I'll say that when I lived in So Cal I still saw a decent number of Wranglers on the road. Most of them were unmodified but every once in a while you see a heep, lol.
You may be right about the salsa of all this hate. If somebody doesn't wave at OP, and he gets a pico de gallo -ver by the side of the road, he should get jalapenos business about it. You've guac to stand up for yourself! Anyway, avocado go now...