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Jeep drivers are a rare breed. They take great pride in driving their vehicles and everyone around them knows it. If these things are true of you, chances are you drive a Jeep and you're proud of it.
1. More than one car wash station owner has lectured you for clogging their drains with muddy evidence of your backcountry excursions.
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2. You have to keep a hairbrush in your glove box.
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3. You feel guilty for staying on the pavement all the way home and not taking advantage of the Jeep's trail-gripping potential and jetting off on a dirt road shortcut.
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4. You're used to one-upping people in everyday conversations, even on unrelated things, with phrases like "Climbed it," or "I'd climb that."
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5. Instead of trolling the parking lot for the closest parking spot, you try to find any excuse to park on curbs, snow mounds or gravel piles - because you can.
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6. You give all of your Jeep comrades on the road a friendly, "Jeep Wave."
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7. You defend your poor gas mileage by saying, "But every mile is fun."
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8. You've shed tears over the fact you can only pull off mediocre "donuts" in the snow—because Jeeps just have too much traction.
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9. Instead of pulling up your sleeve and showing off a scar with a cool story, you walk around your Jeep and narrate an adventure for every dent and scratch.
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10. You look forward to hearing about hazardous weather conditions on the news.
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11. Summer is undeniably the best time of the year.
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If the items on this list do not yet apply to you, don't worry: there are plenty of Jeeps currently searching for their perfect drivers on KSL Cars.