citRon
07-09-2008, 07:18 PM
:jiggy:
Ok, back in the winter of '94, I strolled in to my favorite Jeep dealership. sat down with the salesman, ordered my 95 Wrangler SE with all the options and colors I wanted. A couple of months later and I took delivery of my beautiful Light Pearlstone Pearlcoat with Spice interior Wrangler. 4.0, 5 spd, A/C, tilt, leather wrapped steering wheel, add-a-trunk, alloy rims, full size spare, HD alt. and battery...basically every option except a hardtop.
Dated every girl except my very first girlfriend in that Jeep. Met my wife in that Jeep. Moved to Florida and back in that Jeep.
I added an O.M.E. lift, Currie greaseables, JKS quick disco's, 3.73's, Trac-Loc, Borla cat-back, and 31" BFG's, every top, cover, console and tonneau Bestop made for it, brushguards, lights, etc. Always babied and garaged. Had 30,000 miles on it.
Fast forward to 2001; married, new house, new baby. Momma's gonna go on leave from teaching and stay home to raise baby. No momma paycheck = not enough cash flow. Something's gotta go...you guessed it. Jeep went bye bye.
So...over the years other used Jeeps have come and gone to fill the need, 2 Cherokees, a 90 Sahara, but none of them really mattered.
A few weeks ago I'm in the mood to get rid of the Cherokee and get another 'real' Jeep (no offense XJ'ers)
I look at a few. TJ's mostly, (really don't like them) all the YJ's are 4 cyl's w/ 9 billion miles on it for $6500.
Then I start comparing in my mind to my old Jeep. Ahhh...my old Jeep.
I tracked down the guy I sold it to. It has a cracked manifold, 140k on the ticker, seats are in bad shape, power steering fluid all under the pump in the engine bay, mismatched tires, and has spent the majority of its parked time outside under a pine tree. I think I saw it cry.
It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen!!!
I tell him I'm in the market if he's ever wanting to sell it. He says he is about tired of it and was about to give it to his 19 year old daughter to drive. :shreekz:
I ask him how much he wants for it. He says 'I don't know, I'd have to see what they're going for". So I showed him KBB and NADA prices, he says "well, I think $5,000 would be fair".:ohyeah: I would have given him 8 grand just to get it back!!!
So, long story short, I go pick it up tomorrow. He's still got the cab cover, bikini's etc...he never used any of those. He did at least put a new top oon it a few years back.
Guess I know what I'll be doing the next few days!!!
I'm sure y'all see a lot of posts here real soon as I go through it changing fluids, sensors, manifold, blah blah blah....
Thanks for listening!
Ok, back in the winter of '94, I strolled in to my favorite Jeep dealership. sat down with the salesman, ordered my 95 Wrangler SE with all the options and colors I wanted. A couple of months later and I took delivery of my beautiful Light Pearlstone Pearlcoat with Spice interior Wrangler. 4.0, 5 spd, A/C, tilt, leather wrapped steering wheel, add-a-trunk, alloy rims, full size spare, HD alt. and battery...basically every option except a hardtop.
Dated every girl except my very first girlfriend in that Jeep. Met my wife in that Jeep. Moved to Florida and back in that Jeep.
I added an O.M.E. lift, Currie greaseables, JKS quick disco's, 3.73's, Trac-Loc, Borla cat-back, and 31" BFG's, every top, cover, console and tonneau Bestop made for it, brushguards, lights, etc. Always babied and garaged. Had 30,000 miles on it.
Fast forward to 2001; married, new house, new baby. Momma's gonna go on leave from teaching and stay home to raise baby. No momma paycheck = not enough cash flow. Something's gotta go...you guessed it. Jeep went bye bye.
So...over the years other used Jeeps have come and gone to fill the need, 2 Cherokees, a 90 Sahara, but none of them really mattered.
A few weeks ago I'm in the mood to get rid of the Cherokee and get another 'real' Jeep (no offense XJ'ers)
I look at a few. TJ's mostly, (really don't like them) all the YJ's are 4 cyl's w/ 9 billion miles on it for $6500.
Then I start comparing in my mind to my old Jeep. Ahhh...my old Jeep.
I tracked down the guy I sold it to. It has a cracked manifold, 140k on the ticker, seats are in bad shape, power steering fluid all under the pump in the engine bay, mismatched tires, and has spent the majority of its parked time outside under a pine tree. I think I saw it cry.
It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen!!!
I tell him I'm in the market if he's ever wanting to sell it. He says he is about tired of it and was about to give it to his 19 year old daughter to drive. :shreekz:
I ask him how much he wants for it. He says 'I don't know, I'd have to see what they're going for". So I showed him KBB and NADA prices, he says "well, I think $5,000 would be fair".:ohyeah: I would have given him 8 grand just to get it back!!!
So, long story short, I go pick it up tomorrow. He's still got the cab cover, bikini's etc...he never used any of those. He did at least put a new top oon it a few years back.
Guess I know what I'll be doing the next few days!!!
I'm sure y'all see a lot of posts here real soon as I go through it changing fluids, sensors, manifold, blah blah blah....
Thanks for listening!