Response for smart car 'naysayers'

[Big Panda]

I've kind of adapted this from my Jeep days and well, I think it works great for those who like to insult our intelligence and our cars. I suggest each time someone makes a derogatory comment about your smart, respond with the following:


"It's a smart thing, you wouldn't understand!"


In fact, it would make a great T-Shirt, don't ya think?

[Mud Pie]

Until Jeep sued.....

I have that Jeep logo on the tire cover on my Jeep.

Don't know how I'd feel about plagiarizing that famous logo.....

[NeWave]

Well, it is a smart thing, and there are plenty who don't understand...yet
A jeep friend of mine suggested that as well...

[sandalscout]

I think that would make a cool shirt. I am almost certain that Jeep does NOT own the copyright on the original phrase, so using it should be fine.

[John_H]

Looking at "You wouldn't understand" it seems they did trademark the phrase which makes it interesting that others managed to trademark similar phrases. Maybe something lapsed on the first one:




[oops, it looks like the links expire]

[Gargoyle]

Jeep did not trademark "You wouldn't understand", they trademarked "IT'S A JEEP THING...YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND." As long as you are talking about smarts and not jeeps, you are not violating Jeeps trademark.

[John_H]

I searched on the partial phrase to get any matches to that part of the phrase. Its obvious they didn't trademark "You wouldn't understand."

I thought the USPTO would disallow anything blatantly similar such as "Got Junk?" or "Got Heat?" instead of "Got Milk?"

[Big Panda]

I think if you were to put it on a T-Shirt, it would read something like this:



"It's a smart thing,
you wouldn't understand"
.....own one to know one!

[forestacademy]

It's only protected if you always protect it

[Big Panda]

btw, I work for a Jeep dealer and I have no knowledge of "Jeep" actually having a 'trademark' on that saying. Just saying.....