond me.
OTOH the outside shape grows on you. I kind of like the Jag looking
headlamps. I'm just really sorry it got extended (what? 5"?) and not
a bit of that went into more space for the rear passengers. What was
Jeep thinking?
Kev
#80
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Re: New 2005 GC
"erinn" <ephines@***.net> wrote in message news:<uB2hd.195573$a85.143838@fed1read04>...
> Just saw the new 2005 GC at the California Intl. Auto Show. I was not
> impressed by the 5 part hardly soft all plastic dash. Nor by the fit and
> finish of the door material. I think it they want to stay in the class
> they set from 1999-2004 they need to up the quality now.
To me, it looks like a Mitsubishi Endeavor dash. Or just like all
the other "new" cars which use cheap plastic with that awful dull
silver paint. Why some people like the current "cheap boombox" look,
is waaay beyond me.
OTOH the outside shape grows on you. I kind of like the Jag looking
headlamps. I'm just really sorry it got extended (what? 5"?) and not
a bit of that went into more space for the rear passengers. What was
Jeep thinking?
Kev
> Just saw the new 2005 GC at the California Intl. Auto Show. I was not
> impressed by the 5 part hardly soft all plastic dash. Nor by the fit and
> finish of the door material. I think it they want to stay in the class
> they set from 1999-2004 they need to up the quality now.
To me, it looks like a Mitsubishi Endeavor dash. Or just like all
the other "new" cars which use cheap plastic with that awful dull
silver paint. Why some people like the current "cheap boombox" look,
is waaay beyond me.
OTOH the outside shape grows on you. I kind of like the Jag looking
headlamps. I'm just really sorry it got extended (what? 5"?) and not
a bit of that went into more space for the rear passengers. What was
Jeep thinking?
Kev