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Dottie Returns! Jeep Babes Michigan 2026 Show & Shine Interview · Jeep Talk Show

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(upbeat music)
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All righty ho boys and girls,
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it's time for another Jeep Talk Show.
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We're gonna be talking with Dottie.
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Dottie is a dedicated
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community leader with,
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I was gonna say with a
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certificate in outdoor,
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but that would be cool
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that it was actually a
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certificate in outdoor.
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And an outdoor
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enthusiast based in Michigan
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where she serves as a driving force
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behind Jeep Babes Enthusiast Club.
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With a passion for off-road lifestyle
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and a heart for service,
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she focuses on tuning,
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oh turning, turning trail rides.
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Can you tune a trail ride?
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I think that'd be really cool
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if you could tune a trail ride.
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Tune it for fun.
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And love of Jeeps into
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powerful movements for good.
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From coordinating large
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scale charity fundraisers
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to enjoying the trail,
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she has mastered the art of
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combining a love for adventure
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with a mission to give
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back to the community.
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Dottie, thanks for joining us again.
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Last time you were on
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the show was August 22nd.
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And if you guys would
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like to look up that episode
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and catch last year's,
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that's a Jeep Talk Show interview episode
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with Dottie from Jeep Babes, Michigan.
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And that exclamation mark
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because that was important.
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So you can go over right now to,
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is that a JB?
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As in like JB Weld, JBMichigan.org.
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Is that the right for the website?
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That is correct, yeah.
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I like the JB Weld reference.
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People all know how to spell JB Weld.
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All jeepers know what JB Weld is.
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Of course, yeah.
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It's a good job.
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Yeah, all right.
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So again, thanks for coming back.
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And that must mean you
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have a new event coming up
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about around this time, right?
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Appreciate you for having me back, Tony.
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Always good to talk to you.
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We, yeah, we're gearing up
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for our fifth annual Show and Shine event
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where we raise funds for a
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local charity called Haven.
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And they provide resources for survivors
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of intimate partner abuse.
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Everything from court advocacy,
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personal protection orders, all of that,
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to support somebody in transition.
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And this is a very close to
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our heart fundraising event
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to help out Haven.
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I think I understand
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what you're talking about.
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I have never understood,
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I'm not saying the
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thought never crossed my mind,
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but I just can't understand
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how a man could hit a woman
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or worse, you know?
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Yeah, right.
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They're smaller.
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I was always taught that we
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were supposed to be champions
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and protectors and not the other way.
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However, when my
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ex-wife hit me with a left,
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I think it was a right in the eye,
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my reaction was to try to hit her back.
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Fortunately, she hit me in the eye
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and I see clearly.
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I just grabbed her and put her down
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and asked her if she wanted to stop.
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So I think the line is
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drawn that if you're attacked,
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I mean, I don't think
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that you should just go nuts.
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You should stop the attack, of course.
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So I can certainly understand
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how those situations can occur,
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but it doesn't give
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you free rein as a man
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to remove the threat.
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You know what I mean?
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Yeah, absolutely.
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And just to call out
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too, it's not always,
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I mean, just in the scenario you shared,
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it's not always a man is the aggressor.
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Oh, I didn't think about that.
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You have a lot, there are
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a lot of flipped situations
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where, you know, and it's a stigma.
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Like I think it's a very fair assumption
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because yes, men tend to have better
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and greater physical strength than women.
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And, you know, so that is
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a very common assumption
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that it's always the
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male who's the aggressor.
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But that's the great thing about Haven
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is they don't just
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support women who are displaced.
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They help everybody,
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women, children, even pets.
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So if you have to flee your home
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and you have a child and your dog,
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Haven's gonna be able to support you.
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So definitely something to call out.
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It's not always the men that are there.
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I'm glad I mentioned that.
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I never even
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considered the other way around.
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So, and also too, I'm glad I mentioned it
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because I can't see me seeking help
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for being beat up from my girl.
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I would say, yeah, it's
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probably a lot of a pride thing.
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And I get that. Oh, absolutely.
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Because- I mean, just the teasing.
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I think that's a lot.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Not from you guys, but the
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teasing from the other men.
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Right, and that's the thing, your brains.
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Right, exactly.
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And that is, I think,
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something that we're
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seeing a little bit of a shift
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in new generations, but it's definitely,
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even then, growing up,
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the man is the provider
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and he is the stronger
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one in the relationship
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and he's the rock, if you will.
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And don't show emotion and don't cry
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and you're not allowed
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to have these feelings.
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So for a man to seek help, I do agree.
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And I think it's a pride thing
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and it comes with a certain stigma
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that maybe you're weak
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because you have to ask for help.
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And we hope to change that.
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It's not.
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I think asking for help
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is always a good thing.
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It's funny, I've told my wife about this.
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Again, I tell our
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children, especially our daughters,
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especially the ones that
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are really hard-headed,
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because I am, I'm very hard-headed.
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But my mom told me a long time ago,
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if you're trying to do something
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and you don't know exactly what you're
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supposed to fill out
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or where you're
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supposed to go or whatever,
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tell the person that's there helping you
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or that is there to help you.
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I'm sorry, I've never done this before,
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so I'm a little lost
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in what I'm trying to do
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or I don't know exactly
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what steps I should take.
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I've used it for years.
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It's honest, but I've used it for years.
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It completely changes their outlook
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because we have this vision in our head
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that this is a strong individual.
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They know exactly what they're doing.
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I always say 99 cent of being a man
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is acting like you
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know what you're doing.
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Doesn't mean you know what you're doing.
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You just act like it.
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And that comes across if
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you're successful at it.
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But as soon as you
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tell them you need help,
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most people are really
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understanding and helpful.
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They don't laugh at you.
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They just tell you
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stuff that you didn't know
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or you wouldn't have had access to.
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And it usually makes the process go
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a lot faster and easier.
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Yeah, I agree.
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I think it humanizes us, right?
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So you have a tendency to maybe assume
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somebody knows
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something because of a title
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or their place in society.
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And then when somebody
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comes in and is like,
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hey, I don't have all the answers,
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I think it immediately
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eliminates those layers
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and those barriers
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that we impose internally
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and make these assumptions about people.
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Yeah, I think that is the biggest thing.
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I always taught my son
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it never hurts to ask.
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I need help or can I do this thing?
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Whatever it is, never hurts to ask.
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Yep, absolutely.
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So I think it's a good thing for both
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sexes to ask for help.
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Okay, so I'm gonna back up here.
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I was gonna start with this
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and then I got too
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involved in the conversation,
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which is a good thing.
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I've gotta ask you about your last name.
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(laughing)
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That is a very interesting last name.
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Is it your maiden name or
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is that your married name
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if you're married?
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And this is my married name.
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My husband's family is, we
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also thought it was German,
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but he has done a little bit of research
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and found out that he's
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mostly Norwegian, Viking.
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So I don't know where
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the name comes from.
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It is interesting.
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I definitely had some
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reservations about taking it.
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I was just gonna ask.
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(laughing) He was an army, so
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there was lots of jokes
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to look around about private drips.
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But, you know, it's funny.
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So you just said that
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the last name is Drips.
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It's got two P's in it.
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Yep, and so, go ahead.
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What are some of the
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things that you've heard?
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I've got two for you.
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I think that it would be a perfect name
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for a plumbing company or a coffee place.
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Oh yeah, I like the coffee shop idea.
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I'm proud people tell me I
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should write children's books.
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It's a very whimsical kind of a name.
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It really is.
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And things like that.
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But I don't think I've
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heard the coffee shop one.
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I like that.
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Oh good, I like coming up with something
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that isn't the normal thing.
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So are there any good
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ones that you've heard
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that are not hurtful?
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Not really.
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You know, people just play with my name.
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Generally growing up, I've always had
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nicknames, you know?
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And people just, they
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make up their own thing.
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Nothing really crazy or
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unique or even offensive.
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It's just kind of, I kind of go with it.
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You're lucky, you're a girl.
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When you're a guy, I
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mean, that would be torture.
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And also too, I can imagine
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if he was in the military,
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it was torture.
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Yeah, oh yeah.
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You kind of get used to it.
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But you can't ask for help.
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You can't, oh please don't do that.
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That makes me feel bad
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because it just gets worse.
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Yeah.
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All right, so well, we're
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here to talk about the event.
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Not your interesting
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last name, but it is.
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It's very interesting, I like that.
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Thank you.
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It's a good conversation starter too.
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Not that you would
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start the conversation,
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but somebody that picks up on it
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can actually use that as a good way.
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Do you have anything with
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drips on it, like military?
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How the military puts
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the name or the police,
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put their name on the
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thing where it says,
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it would say drips because I think you
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ought to have a shirt
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that says drips on there.
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I don't, but maybe I'll
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put something together.
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There you go.
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All right, anyway, so
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we're here to talk about
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the Jeep Babes
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Enthusiast Club Michigan chapter.
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All right, so I gotta
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ask, how many chapters
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and where are all of them at?
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And you don't have to
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give me a whole list,
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but I think it might
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be something that people
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would be interested in joining
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in the other areas of the country
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if they're not close
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to the Michigan chapter.
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That's a great question.
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We actually did make
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some organizational changes
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late last year, early this year.
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Some of our chapters
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have actually closed down.
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We did have about 10-ish across the US.
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Right now, Michigan has been our largest
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chapter and remains,
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over 4,700 members now.
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Wow.
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So a lot of our energy
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and focus has been put
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to continuing the
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membership and the outreach
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that we do in Michigan.
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We do have our, it's
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called Worldwide Chapter,
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and that is by our
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founder, Chrissy Sykes.
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She lives in Tennessee.
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And so we do still
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have that one available.
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There's two Facebook pages,
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one that supports the Michigan chapter
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and one that supports
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the Worldwide Chapter.
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Very cool.
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4,700 members.
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So give me an idea of some of
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the things that you guys do.
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I know you have this event every year,
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but surely there's some
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things going on during the year.
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What would be the interesting thing
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that would want people to join?
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I'm assuming you're open
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for more people to join.
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I mean, when I heard it's
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4,700, maybe you're full.
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(laughing)
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No caps.
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We're always welcoming new members.
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I think the thing that makes us stand out
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is that we really, we do
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focus on female members,
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and that's primarily
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to just make new women
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to the Jeep community feel welcome.
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I think it's gotten a
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lot better over the years,
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but I think that there's a
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lot of females who can attest
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that it can be very
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intimidating joining a co-ed group
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and wanting to ask
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questions about your vehicle
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and learn about your
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vehicle without fearing
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to be maybe ridiculed or belittled.
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So we welcome all women, all Jeeps.
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We don't care what kind of Jeep you drive
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because to us, Jeep is
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a sense of community.
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It's not just about
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the off-road capabilities
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that these vehicles have.
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And so we have
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members that have everything
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from a Renegade all the
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way up to Lifted Wrangler
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that is on 37.
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So we've got lots of
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different types of members.
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It's very much a community.
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We do a mixture of
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things from social events
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to off-road events,
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volunteering in between,
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as well as putting on some fundraisers
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throughout the year.
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So we really have something for everyone.
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Our members are spread all
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around the state of Michigan.
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So you can pretty much find a small
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concentration of members
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in any area of the state.
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And we're always doing coffee meetups or,
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like I said, off-road events,
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we like to hang out at
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Hollyoaks Off-Road Park
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and things like that.
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So lots and lots of
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things for any member to do.
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And we just welcome
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you in with open arms.
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So do you guys do anything with it?
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With being all spread out like that,
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but for people that
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may be not able to come
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to the local events or
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maybe you hold events
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across the state, do you
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have any kind of like a meeting,
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like an online meeting
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where you guys can get together
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and chat like we do with our round table,
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maybe have a Zoom meeting
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and you can have 100 people
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join the meeting and
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you just chat about things
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or maybe talk about the
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events that are going on.
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Do you do anything like that?
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We don't have regular
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standing events for our members.
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Occasionally the
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leadership will put together
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what we like to call fireside chats,
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where we invite people to
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ask all of the questions
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about all of the things.
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And we try to answer as many as we can.
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We haven't done one lately.
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We get very, very busy
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in the warmer months.
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As you can imagine.
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And so it's typically
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something that we do more
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in the fall and the winter.
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And we just try to connect
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with our members that way.
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But our Facebook page is very active.
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There's lots and lots of posts
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happening all day, every day.
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So we do stay fairly
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tucked in in that sense.
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So this, I know this is
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gonna sound like I'm picking
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on the quote unquote lesser Jeeps,
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but the people that do not have
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truly off-road capable Jeeps,
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that they're all welcoming them.
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And I agree with that.
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That's a great way of doing it.
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But I would think that
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in an off-road event,
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it could cause challenges
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if somebody comes out there
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in a stock renegade.
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Do you have to have a
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conversation with them as far as,
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because there's all
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kinds of levels of knowledge
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about going off-road.
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Do you have to have a
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conversation or say,
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"Hey, we think you'd
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probably be better off riding
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with so-and-so."
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Do you have those situations,
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or maybe the
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off-roading that you guys do,
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doesn't require anything other than just
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being able to drive on dirt?
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Yeah, so that's a great question.
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We do try to have a variety of events
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that will cater to all levels.
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And then when we do have those types of
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trail riding events,
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we put, a stock vehicle can do this,
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or we suggest no less than,
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somebody going into it knows.
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And we also offer up proactively,
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if you are more
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comfortable riding with somebody
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the first time, please let us know.
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It's a great word to
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learn how to wheel too.
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Exactly.
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Rocking somebody that knows how to do it.
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Yeah, and then we go, I
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love Rocks and Balleys,
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which is in central Michigan,
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and there's literally
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something there for everyone.
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Even if you just wanted
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to drive around the park
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in circles on the dirt road,
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the main loop, you could do that.
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So we tend to try to
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stay to more mild trails
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when we do them.
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And then most people are pretty good
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about questioning it too.
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Like, hey, I've never
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been off-road before.
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Is this something that my Jeep can do?
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Well, they'll be terrified too,
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and they don't wanna ask the question.
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Yeah, yeah.
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And that's, I think that's that safe
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space that we create.
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They see other people asking it,
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or they see bits and
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pieces of those types of details
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in the event.
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So I think that helps
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them feel more comfortable
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asking the question too.
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So after I got the Gladiator,
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I was concerned because it has such a
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horrible departure angle
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with that long bed on the back.
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And I didn't, I mean, I'm
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not really timid about stuff.
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I was asking questions,
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but I made sure I got
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behind another Gladiator
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so I could watch and
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see on that Gladiator.
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Yeah, that helps.
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That handle it.
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So you could like stack up the Renegades,
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or it's not just Renegades.
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Does anybody come out in a compass
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or some of the other,
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what I would consider to be
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the non four-wheel
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drive, non off-road Jeeps?
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I have seen, the
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Renegade mostly comes to mind
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as like the smaller Jeeps.
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I know we have a lot of members that,
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I personally had a
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Grand Cherokee for a while
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as my daily driver,
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because my off-road Jeep
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is not street savvy.
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Like if I hit 30, I'm
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doing a death wobble.
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So I don't drive it on the road.
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So a lot of the times
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when we were going to events,
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most of them, the social events,
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I was in my Grand Cherokee.
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So I think we have a few
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that are compass drivers.
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They don't really go to the trail events.
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They go to more of the
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social types of events.
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And there's something wrong with that.
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They know.
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Yeah, if you're just in there to social.
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It's nice being part of the Jeep family.
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And certainly, as long as you have a Jeep
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and not a Toyota or Prius,
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you're certainly part of the Jeep family.
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So I tell people really quick,
18:11
because there's often this
18:11
thing about people you see
18:12
on TikTok a lot too, in Instagram,
18:15
where they say, "I got the death wobble."
18:17
And they've got a little
18:17
shaking of the steering wheel.
18:19
Tell people the difference
18:20
between steering shaking a
18:23
little bit and death wobble.
18:25
It's a real easy thing that I use,
18:28
a real easy way to know the
18:30
difference between the two.
18:31
If you are doing this
18:34
and your Jeep feels like
18:35
it's going off one side or the other,
18:37
you have a death wobble.
18:39
If it's just a little bit of bump steer,
18:40
that's different
18:41
where you can correct it.
18:42
Death wobble, once it
18:43
starts, you can't correct that.
18:45
You gotta stop.
18:46
So here, I'm gonna tell you what I say,
18:48
because I think it's funny.
18:50
So the difference
18:51
between a little wheel shake
18:53
and death wobble, you
18:54
thought you were going to die.
18:56
Yeah.
18:57
It's death wobble if you
18:58
thought you were gonna die.
18:59
This is it.
19:00
I'm coming, Jesus.
19:02
Let go of the wheel.
19:03
Exactly.
19:04
Yeah, I don't know what to do here.
19:06
I'm just, yeah, exactly.
19:07
Yep.
19:08
All right, so anyway,
19:10
let's get back to the event.
19:12
Not your fault of mine.
19:13
Jeep Babes Enthusiast,
19:16
what's the date on this?
19:19
Saturday, September 20th.
19:22
Oh my gosh.
19:23
Oh my God, you're here to do it.
19:24
Oh my gosh.
19:24
You don't know the date of
19:25
what you're here to talk about.
19:27
I have to look at my
19:28
months because it's the 26,
19:32
because I was gonna say 22nd.
19:33
I'm like, that's not right.
19:35
It's Saturday, September 26th.
19:37
We'll be at the Birch Run
19:38
Speedway in Birch Run, Michigan
19:41
from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
19:43
Oh, and tell everybody
19:44
who's MCing the event.
19:47
Chris from the Jeep Talk
19:48
Show is gonna be our MC.
19:49
This will be his
19:50
second year helping us out.
19:52
So he got some sort of info
19:54
or some sort of dirt on you
19:56
that he's using to parlay
19:57
his way into doing this event.
19:59
Because he did it last year too, right?
20:01
He did, yeah.
20:03
Yeah, as I recall, he
20:04
had fun doing the event.
20:07
So actually, if you guys are
20:09
interested in meeting Chris,
20:11
and he's got a gladiator,
20:13
he may have had the gladiator last year,
20:15
but you'll probably see the gray
20:18
gladiator out there.
20:19
And I may have to chastise him
20:22
if he doesn't put the Jeep
20:23
Talk Show logos on the side,
20:24
but you should see Jeep Talk Show logos
20:26
on the side of the gladiator.
20:28
They were there the last time I saw it.
20:30
They were there.
20:31
Oh, yeah, yeah.
20:32
So he's on 35s now.
20:34
He's got a EEV two inch lift.
20:37
And yeah, he's sporting it now.
20:40
So he's kind of got the
20:42
same setup as I got set up,
20:44
but mine's always better
20:45
because my gladiators red.
20:47
I joined the gladiator
20:49
community very recently.
20:50
Oh, did you?
20:51
I got my gladiator in April, yeah, 2025.
20:56
I haven't done anything with it yet, but-
20:58
Okay, I was gonna ask.
21:00
I highly recommend, this is not paid
21:02
because I didn't get
21:02
it for free or anything.
21:04
I highly recommend the
21:06
Moto-Built skid system.
21:08
When I saw some of the pictures
21:10
and it's just like a flat bottom
21:12
on the bottom of that gladiator
21:14
with a quarter inch, I think, steel,
21:16
I was like, oh, and it's all this smooth.
21:18
The bolts and everything are countersunk.
21:21
There's nothing there.
21:23
If there's a zombie apocalypse,
21:24
you're not gonna get
21:25
hung up on the zombies
21:26
because it'll just slide right over them.
21:28
Perfect.
21:29
I love that thing.
21:30
And really, I think for any
21:32
vehicle that you take off road
21:33
when you have some nice solid protection,
21:36
because you can't see, I
21:37
mean, you see that rock
21:39
and you figure, oh, I
21:39
might hit on something,
21:41
but you don't know the
21:42
exact height that it is.
21:44
And then when you have a
21:45
nice skid system on there,
21:46
like, well, I've got on the
21:47
gladiator now, I don't care.
21:50
Yeah, you know it's gonna hit
21:51
and it's not gonna get
21:52
hung up or rip something off.
21:54
But all the trouble of sanding it
21:57
and primering it and painting it,
21:59
which is like ridiculous
22:01
because it's gonna get
22:02
scraped off, but still,
22:03
you have to do all that.
22:05
And then bolting it
22:06
up on there, it's such,
22:08
it makes you feel like you're invincible,
22:11
because you don't have to worry about
22:13
hitting any low hanging fruit.
22:15
And it's so much more
22:17
substantial than the factory skids.
22:21
Oh, and by the way,
22:22
this is one of the things,
22:23
they talk about the weight.
22:24
And I have seen zero
22:26
difference in my miles per gallon.
22:28
And I measure it, where I
22:30
actually put the mark down
22:32
the gallons and the miles and stuff,
22:33
not just what the
22:34
computer from the gladiator says.
22:36
So I've seen zero
22:38
difference in the miles per gallon.
22:40
So I love it, absolutely love it.
22:42
Motorbilt makes you really--
22:42
So you're still
22:43
getting like 17 and a half.
22:45
I wish.
22:47
I've been doing 13 to 14 since I got it.
22:51
Actually, I think the
22:51
first six months or so
22:54
before I started modifying it,
22:55
I was seeing something
22:56
along the lines of 17.
22:58
But no, it's about 14 something,
23:02
if we're doing a lot of highway.
23:04
Yeah, okay.
23:05
Yeah, my wife drove
23:08
our oldest daughter's car
23:10
the other day, Subaru.
23:11
And she said she was
23:15
amazed because she drove it
23:17
like to her mom's house and back.
23:19
She couldn't tell any difference.
23:21
It was still past full after doing that.
23:25
And the gladiator, you see it
23:26
drop a good quarter of a tank.
23:28
Oh yeah, for sure.
23:31
(laughing) But I told her that
23:33
that's the price you pay
23:34
for being one of the cool kids.
23:37
Yeah.
23:37
All right, so I think you
23:39
mentioned some of this already,
23:40
but let's go over it again.
23:42
What is going on at the event?
23:43
What's the big draw?
23:45
What's the main draw for the event?
23:47
Oh wow, well we have live music this year
23:50
and we're gonna have tons
23:52
and tons of raffle prizes.
23:54
And lots of vendors.
23:55
Oh, you gotta stop there.
23:55
You gotta give me an idea
23:56
what the raffle prizes are gonna be.
23:59
All kinds of stuff.
24:00
We're still kind of
24:01
putting some things together.
24:02
We're getting donations from
24:03
some local businesses around,
24:06
but we actually just got a vacation
24:09
package worth $2,800
24:11
that we're gonna be raffling off.
24:12
Bye, good.
24:14
We have a full, oh my
24:19
gosh, what is it called?
24:22
The floor mat kits, the install kits.
24:24
I can't even think of what it's called.
24:26
Is it, I'm gonna screw
24:28
you up if I say this.
24:29
What is it?
24:30
The, oh, I'm
24:31
forgetting the really nice stuff
24:33
that doesn't have all the smells.
24:36
If you get water in there, it,
24:39
all of that stuff.
24:40
And I can't remember
24:41
the name of the company.
24:42
Yeah, I gotta bring out my spreadsheet.
24:45
Yeah, take your time.
24:46
This is fine. Yeah.
24:48
Yeah, we've got all
24:49
kinds of things coming in.
24:51
Like I said, we're
24:52
still actively reaching out
24:53
to get support from some
24:56
of our local businesses
24:58
and things of that nature,
24:59
but I'm definitely
25:00
excited about some of the prizes
25:01
that we have coming.
25:03
Do you have the details
25:05
on the vacation package?
25:06
Like, is it wherever you wanna go,
25:08
or is it a specific place, or?
25:11
It's a hotel package in Florida for,
25:15
I believe it's a three night
25:17
stay at a resort down there.
25:20
And that is about all
25:22
the detail I have on it.
25:23
I haven't been as close
25:24
to the prizes this year
25:26
as I was in previous years.
25:27
We have a planning committee for the
25:29
first time this year
25:30
instead of just three people planning it.
25:32
So, it's, yeah. Oh, nice.
25:35
So there are basically
25:36
folks are like owning
25:38
different parts of things,
25:42
but I just got, looks
25:43
like we've got Bell Tire
25:44
donated some gift certificates.
25:47
Hot Head Headliners donated some things
25:49
that we'll be raffling off as well.
25:53
Some local restaurants and things
25:55
that have donated gift cards.
25:59
We've got some VIP passes
26:03
for some of the
26:04
attractions in Frankenmuth,
26:05
which is a local town that does a lot,
26:09
they have a lot of
26:09
activities and things there.
26:12
And there's a water park and things.
26:13
So we've got some gift cards from them.
26:17
So yeah, all kinds of
26:18
goodies that are coming in
26:20
to be raffled off.
26:22
And we- Is it a certain area in Florida
26:25
or like a certain town?
26:27
I think it's Destin,
26:28
because I was trying to find the-
26:31
While you're looking
26:32
at that, I'll mention,
26:33
I don't know if the flooring
26:34
thing was armor light or not,
26:36
but I looked it up.
26:37
That's the one.
26:37
Now armor light is great stuff.
26:40
It is really, really nice.
26:42
I have not purchased any.
26:44
I just have the cheap
26:47
floor mats, fitted floor mats
26:49
in my Gladiator,
26:50
but I highly recommend
26:52
getting something down there
26:53
and something that plugs
26:55
into the little drain holes.
26:57
That way, and more than likely,
27:00
it's not gonna be rain or
27:02
water that has egress in there.
27:04
It's more than likely
27:05
gonna be somebody's Coke
27:06
that they spend. Yeah.
27:08
Yeah, I have never get a
27:09
dumping coffee in my new cars.
27:12
Exactly.
27:12
So don't get it because
27:14
you're a badass off-roader.
27:15
Get it because you got kids
27:17
or you got a clumsy spouse.
27:19
Because that's what
27:20
it's gonna be used for.
27:21
You're gonna love- We
27:21
even have the cup too hard
27:22
and it breaks everywhere.
27:25
Exhibitions of strength, yeah.
27:27
Exactly.
27:28
But that armor light is really nice
27:30
because it's made of stuff
27:32
that you do not have to worry
27:33
about it getting all moldy and stinky.
27:36
And it does plug into
27:37
those drain holes as well
27:38
and it's full-fitted.
27:39
I'd love to get a set from my wife's TJ
27:42
because I have been
27:45
out in the rain with it,
27:47
one of those quick, very
27:49
heavy showers that happens.
27:51
And I couldn't believe how
27:52
much water got to the Jeep.
27:53
And I had a top on, but
27:56
I didn't have the side.
27:57
So it was actually being blown in.
27:58
So yeah, that armor
28:00
light is very nice stuff.
28:03
Yeah, and it looks like
28:04
it is a gift certificate
28:07
for full replacement
28:08
flooring for a JK or four-door JL.
28:13
That's a big deal because the front part,
28:16
which most people get,
28:17
is not super expensive.
28:19
But when you start adding in the rear,
28:21
it gets really expensive.
28:23
And of course it's nice
28:24
if it matches and also too,
28:26
if it's not protected,
28:27
that's where the Coke
28:28
is gonna get spilled.
28:29
Exactly, of course.
28:31
That's like Murphy's law, right?
28:33
Exactly.
28:34
(laughing)
28:34
Yeah, exactly.
28:35
All right, so you got
28:37
a bunch of giveaways,
28:38
you got a bunch of raffles going on,
28:40
and what else you got going on out there?
28:41
What else is there for people to do?
28:44
We actually just got confirmation
28:46
that we're going to have
28:46
a couple of monster trucks
28:48
out there for the kiddos.
28:51
And we're working with the local police
28:54
and fire departments
28:54
to get some fire trucks
28:56
and police cars out there
28:57
so the kids can kind of crawl
28:59
around and climb through them.
29:00
I don't know about you,
29:01
I always enjoyed that when I was a kid.
29:03
Oh yeah.
29:04
And maybe even a SWAT vehicle.
29:06
So we're trying to put
29:07
some fun things together
29:08
for the whole family.
29:09
As I mentioned earlier,
29:11
we're gonna have some
29:11
live music out there.
29:14
And of course food, right?
29:17
We've got some great
29:19
snack vendors lined up
29:20
and then the concession
29:21
stands at Bertrand Speedway
29:23
will be open for purchase as well.
29:25
So lots and lots of things going on.
29:27
You come out and you can
29:28
shop, buy some raffle tickets,
29:29
hear some great music and bring the kids,
29:31
bring the whole family.
29:33
What's the weather like in
29:35
the end of September here?
29:37
It's still hot as hell.
29:39
It can be hit or miss.
29:41
Last year we started
29:43
out in, I had layers on,
29:45
I was in like light
29:46
sweatpants and a sweatshirt.
29:47
By the midday I was in
29:49
shorts and a t-shirt,
29:50
so it ended up being a beautiful day.
29:51
We've had years where it
29:53
got really cold and windy
29:55
and we had a blanket vendor
29:56
and they sold out of every blanket
29:57
because it was so cold for people.
30:00
And the first year it
30:01
was like record degree,
30:04
record breaking heat.
30:05
So it kind of just varies.
30:08
September is usually a
30:11
really great time though
30:12
here in Michigan
30:13
cause you get just a
30:14
little bit of a chill,
30:15
but it can be nice and warm
30:16
and sunny by the afternoon.
30:17
So we're hoping for that this year.
30:19
Does any of that play into
30:21
the scheduling of the event
30:24
where you don't want it to cold
30:25
cause you can get quite cold in Michigan,
30:27
but you would like to have it,
30:29
you would like to have
30:29
your best luck for a good day.
30:32
Yeah, exactly.
30:33
And it was strategic
30:35
because our first year was in June
30:38
and like I said, it
30:39
was like 90 plus degrees
30:41
and usually June in Michigan is great.
30:42
Like it's between mid 70s to low 80s
30:46
is like typical June weather.
30:49
But just every now and then
30:50
we get those like crazy spikes
30:53
if you will.
30:54
And it was really hot that time.
30:57
So we're like, all right,
30:57
let's push it back a little bit farther,
30:59
but we didn't want to
31:00
go as far as October
31:01
cause that can get a little bit rainy.
31:03
So we landed on September
31:05
and this will be our
31:06
fourth year doing in September.
31:08
Yeah, down here in Southeast Texas,
31:10
I've remember I've
31:11
always lived in this area.
31:13
I'm only 50 miles from where I was born,
31:16
50 miles East, 50 miles West.
31:18
And I remember Halloween
31:22
and it was always a crap
31:24
shoot for, is it gonna be cold?
31:26
And when I say cold,
31:28
like fifties, maybe sixties,
31:31
is it gonna be cold for
31:32
Halloween or is it gonna be warm?
31:34
And when you're a fat kid
31:36
running around collecting candy,
31:38
cold is better.
31:39
Yeah.
31:41
But I remember it was
31:43
maybe a 50 50 shot on the cold.
31:45
We were always excited when it was nice
31:47
and chipper outside.
31:50
Yeah, I grew up in Arizona.
31:51
And so, Halloween in
31:54
Arizona, it was always hot,
31:56
always always.
31:56
So like your costumes, you
31:58
were trying to go less, not more.
32:00
Oh yeah.
32:02
So for Arizona, that's one of the places
32:05
I'd like to go off road, to go wheeling.
32:07
Have you ever been wheeling in Arizona?
32:09
Oh yes, lots and lots of it.
32:11
It's a night and day from
32:12
Michigan, that's for sure.
32:13
Oh yeah.
32:14
I do miss that.
32:15
Arizona is pretty great
32:16
because it's wide open spaces.
32:19
And what I mean by that is
32:20
it's a lot of state owned land.
32:24
And unless it says
32:26
otherwise, like if it's a dirt road,
32:28
you can take it.
32:30
Yeah, that's a cool to be.
32:31
And you can camp off of it.
32:32
And that's the really nice thing.
32:34
I do miss that about Arizona.
32:37
We were out pretty often,
32:39
did a lot of the trails
32:40
out there, explored a lot
32:42
and lots of rock
32:44
crawling, that kind of wheeling.
32:46
There's dirt trails too,
32:47
but it's a lot of rock climbing,
32:49
rock crawling type wheeling.
32:51
So you were probably
32:52
camping out there as well, right?
32:54
Yeah, oh yeah.
32:55
We did a lot of dry
32:57
camping or wilderness camping.
32:59
Very often we would drive up somewhere,
33:02
do the trail all day, camp that night,
33:04
do a little bit more
33:05
wheeling in the morning
33:05
before we headed back home.
33:07
Does it get chilly there?
33:09
Like they talk about the
33:10
desert is hot during the day
33:11
and cold at night?
33:13
It can for sure.
33:15
Especially when you get
33:15
away from the concrete jungle
33:17
of Phoenix.
33:19
Right.
33:20
It can drop in the
33:21
evening and get pretty chilly.
33:23
And then it's like
33:24
blistering hot the next day.
33:26
So we spent a lot of our
33:28
times, our wheeling season,
33:30
although we were wheeling year round,
33:32
a lot of it was, we
33:34
would do it from usually
33:36
September through like
33:37
April is where we get a lot of--
33:40
Oh yeah, you were gonna die.
33:40
Yeah.
33:41
I've been to Phoenix several times.
33:43
I used to do some consulting work
33:45
and I think I went to Phoenix
33:47
a total of six or seven times
33:49
and my God, it was during the
33:51
summer and my God, it was hot.
33:53
You know it's hot when
33:55
you get off the plane
33:56
and by the way, I had
33:57
to walk down the stairs.
33:59
It wasn't even one of those
34:00
little things that shoots out,
34:02
that you get off the
34:02
plane that's air conditioned.
34:04
Had to walk downstairs off the plane
34:05
and then as I was
34:06
walking across the tarmac
34:08
and I got next to a stucco building
34:09
that was there on the runway,
34:11
the stucco building
34:13
was giving me more heat
34:14
than the noon sun.
34:16
Oh yeah.
34:16
I felt more heat coming
34:17
from the stucco building.
34:18
Of course it's absorbing
34:19
it and stuff, you know,
34:20
so I understand.
34:21
But it felt like people
34:23
talk about it's a dry heat.
34:25
Bullshit, it is hot.
34:27
It feels like a damn blow dryer.
34:29
Yeah, you know what I tell people?
34:30
Go stick your head in the oven
34:32
and tell me it's a dry heat.
34:33
Cause that's what it's like.
34:36
It's rough.
34:37
So don't go for the
34:39
bill packs and bullshit.
34:41
It's hot.
34:42
I mean, and I'm Southeast
34:43
Texas, it's wet and hot here.
34:45
It may be dry and hot, but
34:46
it ain't that big of a deal.
34:48
Big of a difference, I should say.
34:50
All right, so anyway,
34:50
we got up all the way up
34:52
to the facilities.
34:55
So everybody, and everybody
34:56
expects there to be bathrooms
34:58
and places where you can
34:58
change diapers and stuff,
35:00
but it's always good to cover that.
35:02
So is there, you got good
35:04
facilities out there at the event
35:06
so people can bring their children.
35:08
It's a family friendly event, so.
35:11
Yeah, absolutely.
35:12
That is a great question.
35:12
Good call out.
35:13
It is a permanent structure.
35:16
So the Bertrand Speedway,
35:17
and they're very, very nice
35:20
restrooms and facilities there.
35:22
So yeah, there will be all of that.
35:24
It's not Port-A-Potty's, it's
35:26
a structure that lives there.
35:27
Oh, the women, I don't
35:29
even like Port-A-Potty's,
35:30
but I know the women hate those things.
35:32
Boy, they stay so bad.
35:34
Yeah, definitely nice permanent
35:37
restrooms, lots of stalls.
35:39
So plenty of everything.
35:40
There's lots of good
35:41
seating for the family too,
35:42
right up by the stage area.
35:43
There's picnic tables that are covered.
35:45
So you can grab some food, sit down,
35:47
listen to the music.
35:49
And then our event actually
35:50
takes place on the racetrack,
35:51
which is kind of exciting.
35:52
So all of our vendors are usually set up
35:55
in the grassy center part of the track.
35:57
It's a circle track.
35:58
And then we park the
36:01
show and shine vehicles.
36:02
So all of the Jeeps and
36:04
whatever make and model
36:05
will be entered.
36:07
We're gonna line them around the track.
36:08
And that's typically
36:09
how we set up the event.
36:10
So you can't race
36:12
around the track, obviously.
36:13
We ask people to not do that
36:15
and we'll get us in trouble.
36:16
I wish, but we-
36:19
If you're a man, can you
36:20
come out there with a dress
36:22
and do some drag racing?
36:23
You could do some drag.
36:25
I don't know about the racing part.
36:26
But yeah, so it's kind of a novelty thing
36:32
to be able to drive your vehicle out,
36:34
park it on the track,
36:35
get some pictures of it.
36:37
We had a lot of people
36:37
that were sort of backing up
36:39
to the highest bank on the track
36:42
and taking their pictures
36:43
before they went exactly
36:45
before exiting.
36:46
So it's kind of a fun
36:47
thing to be able to do,
36:49
park your vehicle on the
36:49
track, get some pictures,
36:51
and really just, we're trying
36:53
to build a car show community.
36:55
And so we want people to
36:56
come out, enter your vehicle.
36:59
It's a $25 donation
37:00
to enter your vehicle.
37:01
100% of that goes back into the charity.
37:05
And bring your lawn chairs and sit out
37:07
and just visit and talk the way you would
37:11
at any other typical car show.
37:12
Do some shopping, support our vendors.
37:14
We have tons of that.
37:15
We have 30 vendors
37:16
registered already this year out there
37:19
with all kinds of stuff, not
37:20
just Jeep or automotive related.
37:22
So really that's what it's all about
37:24
is just spending the day
37:27
and supporting a great cause.
37:29
So two questions.
37:31
I know it's like, who's
37:33
your favorite child thing?
37:34
But give me some of
37:35
your name brand vendors
37:37
that people would really
37:38
like to go out there and see.
37:40
And how do you become a vendor?
37:41
I'm assuming you still are open to
37:43
getting more vendors.
37:45
Yeah, absolutely great question.
37:46
So I'm always a sucker
37:48
for the food vendors.
37:50
Like we've got a
37:51
lemonade vendor coming out
37:52
and I'm really excited about it.
37:53
Lemonade's like my favorite thing.
37:55
And I'm gonna plug my
37:58
husband for a second
37:59
because I'm really excited
38:00
about him and proud of him.
38:02
We just started a
38:02
laser engraving business
38:03
and we'll be out there.
38:05
He'll be out there running our tent
38:07
and you can get custom
38:08
laser engraved anything really.
38:11
He does tumblers, he does
38:13
signs, he does slate coasters,
38:15
like whatever you want, you
38:16
can put your Jeep on something
38:18
or your vehicle on something.
38:20
Does he do tattoo removal?
38:22
He does not do tattoo removal.
38:24
Mention that to him,
38:25
that'd be a good funny tattoo
38:27
removals with our ouch discount.
38:30
Exactly.
38:32
But yeah, we've got some cool stuff.
38:33
Lots of, we have a
38:35
gentleman, he reached out to me.
38:36
He is not on Facebook
38:38
or socials or anything
38:39
but he makes Corian cutting boards.
38:41
He used to do wood cutting
38:42
boards and he saw a niche,
38:44
an opportunity. Everybody needs
38:45
a cutting board.
38:46
Exactly, and so he hand-carves out
38:50
the state of Michigan.
38:52
We're very proud of
38:54
our Michigan roots here.
38:55
So yeah, he does
38:56
Michigan shaped cutting boards
38:58
and he'll be out there and just,
38:59
we've got some t-shirt
39:00
vendors and all kinds of stuff,
39:02
really something for everyone.
39:05
And yeah, we are
39:06
looking for more vendors.
39:08
Of course, we wanna make
39:09
sure that we have attendees
39:11
to support those vendors too.
39:12
So I'm looking for more
39:13
stream and chain participants
39:15
and entries like that.
39:15
And you'd like for him
39:16
to come back next year.
39:17
Exactly, and so if you are
39:20
interested in being a vendor
39:22
or know somebody who might be,
39:25
we do have our
39:26
Facebook page for the event
39:28
that you can find us on Facebook
39:29
through the Jeep Babies Michigan chapter.
39:32
It's showing 2026 Show and Shine,
39:35
a charity event for Haven
39:37
and also just jbmichigan.org
39:40
and that will take you to our website
39:42
and we have a tab for Show
39:43
and Shine event information
39:44
there as well.
39:45
Very, very nice.
39:46
So if you're in the show and shine,
39:51
I only ask this because
39:52
sometimes people wanna leave
39:53
the event a little early,
39:54
especially if it's a hot day
39:56
or they've had enough and
39:58
they need to get out of there.
40:00
Is there an issue as far as
40:02
being in the show and shine
40:03
and where people are parking
40:04
and getting out of the event to leave?
40:06
Do you have to wait till the end?
40:07
I guess is what I'm asking.
40:09
Yes, because of where
40:10
we place the vehicles,
40:12
if we were setting up in the parking lot,
40:14
we would be a little bit more
40:16
accommodating to that,
40:17
but because we're gonna be on the track
40:18
and that is where people will be walking
40:21
to and from vendors, things like that,
40:22
just for the safety of our guests,
40:24
we do ask that if you have a vehicle
40:26
and turn that it remains
40:27
until the end of the event,
40:28
just for everybody's safety.
40:30
Obviously--
40:31
I'm just trying to think ahead.
40:32
Yeah, I'm just trying to
40:33
think ahead for the folks.
40:35
I mean, you just sit in a
40:36
chair and answering questions
40:38
about your Jeep or
40:39
watching the Lukey lose,
40:40
appreciate your Jeep.
40:41
So it's not difficult to stay there,
40:43
but plan on being there the entire event.
40:46
Exactly.
40:47
There's vendors, you can
40:48
always get waters and drinks
40:49
and stuff to eat, but bring
40:51
some waters out there with you
40:53
in case you don't wanna
40:54
head over to the vendors
40:55
and you just plan on being there all day,
40:57
I guess is what I'm telling you.
40:59
Yeah, exactly.
41:01
All right, what have we missed?
41:02
What's something you
41:03
wanted to add in here
41:04
about the event that we didn't cover?
41:07
I just would like to be very clear
41:08
that although this is
41:09
hosted by a Jeep enthusiast club,
41:11
this event is open to everybody.
41:14
All makes it possible.
41:16
(laughing)
41:16
So we're really, we're
41:18
trying to just expand
41:20
the sense of community across all
41:23
automotive enthusiast club.
41:25
Like we recognize
41:26
there are motorcycle clubs
41:28
and sports car clubs
41:31
and classic car clubs
41:32
and really it's about
41:34
a sense of community
41:35
and at the end of the day,
41:36
giving back to a resource
41:38
that does help anyone in the community
41:41
regardless of whether
41:43
you have a Jeep or not.
41:44
And so the biggest
41:45
message I think I wanna share
41:47
is we invite everybody to come out.
41:49
I don't care if you drive a Jeep or not.
41:51
If you have a
41:51
motorcycle and you wanna put it
41:53
in the show and shine,
41:56
that's really what it is.
41:57
And even if you have a stock vehicle
41:58
and you're like, well,
41:59
I'm not gonna enter it,
41:59
I don't have anything to show off.
42:01
It's really, your
42:02
vehicle being parked there
42:03
just shows that you're
42:04
supporting this event.
42:06
It's not necessarily about winter.
42:08
It's not like you guys are
42:09
making money off of this.
42:11
Money's going to charity.
42:12
Give the $25 and
42:14
you're giving the charity
42:16
and you're getting your Jeep out there
42:18
for people to look at.
42:19
Oh, is the show and
42:20
shine open to everybody?
42:21
I don't know if you said that or not.
42:23
It is open to everybody, yeah.
42:25
So, it's a different--
42:27
So they're hardly a
42:28
motorcycle could be parked there.
42:30
Yes, and we would love to see that
42:31
because last year, that
42:33
year I think was the first year
42:34
that we decided to
42:35
expand it past Jeep vehicles
42:38
and we had mostly
42:41
Jeeps, which to be expected,
42:43
that's traditionally what we've been.
42:46
But we had, I wanna say we
42:47
only had three motorcycles
42:48
out there and I know
42:49
there are way more motorcycle
42:51
enthusiasts out there than that.
42:52
There's probably a lot of Jeepers
42:53
that have a motorcycle as well.
42:55
Yeah, and I think we
42:56
had two Mustangs maybe
43:01
and then primarily Jeeps
43:03
after that, a couple of Broncos.
43:05
But that's it, like we would love to see
43:07
that friendly rivalry
43:11
between Broncos and Jeeps.
43:12
Bring out the Broncos, I wanna see them.
43:14
I appreciate a Bronco, I can say it.
43:17
So you guys are, for the show and shine,
43:19
you're giving away awards, right?
43:21
Yeah, we're gonna be
43:22
awarding three prizes
43:24
for best in show, different categories.
43:27
And two of them are
43:28
plaques and one of them
43:29
is this really cool custom
43:30
made trophy that's a clock
43:33
that's made out of a timing chain.
43:35
So yeah, we're really excited and we
43:40
wanna invite everybody
43:41
to come out and enter your
43:42
vehicle on the show and shine
43:43
and just come support us.
43:46
I don't know if you
43:46
have time to get it made,
43:48
but I think this would be a great idea.
43:50
Do an award, and this is
43:51
primarily for the Broncos,
43:53
best per 10 Jeep.
43:55
And you can give that
43:57
to, you're a Jeeper,
43:58
you know what I'm talking about.
43:59
I know what you're talking about.
44:00
Listen, we-- Make it a duck.
44:02
(laughing)
44:04
You reminded me, that
44:05
just reminded me of,
44:06
we used to give out an award
44:09
and I think it's hilarious,
44:10
but it was the least
44:12
likely to make it home.
44:16
(laughing)
44:16
And the left, the
44:17
left, funny enough, yes,
44:20
we awarded it a couple XJs.
44:22
But the funny part is it wasn't about
44:26
is your Jeep crap or
44:27
not, it was really like,
44:30
who do we know that's gonna go out there
44:33
the heck out of this thing?
44:35
And they might not make the call.
44:35
It is more about that, isn't it?
44:36
Yeah, it's not like it's
44:37
actually a piece of shit
44:38
to start with, it's just like,
44:40
you're gonna beat the hell out of it,
44:41
and it may not return.
44:43
And that was the intent of it,
44:45
but man, handing that
44:47
award off to some people,
44:48
I don't think they got it,
44:50
and they were not real happy about it.
44:51
So we decided not to do that one anymore,
44:55
because unfortunately,
44:56
I don't think everybody
44:58
had the full context of it.
44:59
And so-- Well, you have to know
45:01
a little bit about off-roading,
45:02
a little bit about the difficulties
45:04
that Jeepers go through.
45:06
And I'm not talking
45:07
about being third in line
45:08
at Starbucks in the morning.
45:10
I'm talking about where
45:10
you actually go out there
45:11
and a wheel comes off.
45:13
Sometimes it's the wheel on the outside.
45:17
Oh yeah, we had,
45:19
one of our trail rides in Arizona,
45:22
somebody's tire actually came off.
45:24
And to limp it off
45:26
the trail, we had a log.
45:28
The other big stick
45:29
thing, I love those videos.
45:30
The hide, yeah, with tie-downs,
45:34
and we were wheeling that thing off,
45:37
limping that thing off the trail.
45:38
Oh, you learned so much.
45:40
Leave it there or get it out.
45:42
No, I'm not leaving
45:43
it here, I don't care.
45:45
Sometimes they tie it,
45:46
they'll tie the front end,
45:48
if it's a front-end tire,
45:49
they'll tie the front end of the Jeep
45:51
to the back of another Jeep.
45:52
And now the Jeep is
45:54
being one of the tires.
45:55
So yeah, it's cool.
45:56
It's very interesting.
45:57
It's a weird hobby lifestyle.
46:01
It is so happy.
46:02
But it's really cool.
46:04
It teaches you problem solving.
46:06
There is a solution to any problem,
46:09
and it doesn't require calling AAA.
46:11
Yeah, I do agree with that.
46:13
You definitely get very
46:14
resourceful when you have to.
46:16
Yeah, okay, I'll
46:17
warrant you ahead of time.
46:19
We're gonna find out where
46:21
we find you on socialmedia.e.
46:24
So tell us about your social media.
46:26
JB Michigan website a couple of times about Facebook.
46:28
And the website,
46:29
website is jbmichigan.org,
46:31
JB, like JB Weld.
46:33
So go over there and check that out.
46:35
And if you're a vendor
46:37
and Michigan's not too far,
46:39
or you're in Michigan,
46:40
go over there to that
46:41
website or their Facebook
46:43
and contact them, be a vendor out there.
46:45
We'd like to see your pictures.
46:47
And as far as looking at pictures, again,
46:50
for the social media,
46:54
we're gonna have to look at the pictures
46:54
that you can get along on social media.
46:56
Yeah, that's a great question.
46:57
So we are on Facebook and Instagram,
47:00
Jeep Babes Enthusiast Club, MI chapter.
47:04
So Michigan chapter.
47:06
Instagram would be Jeep Babes
47:08
Enthusiast Club underscore MI.
47:12
And then the actual event page,
47:13
we do have an event page under that.
47:15
So if you find our public page,
47:16
the Show and Shine event can be found
47:18
under our events tab.
47:20
You can also search it
47:21
up by 2026 Show and Shine,
47:25
and it will come up as
47:27
charity event for Haven.
47:28
So definitely all over
47:31
different social media avenues.
47:33
That's great.
47:34
Yeah, well, people can check it out.
47:35
I'm sure there's pictures and
47:37
videos of last year's event,
47:39
which should give them an
47:39
idea of what's going on,
47:42
the layout and all that stuff,
47:43
because that's always good to know.
47:45
It's always good to have the information
47:47
before you go out there.
47:47
I mean, it's exciting when you get there,
47:49
but then again, you may have thought,
47:50
oh, I should have brought such and such,
47:52
or should have brought
47:53
this, that and the other.
47:55
Oh, so this will get me in
47:56
trouble, but I'm used to it.
47:58
Have you considered,
48:00
and we talked a little bit about this,
48:02
not specifically, but Jeep Babes
48:04
may have a different
48:05
connotation to certain people.
48:08
Have you ever
48:08
considered a Jeep Babes calendar?
48:11
I think it would be a big seller.
48:14
You know, it's for charity.
48:15
You know, it's funny.
48:16
We have a Jeep Babes calendar,
48:17
but not in the sense
48:18
that you're thinking,
48:19
it's just our membership calendar.
48:21
And we feature pictures of the events
48:22
that we did for the prior year.
48:23
Yeah, that's a good idea.
48:24
But when you said 4,700,
48:26
my God, there'd be a lot
48:28
of women with hurt feelings.
48:29
What do you mean I didn't
48:30
make the Jeep Babes calendar?
48:33
Well, there's 4,700 of you.
48:35
You can't see nothing with, you know,
48:36
2000 people on each page, you know?
48:39
So, yeah, you need to
48:40
do a Jeep Babes calendar.
48:41
I wonder how many people would buy that,
48:43
thinking one thing, you know, some,
48:46
not that they're not
48:47
sexy women in Jeep Babes,
48:48
but you know, the ones,
48:49
the model types and stuff
48:51
that they put into those
48:52
calendars and they get it
48:53
and they give it to their husband
48:54
or they give it to their boyfriend
48:55
or they give it to the favorite uncle.
48:57
And then they see this
48:59
regular, everyday, lovely women.
49:01
Exactly.
49:02
That would be kind of
49:03
interesting to see people
49:05
buy it assuming one
49:06
thing and get the other, but.
49:08
Of course, on the
49:09
outside, you have to do,
49:10
you gotta get a really, with AI,
49:13
it's real simple to get a
49:14
really good buy me picture.
49:16
Yeah, I could see where
49:18
that would go sideways quickly.
49:20
I'm sure.
49:21
Exactly.
49:23
The, what's it?
49:25
The Federal Trade
49:26
Association or whatever it is,
49:28
they'd be contacting you.
49:30
Oh, we had deceptive advertisement here.
49:33
All right, Dottie, thank you
49:34
so much for being here today.
49:35
Thanks for coming back
49:36
and good luck at the event.
49:37
Again, Chris from Jeep
49:39
Talk Show will be out there
49:40
emceeing the event and go out there
49:42
and give him a hard time.
49:44
Ask him what dirt he has on Dottie.
49:46
He will force you to take
49:48
a Jeep Talk Show sticker
49:50
and oh, and really,
49:52
really suck up to him.
49:53
Tell him, hey, can I get a
49:55
picture in front of your Jeep?
49:56
I just wanna be, I just
49:57
wanna get a picture of you next
49:59
to your really cool gladiator.
50:01
And then laugh and laugh and laugh.
50:04
Oh, I love it.
50:05
I appreciate it, Chris.
50:06
Chris is a good guy.
50:07
He is, yeah.
50:08
Love working with Chris.
50:11
All right, Dottie, thank
50:11
you so much for being with us.
50:13
Thank you, appreciate you.
50:14
You're my friend, you're my new friend.