SFJ 4x4 Studios presents, in my oversized four-wheel drive Jeep, a Jeep podcast starring industry
experts, curaminosity, with mad scientist Scott Brown, use my drill press as a sort of lathe,
our host, Neil Simpson, if one light goes out, they'll all go out, filled with shenanigans.
We are really professional with Jeeps.
This is iSpeak Jeeps.
Good morning, afternoon, evening, wherever, however, you are joining us.
This is the iSpeak Jeep podcast presented by SFJ4x4.com.
My name is Neil, and I am in Grandma's couch studio, joined, are you wearing gremlins again?
No.
Oh, Yoda, Yoda, Yoda, I'm rocking a YJ, you know, decorative Christmas Jeep, Jeff, the Italian
stallion, the producer.
With the ugly sweater of Yoda.
Yeah, lovely.
And then we have the Grinch.
Very forced to be with you.
And I say, isn't that actually the little baby Yoda?
Yeah, Groku.
Yeah, Groku.
Well, and then we've got the Grinch over here.
Yeah.
Bah-humbug.
Bah-humbug.
Nothing, no color, it's just a dark palette.
Yeah.
I looked this morning for if I had any Christmas hoodies, including my wife's.
I did not.
So.
Wow.
That's where we're at.
That's why Jeffrey put the wreath next to you, so that.
Yeah, we'll just hang it on him so it looks like he's just put it right over
his neck.
Sure.
And that for our audience is Mad Scientist Scott Brown.
Yes.
Yep.
All the adrenaline.
What's it gonna say?
And this is our last podcast, live podcast for the 2025 year.
And you know, want to take a moment to thank everybody who has prioritized this program
as part of their infotainment.
It has been our goal to increase our audience, our market share, bringing awesome Jeep and
off-road content to you, both technical and event coverage and, you know, specific manufacturer
interview-wise.
We've covered a lot, a lot of ground this year.
And I think obviously come the first of 2026, we'll talk a little bit more about that.
SFJ is about, you know, kind of having fun and being in some Christmas spirit, regardless
of what Scott's trying to do over there.
And I'm just gonna jump right to the comments because they're already on fire this morning
with Nate jumping in first saying good morning and then asks if we were gonna kill the
stream and start over like we did last week.
That was Jeff's hustle, just a dethrone you, Nate, that's really what it comes
down to.
Jaya Jeeper says good morning SFJ and we got Jeanie saying good morning and Merry
Christmas everyone.
We got Nate saying if we weren't cancelling it, Merry Christmas.
We got Jaya Jeepers.
He's here early.
He says probably gonna kill this stream.
That's what he's saying.
Yep.
And then Merry Christmas as well from him.
Billy Joe saying good morning and Merry Christmas.
Robert Seaman was saying good morning, SJF, well that's gonna throw me off.
The man in black talking about Scott and no to this being the last episode of
the year and Bill McWilliam saying good morning.
Yeah, good morning, good morning, good morning to everybody and if you're listening to this
at a slightly later date which is the vast majority of our listening audience, understand
that nearly every Monday you can join us live at 10.19 a.m. on the Book of Faces
and the YouTubes.
You can jump into the comments section and sling comments with the folks who are regularly
here and as you posed it was a potential for us to read your comment on air as well.
It has been a bang up season so far.
We're doing our due diligence to turn as many Jeeps out as humanly possible.
A lot of people who have put their faith in us to remedy, repair and remediate, lots of
ours there, their Jeeps and so we've done a really, really good job this December of
getting a lot out the door and so we're staying busy through the next couple of days
still trying to stay that course.
With that said a lot of people have been appreciative and recognized that and so there's
been a number of gifts and we want to recognize those people and some of those gifts in the
process but that's not to say that people who have sent meat and cookies and keepsakes
throughout the rest of the year are any less appreciated.
We typically try to recognize those folks on air as well.
The holiday season brings cookies and cakes and donuts and ornaments and wreaths and all
types of goodies and then obviously we're going to be playing a game today and if you hang in
there through the game you will get the full complete rendition of the 12 days of Jeep
Miss.
And Neil remembered the yoke today.
For Randall so we have a particular listener and an individual friend of mine who's Jeep
is waiting patiently in line to get a degree of love he's been on site for probably since
May April of this year and hopefully we'll get to him first of the new year here.
But we were in his top three podcast that he listens to regularly and he said well you
know if you just had ukulele lessons you'd probably top out at number one and when Jeffrey
had suggested or Scott had suggested we were going to be playing guitar.
So I have my daughter's purple yoke and I'm going to not be, yeah that's what you're going
to get Jeff.
So you're going to sound amazing compared to me but I'm going to be doing yoke lessons
during the Jeep Miss song.
Just because I love that in the comments that people kind of pick on each other and
go back and forth with Banner we got Robert Seaman saying nice of you to show up
Joe O'Brien and then Nate saying Joe's late and Joe replying I had to let Nate out.
Just pure entertainment.
And for those that don't know Nate was in Trail Hero X and I don't know if we're actually
allowed to spoil that or if we should just.
I mean you know I think that if people are interested they should look it up on the
YouTubes and find the series or clips as are available.
There's a very fun surprise in that.
For sure so definitely something that is part of this Jeep family that is part of the Ice
Peak Jeep podcast and so we encourage you to go and support Nate in his endeavors and
Trail Hero X and their adventures.
Yeah absolutely.
Our jump in the comments and join back in up and Nate actually is revealing that he
is the champ from that so.
We are the champions, Nate is the champion.
Close to be strong here Yook.
Oh shoot.
There we go.
So the plus side is that was so far off we don't have to worry about copyright.
Other than them being sad about how bad it was.
Well that's possible too.
Ceaseless sex because they don't want us ever to do that again.
Fair.
And Billie Joseph she thinks all three of us need to sing today who agrees.
No.
No.
And Jaya Jeepers saying many local celebrities.
Well and you know as Dave from Jaya Jeepers kind of you know jumps in the comments
I do want to recognize he took it upon himself obviously you may or may not know over
the couple of years of my socials that I had a complete like the Grinch my heart grew ten
sizes that season that I put Crocs on and while I was a official croc hater you know a year
or two ago and Jeff still is on team no croc that's right I you know I put him on and
never looked back my heart grew ten sizes that day Jaya Jeepers went ahead and purchased
some blazing headlight pieces for my crocs specifically because you're so known on YouTube
for always having a headlight on yes yep my head my headlamp and now my crocs can be illuminated
but not the pair that I have on currently because these are official closed toed work
approved crocs which actually do not have the side vents they are a real thing I actually
special ordered them on crocs website with with anti-slip grip and everything so who knew
that was a thing you know I do now so Jaya Jeepers said he had to make them cool for
you somehow yeah yeah for sure so I don't have them on today but I do appreciate
that that gesture and besides the croc lights we did get
donuts brought in this morning from Harold who we worked on a CJ blue Scott did a CJ five
kind of a clean up resto stuff seven CJ seven it was an 85 yeah yeah that's where the five
came from it was an 85 CJ seven we made it not stall at stop lights or stop signs
I was I know that was a big piece yeah so he showed up with the Santa hat on this
morning yeah with a couple a couple dozen Biazio donuts which Eastlake yeah
which if you don't know it's a big Lake County donut place which is you know kind
of famous for their donuts delicious thank you then there was we had Ginny
Onuska brought us food over the weekend I can't even pronounce the type of
roll or loaf that that was but is I mean very good cinnamon and raisin type loaf
I'm ready to tear into it with it yeah you're you're gonna like it a lot my kids destroyed
it awesome our loaf this weekend so then we had the we had Christmas cards coming in I know
most most recent one was from the fairies that they custom make it yeah handmade the
cards yep and then the Gregs with the Christmas wreath that we have on the
couch sitting next to Scott over there what should be around Scott's neck and neck
and try and give him a little bit of Christmas spirit in the process yeah
excellent yeah and you know and I'm certain there's plenty of people who
have extended and offered gestures and this is you know we really like I said
throughout the year whether it's you know meat sticks or maple syrup or you
know fun gifts I mean obviously the genie and Jeff Whitling have been great
supporters Robin Teresa Prasander their jeep was just delivered back to Jupiter
Florida they've sent us you know countless gifts over the over the past year so
folks we don't get high on jeeps and earth we go to Jupiter too where's your
where's your badoom on your crappy I don't even know anymore I don't know
it's probably there all right Jeff you just
okay oh my god he's a really qualified producer that's always what I come back
with when other things don't go right and then there's this why we have the
Taco Bell why not live moss all right let's let's kiss we're on we're getting
unhinged again Nate's up and then it's Nate's upset because Harold brought us
donuts and that's his thing that well I understand that so all right don't
need more don't worry we enjoy donuts from all over the world so it's fine
we do that's I just say I now we have not established what our our exchange is
going to be for for Bantam next year but I but it could be a donut exchange I'm
gonna go on record just to we have to be careful that it's not the little
Debbie's doughnuts a little sick packs right I'm with you Mrs. Freshly's
donuts any who none of the pre-packaged just like me my favorite is just a
plain glazed donut so if you're getting us donuts please give me at least one
plain glaze just just the most regular vanilla I mean I like vanilla too and
I'm just you get you want the most plain Jane you like a Krispy Kreme donut is
that like that kind of plain glaze that's okay but those are good when
they're warm yeah all donuts are better when they're warm can we talk
about vanilla for one second and and I you know I have to just loosely share
the story and then we should actually do something productive of sort it's really
not that kind of day did my family my my wife's family Christmas party this
weekend and we had a a funny travesty turn of event my wife and I are trying
to put together the peace and so maybe some people can weigh in my sister-in-law
comes you know kind of come running up to me right as I got there with the kids and
she had made homemade vanilla this really nice quality homemade vanilla which
was six months in the making okay I have not made vanilla myself but as she
explained the process and and I was like okay that's really cool and there's a
little date stamp on it it's a cute bottle cute label definitely it's kind
of like insta Instagram Etsy inspired kind of presentation all was well okay that
was awesome you know I was very thankful I love that kind of stuff you know the
home the homemade you know kind of kind of just the uniqueness of it then we
had an extra little gift bag that when we got home I thought it was directly
for my wife it had my wife was unable she was sick this weekend so she was
unable to go with us so I thought this gift bag baby was I didn't know where it
was from I'm gonna find out my other sister-in-law as we unpackages equally
has a bottle of homemade vanilla in there but it's got equally a cute little
label which does not look like the one my other sister-in-law did and and now
it's got her name and an equal date stamp and you know got a little bow
on everything like that so both of them made homemade vanilla that takes an
extended period of time to produce independently of each other so I want
to know I'm asking out to the world is this a thing like how did like and I
obviously like my wife and I we didn't like talk to our it's my wife sister and
then our sister-in-law via marriage and whatnot we I was I wasn't gonna bring
it up because I was like oh you guys get the same exact gift took you six
eight months to make this thing you know I mean I wasn't getting involved in that
family gobbledygook but is that a thing does anybody else making vanilla right
now is that just our family that's like having to make gourmet homemade vanilla
I mean I've heard of it but I don't know how do they both independently make
vanilla then gift it in similar capacities with the same you know kind
of vigorous like Etsy Instagram inspired I didn't know there was a vanilla
exchange my wife of you my wife came my wife is like is there something on like
TikTok right now is this like a thing is it trending to make your own vanilla
so I would have been trending six months ago right yes six months ago I could not
even fathom Christmas time let alone start a batch of vanilla so I okay so it
sounds like you guys are not in on the vanilla making other than we were getting
ice cream and there was like triple vanilla and I was like how do you vanilla
vanilla yeah like how does that work that's about the strength of the vanilla
extra vanilla vanilla yeah I yeah I actually French vanilla there's vanilla
bean there yeah there's a lot of vanilla sorry we're not as cultured as you
yeah he's got a pot of vanilla going on it's gonna come out for like for the
ban on it's gonna be the vanilla also I know the gift anymore I gotta go take
throw those away right now folks it is it is December you could start your
pot of vanilla and apparently we'll be prepared for for ban on for Jeff
geez all right we should that was my best that was actually that sounded like you
knew what you were doing so we've got Randall I'm playing the ukulele for
you just so you know our game today is jeep mistruth or BS or factor cap or
whatever terminology you want to use for that but I'm going to read so wait a
second you have try you have produced you have attempted to produce facts for us
again yes so that means a jet that Scott and I are screwed because Jeff just
makes things up yeah he uses some web that doesn't yeah it's the first search
population that fires up after you know for Google and it could be absolutely
erroneous what gets better about this is this this time I'm going to allow you
the option of explaining your answer if I say that you're wrong and if I like your
explanation anyways I don't like your explanation you lose a point and the
loser has to read a mad gab that the winner chooses the words for so all
right let's do it I'm going to give you guys the option if we either alternate
back and forth or if I just throw the answer the question out you both have
to answer let's let's let's shout it out okay jeep has released an official jeep
Christmas themed Wrangler from the factory false false it is false I feel like
Davey would argue otherwise because of the white cap addition that they just
released though what's the white cap addition you'll have to ask Davey he
produced it for me so that's why or that question came from Santa so wait do
we both get a point you get a point do we both get a point each get a point
okay yes okay so all right I you're both right Santa sleigh has been compared to a
jeep an automotive advertising yes true true both get a point
whoo there are jeep owners who leave Christmas lights on their rigs year round
true true yeah I feel like we should be ringing in on a button so these are the
easy ones I was I was gonna say I feel like he's setting this up for failure jeep
jeep owners are statistically more likely to decorate their vehicle for Christmas
than any other four by four owner true false go ahead four by four owner yes
so it was a Land Rover people directorating more than jeeps because I
got it I mean what Toyota guys are out there fighting with each other and
smacking hands over who's got the lower crawl ratio they're breaking all their
brimfield joints in the front axle right I mean and and there's so it's not the
Toyota guys now Bronco just just barely became relevant they've been
extinct for 40 years yeah yeah the biggest thing Bronco did before that was
beyond national television with somebody driving it right we were
murdering people I'm personally I'm with you guys and I'm giving you guys the
point for the explanation because it's bull crap that well I want to know what
what did you find what did you think you found I don't have that in front of
me but I did what it was statistically that was ranked second so this is Jim
Carey's Jim Carey drew Carey's who's line it is anyway the points don't
matter and it's made up I want to know what four by four is statistically
more decorated than jeeps what's left we're gonna get into the next square body
jeep square body are we talking about like they're still basically jeep so over in
India where they like paying as much stuff on that is technically jeep based
I don't think it's India but I know exactly what you're talking about which
is technically a jitney yeah which is jeep based or jeep me you can say
jitney or jeep me depending on what culture which is all jeep based it goes
back to World War II surplus parts yeah Cuba has a bunch of them man who yeah
who but you don't actually have anything to produce know who I'm who I'm
frustrated with right now correct I just have to shout into the clouds yeah
okay a Jeep Wrangler has appeared in more Christmas movies than the Ford
Bronco yes true Jeep Wrangler in Christmas movies Ford Bronco I will for
the sake of the game go false Scott gets the point hmm that is true what Christmas
movies were extinct for 40 years so I know I know but I was trying to think of
like a Bronco graveyard where they're all rusted out in the background I was
trying to figure out what what Christmas movies have a Jeep in it a lot they're
often in the background but there's a lot yeah I mean that's what I was trying
to think of there was one that actually played a significant role yeah
probably jeep once tested a concept vehicle designed for extreme cold weather
holiday travel yes it's actually true you were confident about that I was do you
know what it is or do you know about this I didn't know that one well so two fold
there are there have been in my opinion there have been a couple iterations where
Jeep specifically have played with regional accessorization so we had packages
specifically made for the Alaskan frontier as we as as the US pushed through
the Alaskan highway up into the Arctic Circle so I guess in my logical brain
when you said holiday season I thought no yes they've made things more for
winter time than that but isn't specifically the holiday season it's
just winter okay well Jeff did you have any further information on that
specific did I get my point back because I had a good argument no you're
gonna lose a point on that I think that's fair yeah you should lose all
the points you lost a point on that one jeep dealerships are required to
play Christmas music during December oh that would require me going to a
dealer didn't know anything I mean it seems to be everywhere so I'm gonna say
probably required to play Christmas music that's totally sounds like something
corporate would do so I'll say true I'm gonna say false Neil gets the point
yes there is an a are they playing Christmas music probably probably probably
but the requirement for their their their dealer quota or whatever there is an
official jeep Christmas ornament licensed by Stellanus oh I yes there is jeep
Christmas ornament no officially licensed by Stellanus if they have the
jeep grill it has to be licensed no there's permission and there's like like
they actually I think you're talking to do it did you say commission license read
it again because we're gonna be doing semantics now official jeep Christmas
ornament licensed by Stellanus so I have a lily's MB that hangs on the
Christmas tree and it is officially licensed by jeep because it is the
jeep image somewhere over the rainbow I'm just want to make sure that I'm
fulfilling my ukulele I believe it's true yes I believe it's false Scott gets
the point because Hallmark and Stellanus have actually partnered to do an
annual ornament and say that's fun and any time it says jeep or anything
I know but I think what he's trying to do is what Jeff is trying it's a
semantic issue right now I understand what you're doing it's a jeffree problem
yeah because he's talking about a annually commissioned ornament which is
actually a conversation we just had prior to going on air today that I would
like to commission an annual ornament ourselves right I think that would be
super fun the Greg's Christmas tree farm does it and they have gifted me us
the ornaments annually as well at this point I think it's super cool I am a
little disappointed that I have not made it a priority to pursue and collect
actual jeep official annually commissioned ornament and also I'm not
being marketed like jeep I am your target market why am I not getting
inundated with those ads because it's Hallmark selling I'm not cheap okay and
you probably don't shop at Hallmark that's fair those are so fair assumption so
anyways Nate said there's actually a Walmart exclusive one this year too and
if you had been looking at the comments while we were talking Nate did
confirm that they was true because they're available at Hallmark so but I'm
back with you to say that any company who sells a jeep branded is officially
licensed right you have to pay them their their rights you know so we're gonna go
to a little bit harder now points are tied up six and six there's gonna be more
Jeff in there I was gonna say that was a tie to this point I was the
introduction yeah that was a that was a Jeff is now going to interject is the
phrase stocking stuffer was once used in a jeep marketing pitch true also true okay
jeep owners are more likely to give jeep related gifts than to receive them oh man
I feel like somebody somebody knows me it's that there sees me at this point so
what's your answer more likely to give the jeep related gift than receive it true
it's true when you both get that's right my house because I don't give many jeep
oriented gifts but my mother-in-law gives me all the jeep oriented gifts you've
definitely given your wife jeep parts before for course yeah that's inside my
house counts still counts jeep owners are more likely to give oops I just
read that one this is a jeep club so professional folks there is a jeep club
that does an annual Christmas toy drive exclusively by trail ride oh that's
super fun I hope I you know I'm saying true just because I wanted to be true
that's true because that's like one of the biggest things clubs do a year is
toy are the toy drives and get together for their holiday Christmas parties I
love that do we know who I Jeff somewhere Jeff Jeff this all fit on a
page so you couldn't cheat and look at it so I left out the facts jeep once
considered naming a winter package after Santa oh I I want this to be true again
I'll say true true false no they made a winter edition so that's close enough and
the Arctic Edition North Pole I mean I feel like yeah I think they should have a
Santa they should have one but they don't be fire engine red I'm taking a
moment I'm taking a moment here it would be fight what would a Santa edition
package that inserts in the seats oh the red plaid inserts I freaking love it
leather leather with plaid insert black leather with plaid insert it's a fire
engine red I want to I want it to be monochromatic what do you think I was
thinking white hard top oh I kind of like the chief in the blue but you get a
white hard top yeah white wheels yeah with jeep with the ease of snowflakes
oh that's so cute yeah I think that we have to be it's got to be either a 410 or
a recon 456 package Santa can go anywhere yeah but Santa can go I say 410 just for
making it easier yeah cuz I don't get option the 456 no doubt no doubt and I
think it has to come equipped with a winch that's fair I think it has to
come it's like your it's like your reigns I don't know the reindeer quickly we went
off on a tangent here and I think that I think that it should be maybe it's a
well you can have a gladiator or Wrangler you know I was thinking gladiator it
should should be gladiator but I think you get it in both but like you need to
have that open open cargo space and I love the little I love the snowflake
idea for the and they should have some sort of a special thing that you get
with the jeep when you order it like a special gift okay like a like an
official gift wrapped in the back like officially commissioned ornament
wow we went full circle so I jeep I know you're listening you we know you're
listening despite not giving us any credit but we also appreciate the
lack of season to says so with that said feel free to use the Santa
Edition yeah so right now we got Neil taking the lead by one point and we're
going into the chaos round meaning I don't have an actual answer to these you
guys are gonna debate I'm gonna pick the answer have the answers before so there
was you're just saying they're wrong they're not necessary these are
opinions rather than facts they're all opinions if it has Christmas lights on
it it's automatically cooler that's not fair that's true because he's I think it's
screwed I'm gonna be screwed you know why you gotta debate this why well I've
seen people get pulled over for lights before I think that makes a cooler I
don't know I was gonna say unfortunately that just appeals to Jeff and my we
think that's cooler you've doubled down on a good cause I haven't a good
time unless you're on the side of the road with 10 cops that's just you Jeff and
I would be in our element we have a good time we start talking about being a
handcuffs in the backseat of the car we would not be fighting with our for our
for our law enforcement officers he would be following me to the shop and
ordering Jeep parts because that's literally what happened I just give
me the point move on but I'm giving you a point and taking a point from
Scott because exactly I'm three head a Jeep is the most believable modern
replacement for Santa sleigh true this is not for debate this is that's a fact we
just talked about the Santa edition I know remember when you said we're on a
tangent because I knew that was literally this question you said there
was facts been the first one which there was not they were completely
arbitrary and circumstantial statistically it's the second most
decorated okay says who Jeff all right if you have that this is the internet all
over again we might as well just be shouting each other in caps you're
gonna show more caps lock is on here comes I don't know if I'm ready for
your shouting if you've never wheeled in the snow you're missing half the
Jeep experience these are more factual now you're asking us irrelevant close
ended statements it literally says debate at the end of his there's no debate on
these I feel I feel sad for Jeeps that haven't been able to use their four
wheel drive like ones that are in Arizona right but at the same time then
they're not rusty so it's like this weird batter back and forth back and forth
sounds like Scott's trying to make an argument for they're not actually
missing I know that's what I was saying are you okay they're totally sad
they're just not rusty so they're prolonged it's they're sad or longer
Scott gets a bonus point for that yeah I'll give him one of my points all right
final round Santa wants you wait a second I'm gonna talk winter wheeling for
me and even just on-road is like modern-day JK to JLJT true tracks I
mean that is the ultimate snow slush adventure rig as far as I'm concerned
is so confidence inspiring front and rear I will take true tracks front and
rear in modern-day Jeep over actual selectable lockers all day long because
of how useful it is 365 it's not as ideal off-road but that winter
wheeling time is when you hang a tire so if you don't hang a tire then
you're good I know you can't drive in the slow slow snow slush sleet and
ice with your lockers on but when those true tracks are going and that free spin
you know true spin what the heck is they call I'm drawing a blank when all that
kicks in it's it's the cat meow all right move on Jeffrey all right so we're
gonna go with that you're gonna love this one Santa once used a World War two
will use mb Jeep as a backup sleigh during a reindeer strike
jeeps are statistically the second most decorated remember when you told me
this was whose line is anyways here we are ah yes I mean it's gotta be a World
War two ad somewhere with wow okay it's back in my day the reindeer were mad
about the feed and so they got cold and so they refused to leave on that snowy
night but don't worry even better they took Rudolph to AA because of his red
nose Scott wins that one
because he was in therapy from all the bullying he had when he was a kid that's
two wow all right so then we're gonna go to the people wouldn't let him play in
their reindeer games literally they made fun of called them names a Jeep Wrangler
can legally be registered as a sleigh in at least one u.s. state
sure my question is does it have to be broken down and drug by I'm some sort of
for I want to know who what state requires legal registration of sleighs
a legal registration of a sleigh would require that it the state has any
provision for that I would think it would have to be a state that expects you to
but then that same time knows you're just not gonna do slays have turned
signals and license plates are you are not allowed to operate a sleigh on public
roads I was gonna say if you think about it they got like the sleigh rides in
the big cities and stuff like that so there's got to be some kind of
registration or provision for that I would do Amish have to register their
buggies I've seen license plates on them I've seen turn signals on them yeah
exactly and flashing lights and flashing lights and stereo system yeah well that
too we do have a young man who has just a banging system around us that is
absolutely accurate so well Scott already said true I think it's true I
think that that some somewhere somebody did some kitschy fun I'm gonna do
something to I don't think it's Alaska because it was people just would not care
and not register I'm going for Maine that's fair I've decided it's Maine I'm gonna
be honest I really wanted this to be true and I researched the heck out of it
to try to prove it to be true it's not it's false hmm doesn't there's not a
thing for it well you know what I'm okay with that yeah it's whatever yeah you
know what it's true in my head and that's really all the internet cares
about it like I said I believe it then I'm okay with it being on the books but
then just ignoring the role and I think it's true in some obscure little town in
Maine well where they've got little sleigh skis on the front of the that's in the
carriage and in New York City has to be registered for sure it does well that's
what I was saying as there's got to be yeah I'm with you but I'm saying this
little this little Jeep in Maine has skis on the front and little tracks on the
back and and they've registered it as a sleigh you know it's now allowed on ATV
trails some early Jeeps came with a feature in the manual explaining how to
mount snow skis to the front bumper
false true it is actually true oh that's so cool yeah they actually but of
course you are gonna be able to back it up with absolutely zero knowledge of what
vehicle it was or what era yes no it is actually true I did I I had a list of
things like that specifically with all the details but I did not so there was
literally a kit for you to put skis and tracks on your Model T and on your Model
A so that was so you know what that and while I'm aware of that very similar
kit for the Jeep and you know what while I'm absolutely aware of that I
went to recreational skis not I need to stow my front tire skis while I go out
intro versus backcountry and if I get stuck then I put the skis on that's what
that was yep that was part of like the Arctic Edition and so we used to so in
the CJ in the CJ's there were these things called Arctic tops and and again
what I was talking about how Jeep has a history of provisioning regional packages
back in the day it was more so than now right now we have these packages and the
high tide might be available everywhere the Arctic top then was a far cry from
what the top yeah for sure but they absolutely would have had the potential
provisioning for skis for the front I was thinking like recreational skis like
fishing poles will get strapped to the front well I don't like your
explanation so you're losing a point
I was just talking about it that's all
getting it
I'm here for it
live by a sword die by a sword
right
the first Jeep commercial ever aired on TV included Christmas music
sure true
I can just imagine like a little red CJ to a false and they got like the old like
50s Santa you just you know it's actually kind of scary looking took three shots
of bourbon in the back it's got a red nose
out him him and childhood trauma Rudolph over here
over it was false yeah winner winner chicken dinner I hate here's the only
thing I was because I why don't you want to tell you now no I'm shut up
I'm not even going to share stop by your head yeah I fall upon my sword a Jeep
Wrangler can safely plow more snow than Santa's elves can shovel in an hour
clearly that's false because Santa's elves are magical and limitless in their
provisions and ability I'll say true because the elves have jeeps but I was on
them oh you suck he could have one of my points I was absolutely on your side
for that right through that out there he gets the point
yeah wow you didn't see that coming man there that's a paradigm breaker there
if you put a bow on your Jeep hood you gain plus five horsepower and holiday spirit
you remember when you said this was these were not facts this is facts Jeffrey I said
I started a new round I didn't catch that facts wreaths bows and reindeer
accessories plus five horse purse Scott I'd rather have the red nose on the front
and antlers in the bow but I'm sure it is true because you know you guys are not
grinchy enough so sure you've literally had this stuff on your Jeep for just
not the bow I've had a red nose and antlers I I'm almost certain that where
ones
the nose and the antlers aren't trailerated the same
where did you lose an antler I don't know if you knew it wouldn't be long exactly
I would have got it
Scott gets the point you just like showed up home and you're like up it's got one
antler just waving now was that still in the window like the plastic piece
no it was gone straight up gone I blame your kids I blame your kids probably Jeep
owners in Alaska have a holiday tradition of decorating their winches with tinsel
false I would say getting away too much because they're going to use it you
can't decorate it it's got to be in use actually true that's bull crap Jeff
I agree you've made this up once again Jeff that I lose two points we care
talking mushroom
right Jeffrey that's a really good fact I'm so glad that you found it
losing a point for sucking up
jeep owners in Alaska have a holiday tradition of decorating you just read
that to us jeep ducking traditions to
I don't want to play with them anymore Scott I don't want to play his reindeer
games I'm going to sing ukulele songs so the jeep ducking tradition
statistically spikes during December duh it's a gift and it's Christmas
okay but but like but like literally people are like throwing ducks in the
summer because the tops are off and their shows and they're also getting
tossed out of the side of the jeep in the end is like the actual placing it on
the vehicle I bet you happen more in the winter
the facts don't matter
Scott gets the point because he's right
sounds like I didn't win or lose any so I'm just going to stay neutral the
final question went
the J. L. Wrangler's infotainment system has a secret Christmas mode that
changes the startup animation to falling snow
I mean he has a jail
and he's gonna be like I've never played with that part
he's gonna say so the splash screen on the taser is totally modifiable
there's a whole there's a whole thing but he said comes with it
that's with having a taser
that's so serpent sancral
he's fighting with you
I think he should but they probably don't
I think there is
there is not
I feel like I'm like a puppy dog has been beaten now I'm afraid to do anything at this point
taser
creators come on now
that's a sell point right
or it should be on the Santa edition
correct absolutely
that should be the splash screen
comments a while ago somebody said with a white fuzzy dash as part of that
don't forget the white fuzzy dash for the Santa edition that was Rob Daddy Jeep
we got my wife had said Arizona jeeps just got to go up in the mountains
they do get to see snow too
Billy Joe saying Daddy Jeep is actually gonna set up a winter ride
so if you haven't got to do the winter ride yet there you go look for that
Mike is saying Arizona doesn't have snow but you can off-road almost anywhere
so there are parts of that
Harold said Merry Christmas and hope that you enjoy the donuts
we thoroughly enjoyed the donuts
and then they were very good
and then Geaga Jeepers is saying yes the Amish are supposed to register their buggies
that tracks
Billy Joe was guessing West Virginia I believe to where you could register Jeep as a slave
I'm so you know what West Virginia is a good option as far as I'm concerned too
yeah she gets a bonus point because I think that she does get a bonus point
Geaga Jeepers say it may make horsepower but kills the aerodynamics
talking about the bow on the hood
we drive bricks
I was gonna say what aerodynamics
I was gonna say for anything it probably helps
and then lots of antlers are falling off now because of the time of year so
you're not alone in losing an antler
alright so the winner was Scott
which means Neil gets to read the my gap story
I've been dethroned
what was the points I want to know what the points were
thought that they matter
it was 16 to 10
bull crap it was
oh wait you had 11 I'm sorry 16 to 11
still bull crap
so anyways
Scott you're gonna
pick the words based on the descriptors that I give you
and then Neil will have to read the story
I need a person's name
Jeff
okay
I need a noun
a noun
mm-hmm
Anne
what
that is
not a noun
I need a noun
maybe you should have understood the assignment better Jeffrey
when you were asking Scott to get involved in this
but you're gonna read the story more animated
so this will be entertaining too
I think maybe you need to not use like noun and verb
and adjective
person place your thing
tree
I need a Christmas song title
mm-hmm
12 pains of Christmas
okay
a g-part
g-part
a bolt
anyways
a bolt
he literally produced a book
of all of the cool things
that he could have said
I didn't know what a noun is
he's really good with nuts and bolts
a descriptor
then go further
give him more than that
yeah that's plenty
the scripture
the scripture
the scripture is what was read on Sunday morning
the scripture
the pastor read the scripture
color red
yes
substance
your oil
of course
food
cheeseburger
of course he said that
another food
this is so incredible
so incredibly predictable
he's really really good with jeeps
time of day
evening
mythical creature
mothman
okay
object
amethyst
okay
Scott
this is just like an insight into Scott's brain
at this point
a jeep function
driving to the mall
so at this point this is more
actually a secret personality test
silly place name
silly place name
yeah
like silly name for a place
a thing
that's a silly name for a place
okay
remember when you were talking about a personality test
yeah I need another adjective
descriptor
fuzzy
okay
I like Billy Joe's broken
plural noun
person place or thing but plural
trees
Scott's brain is working
jeeps
should we just fill these in for him
I was going to say
why is it so long Jeff
another object let's go
it's a train
what
what the heck is he even talking
about
alright Neil you're going to help with some of this
exclamation
oh my
abstract noun
or emotion
or emotion
an abstract noun is a type of emotion
sure that works
oh my god
um
that actually fits for Scott you'll understand
um
the
a famous person
dick van dyke
oh good choice
see he just had his birthday
turned 100 years old yeah good for him
and he's healthier than us
happy birthday dick
uh Christmas song
maybe it's cold outside
I thought that got canceled
no it never actually got canceled
just uh just a whole bunch of people got
riled up on the internet
musical instrument yeah
ukulele ukulele
okay uh
there's two pages
no Jeff no noise
you should have started this at the beginning of the program
there's two pages
yelling
another emotion
anger
job title
technician
uh button or knob
button
I need a description of a button or knob like what
name a wiper knob there you go
oh it was like I thought it was a
you don't understand the assignment yeah I didn't
understand the assignment uh place
the lake
I was gonna make it like north pole
I want to do Connie Ohio
I don't want to do SFJ four by four I was
adjective cold
oh look all of a sudden now he's
on fire he's ready to go
plural noun
really cold
no no
first and place or thing more than one of
women okay
um
large creature
alligator
okay
uh oh you want crocodile
what do you want what holiday food
fruitcake
something's a fruitcake
uh another food
meatloaf
insult
sleep Jeff
DJ
uh plural noun
last couple here why so many plural
now buddy waters
waters
abstract noun
I would never gotten through this
happy
okay
tool
air hammer
adjective
broken yeah thank you there we go
we needed to use that
uh
SFJ four by four
and
drives
he's like at the end of the second page
at this point like
how do we have enough time
for this yeah
towards the night
before jeep miss and all
across the backwoods trail
not a creature was stirring
not even a mouse
then suddenly Jeff
comes riding a tree
sideways
through a snow drift
while humming 12 pains of
Christmas off key
I feel like that actually could happen
that's true
my jeeps bolts
rattled
like a red sleigh bell
every time I hit a patch of gear oil
I think that works perfect
that hurts
just that hurts
and the cabin smelled
strongly of cheeseburger
mixed with french fries
which was confusing because I hadn't
eaten since evening
sounds great
suddenly
a majestic mothman
first from the
tree line waving
an amethyst
screaming
engage your driving to mall
or you'll never make it up a thing
this might as well be that Scott wrote it
jeep function
driving to mall
that was not correct
just so we're all on the same page
I floored the gas
but my fuzzy tire spun
uselessly
kicking up a cloud of sparkling jeeps
that drifted
through the air like festive
disappointment
thinking fast I grabbed
my emergency
citrine
citrine
I don't know
yelled a dramatic oh my
and attempted to
summon the ancient jeep spirit
of sad
while the mothman
from earlier judged me silently
that's all seems fair to me
but just then
Christmas miracle number one
the radio crackled
with a soothing voice
of dick van dyke
singing a shocking remix
of baby it's cold outside
backed by
a yuk solo
ukulele solo
that absolutely nobody asked for
encouraged my jeeps suddenly lurched
forward powered entirely
by the sound of distant yelling
the lingering regret
of anger and the
half frozen technician
clinging to the roof yelling
hit the wiper knob
before we all ended up in the lake
that works pretty good
or before we all end up in the lake
we barreled up hill
until miracle number two struck
a glowing
cold light
appeared above the trail
revealing magical women
decorating the trees
like jeep approved ornaments
that's what neil
I brought to the table
but
but just as victory seemed near
the women are going to ward off
the moth man
this is actually not inappropriate for us
to be collaborating on
but just as victory seemed near
the trail was blocked
by an alligator
wearing a tiny santa hat
and holding a handwritten sign
that said
don't trust passing without offering fruit cake
so naturally
I reached into the glove box
pulled out
some stale meatloaf
tossed it toward the creature
and yelled take it you
dj
dj just so folks at home
can be in on the inside joke is
sometimes something that gets yelled at the top
of our lungs
in the shop when things don't exactly
go right and Jeff may or may not have had a hand
at it
and that dear listeners
was Christmas miracle number three
the creature accepted the snack
tipped its hat politely
and let us pass into the
snowy unknown
which is how I finally
discovered the true meaning of jeep mess
if your rig is
full of waters
your heart is full of happy
and your toolbox full
of air hammers
there's no trail too wild
no creature too weird
and no holiday adventure to chaotic
to conquer from all of us here
at SFJ four by four
we hope holidays
are broken
your SFJ
four by four never gets stuck
and you always remember
to drivers
Merry Christmas and happy
New Year
Jeff
that was a train wreck
you think that was
a train wreck
let's do it
let's do it to it
ukulele
instructional number one
that was sound like the exact same note
if this is one of your first
times joining us I
you know it shouldn't be
just so you know
you should have gone back
and listened to some other
podcast
this was not the episode
introduction to us
introduction to us
what uh
I wonder if people can actually
hear this
oh so loud
a little loud for you guys
a little loud
do I have
oh here we go
why is there so many pages
folks if you've been following along
this is going to be your
your whole shooting match
if
you care to hear about our personal lives
we will give you the most
abbreviated version possible following
the outro credits
and
that way we can get
to the final jeeps that our intention is
to turn out this year
and
that way you've already spent so much time with us
we don't want to keep you any longer
go ahead
Jeff when
I've got my uke
okay start it off
on the first day of jeep
miss my true love gave to me
a dog perched
on a 40 year old jeep
on the second day of jeep
miss my true love gave to me
two
toe straps
and a dog perched on my
new jeep
folks if you didn't know
we've already saying this too many times
and there are pictures
available for you to engage in
if you are listening to your ear holes
and you'd like to see Scott try and work
on the paper trail here
we have a
like an 08 JK
absolutely it's an 07 08 JK
with a giant duck
with a duck
almost the size of the jeep on top of it
and all these pictures were provided
compliments of Davey the Savage
yeah we're so lucky
and Jeff wrote the lyrics
again
so blessed
on the third
day of jeep miss my true love
gave to me
three skid plates
belly pans
two toe straps
and a dog perched on my
new jeep
the skid plates are
TJ belly pans
on the fourth
day of jeep miss my true love
gave to me
four rezy shocks
three skid plates
belly pans
two toe straps
and a dog perched on my
new jeep
on the fifth
day of jeep miss my true love
gave to me
five beadlock
rings
four rezy shocks
three skid plates
two toe straps
and a dog perched
on my new jeep
why did we buy the old jeep
on the sixth day of jeep
miss my true love gave to me
six
lights are glowing
got a ticket for those
but they look so cool
five beadlock rings
from amazon
four rezy shocks
three skid plates
two toe straps
and a dog perched on my
new jeep
on the seventh
day of jeep miss my true love
gave to me
seven slots of fame
we got a cease and assist
six lights are glowing
five
beadlock rings
from amazon
four rezy shocks
three skid plates
two toe straps
and a dog perched
on my new jeep
it's broken
on the eighth day of jeep
miss my true love gave to me
eight hours of
wheeling
seven slots of fame
six lights are glowing
five beadlock
rings
come on keep up now
four rezy shocks
three skid plates
two toe straps
and a dog perched on my
new jeep
sorry for you
this is all new
from here folks
on the ninth
day of jeep
miss my true love gave to me
nine
model choices
eight hours of wheeling
seven slots of fame
six lights are glowing
six lights are glowing
five
beadlock rings
four rezy shocks
boxes
they're held up in customs at the moment
for three months thanks to the tariffs
three skid plates
two toe straps
and a dog perched
on my new jeep
it's now broken
on the tenth day of jeep
miss my come on scott
my true love gave to me
ten
jeepers winching
this is a great picture
jef's broken
he's so serious as a full picture
of jef in the most serious
face
nine model choices
nine model choices
eight hours of wheeling
seven slots of fame
seven slots of fame
six lights are glowing
five
beadlock rings
four rezy shocks
boxes
three tj belly pans
two toe straps
and a dog perched
on my new jeep
on the 11th
day of Christmas
no jeep miss
my true love gave to me
eleven
decal
it's the back of jef's jeep
baby added decals to it
to make sure there was eleven
it's the back of jef's jeep
there's a brown sticker
i know
an attire store
i can't believe you put the browns picture on it
you put the browns logo on the back of your jeep
i didn't see that
he snuck that in on me
that dirty dog
ten jeepers
winching
nine model choices
eight hours of wheeling
seven slots of fame
six lights are glowing
five
beadlock rings
four rezy shocks
boxes
three skid plates
two toe straps
and a dog perched
on my new jeep
this is it folks
if you've been counting along
scott are you ready
this is the most uninspired
this is the worst 12th day
just so everyone's on the same page
yep
on the 12th day of jeep
miss my true love gave to me
twelve rubber duckies
eleven
decal horse purse
ten jeepers winching
nine model choices
eight hours of wheeling
seven slots of fame
six lights of glowing
five beadlock rings
four rezy shocks
three skid plates
two toe straps
purple
and a dog perched
on my old rusty jeep
jeep
wow
well folks that was a year three or four
of that one and it was the most unhinged yet
next year should be the
twelve pains of jeepness
what was that
that would be
interesting until next time jeep family
very merry christmas
happy new year jeep on
jeep on jeep on
i should also say happy hanukah
kwanzaa
winter solstice called happy holidays
festive pole
festivist for the rest of us
whatever you celebrate
i authentically don't care
i hope you enjoy the time
over the next couple weeks
so there's that
i didn't
shut rj all off
and i ran all over the country this weekend
my beadlock wheels
are leaking down air like crazy
valve stems greg suggested that i just take the
shortcut i was like and
just changed the valve stems which would probably make too much
sense i haven't i just air them
up now basically twice a
day because when i run down the highway
at 70 miles per hour the air thins out
gets hot and leaks out faster
so i really need to change
to my winter tires take the beadlocks off
and maybe redo them
otherwise i had a lovely
family vacation
for a single day of like eight hours
where i just raced down to pittsburgh
did my christmas vacation and came back
from there i went
and battled the crowds at eerie because of course
life and i was not
done christmas shopping so i needed
to do some of that there was my weekend
in a nutshell
and i was here at the shop
mine was
basically finalizing that train wreck
of a game and
then also watching a lot
of football i watched a lot of football this weekend
and december football is always
crazy a lot of good games
super jelly i'm happy
for you that you got that time it was
it was good i'm not a brown
fan despite the the fake
decal on the back of my jeep i actually
i saw it on the internet and
folks i think we're going to make sure that that's
posted for all of you i feel like i need to go
out and make sure it's not actually on my jeep at this
point oh my god
that would be so epic
and um
i don't know that was pretty much it getting ready
for christmas obviously and make
christmas was designing gifts
for everybody with yeah and you know what we
didn't we didn't mention the gifts from her and
thank you so much for that i we should have said that
before and i didn't that's okay
so my weekend was
uh well more than
weekend but i got a frame for the model t i
put the body on that started mocking up all
the pieces because before this it was in
a million different pieces and all over my garage
so i made it look like a car
and uh light last
or yesterday i tried to fit the doors
and found the driver's door
overhung the body by two inches
versus the other side so
i had to figure that out but i did get the
wedge in there at night in the night but
uh definitely
understand why everybody's like maybe you should
make it look like a car before you start
changing stuff so
figure that out and um
you know folks if you want to fall along with our
personal socials we do welcome you
to our facebook page and it's the pages
um we can be friends and you can
see you know
post about our kids and
scott his metal work and and jeffrey his
non-profit when you know when he does
do that satisfactory
um satisfactorily
i don't think that's a word just because i suck at
social media um yeah but you're welcome
to and we we encourage that
uh process and scott
you know does authentically love
metal work and and practicing his craft
um
you know and i like to just build things so you'll
see stuff on our our homestead and
and and whatnot but you you know
what i asked you before we went on air
you know kind of what your
your uh
motivation for doing this particular
project you know many of us watched you
um work on
the 36 and kind of get
that out to the road it's always important
no scott doesn't care about paint kind of never has
um it's too expensive
and uh you know we
understand that a lot of people like
pretty paint jobs as a business we can
professionally understand that but
that's kind of where you oftentimes take your projects
up to that paint per
process and then you we have worked with
other subcontractors and whatnot but
you have now since started another metal
project which is the the model
t yep um
and and briefly before we truly sign
off uh can you share with
us what that
intention is because we all we've heard
the different you know Amy's
truck and the and and snowflake the Jeep
and your 68 and
we know you have this line of projects
uh much like myself that don't
get enough attention yeah
so it's gonna be a two-part
thing first thing i'll answer
that question so my dad uh
you know we used to been trace and
talk about cars we'd like to build
all the time and
uh the last project he did was a
41 Plymouth pickup truck that
was a congregation of his
ideas of mine of
neat things and sometime
while he was working on the Plymouth he
got this
say hey you know it would be really
cool to build this like little nasty
coupe like a hot motor
no fenders uh back
to the roots of hot rotting
and it was honestly not anything
i expected out of my
dad because he was more of a
get 23 miles a gallon be able to
drive it was a very practical individual
yeah not have breakdowns
that kind of stuff um
which the 36 is kind of the
really breaking the the bread
of that of going traditional and having
carburetors and all that kind of stuff
um improving you can drive it
and use it and be reliable with it
but that wasn't his track
so um i've always
liked the the
26 27 Model T coops
and i was able to get this one
at a bargain which if you look at my
install you'll see why does the doors
look like that ran over by a reindeer
a reindeer um
so i literally
uh have a hundred dollars in this body
at this moment um to give you an idea
so um
that's why um um
needs a lot of love needs a lot of
of metal work that's what started
that process but
i'm trying to push it into
looking like a car so that
it can be that
nasty little coop that my dad
didn't get to build um
and and my intentions of this
is right now just to make it a roller
that looks like a car
that i can set back and kind of look at
for a while after this winter
of working on the body so i wanted
the body to hold together i want the doors
to operate
and i want it to be on some sort of rolling stock
by the end of the season and then i'm
going to pull my wife's trucks cab
off and start metal work on that
the reason i did not do that this winter is because
we did not get the building done enough
where i could put her chassis inside of it
to protect it from the elements
and i do not want the motor out in
the elements without
the sheet metal protecting very cool
with that said um
um heartfelt sympathy
for holidays are not all
joyous for everyone um
people have lost loved ones close around
want to kind of do a
psa of that um my mom's
anniversary passing with sunday so i
understand those people that are
out there that maybe your holidays are a little
bit harder on you than
most uh just
see you hear you do the best
you can so very christmas
love it folks until
the new year jeep on jeep
on jeep on
new
me
me
me
me
me
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About this episode
The season finale of 'I Speak Jeep' celebrates the holiday spirit with a mix of festive banter, Jeep-related games, and a humorous rendition of the '12 Days of Jeepmas.' Hosts Neil, Scott, and Jeff share personal stories, recognize their audience's contributions, and engage in a lively trivia game about Jeep traditions. The episode features light-hearted debates, holiday-themed discussions, and a unique ukulele performance, making it a fun and chaotic wrap-up to the year. Listeners can expect laughter, camaraderie, and a sense of community among Jeep enthusiasts.
The last episode of 2025 ends with a joyful game of True or False. In this episode, Jeff reads the statements while Neil and Scott must answer and defend their position. If they answer in a way Jeff doesn't like they could lose points, but if defended well and he may award bonus points. Who wins this wild game of Jeepmas Fact or Cap? Find out as the winner reads the Mad Gab story written just for this episode. Stay tuned for the full 12 Days of Jeepmas (2025 Edition). Check out our Patreon for a downloadable version of the song! Happy Holidays from the SFJ4x4 Team!
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