... overlanding in your Jeep Grand Cherokee. In the Serengeti . I mean, why not? It has an "Overland Edition" plague. The owner's manual is covered in camouflaged textile. Hardcore, right? Anyway, at your campsite that night you mention to your new Masai friends that you're a little low on oil. No problem, they say. We have oil in our tiny village. You buy some the next morning. They don't have the recommended 5w-20 ( It's the Serengeti after all), so you grab a quart of 5w-30. No problem, right? It's an overland vehicle. Probably run on vegetable oil if it had to. Not quite. There's a sensor in the engine that recognizes that you used the wrong oil. So what does that sensor do? Probably gives you a little yellow "check oil" light, right? No. It keeps you from starting the engine. At random times. Like when the rhinoceros you've been patiently stalking whirls to charge ...
Ridiculous, you say? No one actually goes to the Serengeti. True enough. How about this? You're towing a trailer. A small trailer with a single motorcycle. No big deal, right? It's designed for this. It has a "tow package." Not quite. It also has a sensor in the drive train that looks for "irregularities." When it senses one it probably gives you some sort of warning to "check blah, blah, blah." Right? No. At random times it says, "OMG we appear to have a large, heavy object attached directly to the back of the vehicle! STOP RIGHT NOW AND SORT THIS OUT!" And kills the engine. Right there on I-10. After you coast to the side, shut down, and re-start it says, "Oh, that's just a trailer. Never mind. Carry on." And runs fine the rest of the way home.
Goddammit, I hate this vehicle. If anyone ever tries to give you a Jeep Grand Cherokee for free, punch them in the face. Even if it's your mom.
Ridiculous, you say? No one actually goes to the Serengeti. True enough. How about this? You're towing a trailer. A small trailer with a single motorcycle. No big deal, right? It's designed for this. It has a "tow package." Not quite. It also has a sensor in the drive train that looks for "irregularities." When it senses one it probably gives you some sort of warning to "check blah, blah, blah." Right? No. At random times it says, "OMG we appear to have a large, heavy object attached directly to the back of the vehicle! STOP RIGHT NOW AND SORT THIS OUT!" And kills the engine. Right there on I-10. After you coast to the side, shut down, and re-start it says, "Oh, that's just a trailer. Never mind. Carry on." And runs fine the rest of the way home.
Goddammit, I hate this vehicle. If anyone ever tries to give you a Jeep Grand Cherokee for free, punch them in the face. Even if it's your mom.