Sierra Club - Kiss My Axle!!!

[k7mto]

I read a post on another board, recently, and someone mentioned their "Sierra Club Kiss My Axle" bumper sticker. I did a search and only found one site which sells these...

http://www.crowley-offroad.com/stickers.htm

http://www.crowley-offroad.com/images/Kiss_My_Axle.gif

I thought they looked kind of dull, so I designed my own at bumperactive.com...

http://www.bumperactive.com/do/catalog/Search?likeText=axle

http://www.bumperactive.com/images/catalog/2283-72.jpg

These cost $1.00 more but $1.00 of the price is donated to either one of their listed causes or to the sticker designer (me). Naturally, none of their causes were motorized recreation friendly, so I chose the latter option.

I figure I'll use this power for good, rather than evil and donate any proceeds I get from folks ordering to the Hunter Offroad ORBA fund (and/or any other business local businesses like Absolute or Simply Offroad should enough folks order them)

So be the first on your block to tell the eco-Nazis what they can do!

[jeep4offrd]

I like the one that has calvin peeing on the sierra club.
I think I may just have to get me one. :D

[rockwerks]

I read a post on another board, recently, and someone mentioned their "Sierra Club Kiss My Axle" bumper sticker. I did a search and only found one site which sells these...

http://www.crowley-offroad.com/stickers.htm

http://www.crowley-offroad.com/images/Kiss_My_Axle.gif

I thought they looked kind of dull, so I designed my own at bumperactive.com...

http://www.bumperactive.com/do/catalog/Search?likeText=axle

http://www.bumperactive.com/images/catalog/2283-72.jpg

These cost $1.00 more but $1.00 of the price is donated to either one of their listed causes or to the sticker designer (me). Naturally, none of their causes were motorized recreation friendly, so I chose the latter option.

I figure I'll use this power for good, rather than evil and donate any proceeds I get from folks ordering to the Hunter Offroad ORBA fund (and/or any other business local businesses like Absolute or Simply Offroad should enough folks order them)

So be the first on your block to tell the eco-Nazis what they can do!

I really dont think its the example we should be putting out there, intollerance is what they are not us..

[k7mto]

I like the one that has calvin peeing on the sierra club.
I think I may just have to get me one. :D

Wait a bit, Bruce, and I'll make a better one of those as well. Then when you order some of the cost will go to the ORBA fund.

[Hackle]

I agree, while I and most of us know what they stand for. (total closure to everyone) the public has a different view (they are saving our land). We need to standout as great land stewards that use the land. To me this bumper sticker will be great within our group but send the wrong mesage to those out side.
Jim F.

[k7mto]

Thanks for your input, guys. This wasn't meant to become a political "we're better than them thread", just a way to generate ORBA funds while poking fun at our nemesis, just like the Calvin stickers do.

I can understand your point of view and would recommend you don't order one if you don't feel comfortable with it. For those who do, it will still be available and any funds they send my way will be donated as mentioned.

[Hackle]

Matt I am not beating up your idea nor the idea of raising money for ORBA. I just gave my MHO.
Jim F.

[FlexyXJ]

Matt, I will buy a few of them....BUT if someone from the Sierra Club WERE to Kiss my axle, they would most likely put some type of endangered item down there!! :D Then my poor little Axle would be off limits to motorized vehicles. So I guess at that point, I would have one heck of an expensive coffee table.... :D Put me down for 3.....:)


Joe

[k7mto]

I know, Jim. I didn't take it as such. And not to rain on my own parade, as it were, but I'd posted this on another board and someone responded with the following...

"I got mine from crowley off-road, I had it on for about a year or so and just recently took it off. I dont know where you live but for anyone in the So Cal area mainly in Los angeles, a guys very well built YJ was vandalized in the WestLake Mall shopping center parking lot with his own Hi-jack Handle. His windows were smashed and panels were all smashed and his hi-jack was on the floor when he got back to his rig. Now no-one is for sure why it happened but thats the only sticker he had on his rig and that area houses a lot of tree-huggers. As much as id like to get my point across to them to with a bumper sticker its just not worth it."

It never occurred to me that of he effects of displaying such a sticker would result in anything more than a few grumbles or choice words from members of the dark side. Then again, they don't know if the sticker had anything to do with it. People who would do something like this likely didn't need any incentive from a sticker. Still, I'd hate for anyone here to suffer similar circumstances.

I'll see if I can come up with any other sticker ideas that aren't so direct and can still generate donatable income :)

[FlexyXJ]

I could only hope someone would take a jack handle to my XJ.....Might just fix a few areas.....:) Ain't skeered of the greenies......Git me mah stickers!!!


Joe

[k7mto]

Joe - I don't have them. I just designed it on the website and you order what you want from them. They donate $1.00 per sticker (or 22%) per order to me and I'll forward it to Hunter or whomever.

[rockwerks]

Joe - I don't have them. I just designed it on the website and you order what you want from them. They donate $1.00 per sticker (or 22%) per order to me and I'll forward it to Hunter or whomever.

IMHO putting that on your vehicle will just give the opposition more leverage, do what ya want but I feel its a step backwards from what we are trying to acheve.

[jeep4offrd]

[QUOTE=k7mto]Wait a bit, Bruce, and I'll make a better one of those as well. Then when you order some of the cost will go to the ORBA fund.[/QUOTE

Sounds good. I'll hide mine under the dash, so I dont offend anyone. :rolleyes:
Yeh like that will happen. I'll take two.

[k7mto]

I'll take two.

Bruce - see above. You have to go to the site and order what you want. The link above takes you to the existing one. I'll post a link to the Calvin one once it's there.

[1BLKJP]

Geez boys, Matt's just tryin to have some fun. You don't have to put it on your rig. Hell put it on your tool box or on your trail rig. Sounds like a good idea to help raise some money.

[rockwerks]

Geez boys, Matt's just tryin to have some fun. You don't have to put it on your rig. Hell put it on your tool box or on your trail rig. Sounds like a good idea to help raise some money.

would be better to just send him the 5.00 directly then

[fatbob309]

Good grief… Its also offensive to the SC that you drive a jeep and have dirt on it… So to make the public happy please stop driving your Jeep… Yes that is sarcasm. I don’t find anti Jeep stickers on a Honda offensive. I don’t find stickers telling me Im an *** for driving an SUV/Truck/Jeep/ whatever its anti, offensive. People have an opinion about how everyone should live life. That’s what makes it so good to live in the US.

[k7mto]

would be better to just send him the 5.00 directly then

If anyone wants to send money directly, send it directly to Hunter, not me.

[Sedona Jeep School]

As much as I snickered gleefully at the Calvin pi$$ing on the (insert various organizations), displaying it does nothing to encourage the dialogue we need to have with all of the parties interested in public land.

Just to play devil's advocate, let's say you saw someone driving a Volvo with a bumper sticker that says "People who drive Jeeps are environmental retards", would you engage him in a pleasant exchange of ideas, or would you be inclined to take your hi-lift jack handle to his crotch?

Matt, your heart is in the right place. Have your fun, guys, but know the potential cost to our image. Unfortunately, I could not come up with any "sensitive" suggestions that were not totally lame:

"Sierra Club: keeping our public lands inaccessible" (lame)

"Tread Lightly: use a Sierra Club member for traction" (oops, was that out loud?)

"Sierra Club: Drive your gas-guzzling SUV for 1000 miles to a hiking trail so that you can claim to be eco-friendly." (too long)

"I love Sierra Club members. They're delicious." (hmmm)

"I drive a Jeep AND I am a member of the Sierra Club" (my husband--this ought to make for an interesting discussion at my house tonight!)

"AZVJC: recreate responsibly -- enjoy our public lands." (mush)

Anyways, happy trails!