Jeep of His Dreams
For a very long time, David has been dreaming about buying a Jeep Wrangler. Just a fun third car to drive to the pool or beach, out for ice cream. Have his girls' hair blowing in the wind and enjoying a summer day out.
For reasons only he understands, this dream took on some movement while we've been in Paris. He's been scouring ads for months, understanding pricing, milage, wear-and-tear, etc. and all there is to expect from a used Jeep.
Yup, it's our first weekend in the States and he found one that fit in his criteria. It's a 2008 in olive green and it was love at first sight. For a used car, it's looking pretty good. Soft top. Manual transmission and all. My argument was, this is as good as it's going to get, it's in the budget he set aside and it's ready to go. I'm not spending all my Saturdays in the States going from one dealership to another looking at subtly differences in used cars. After long deliberations, it's ours!
And it's so fun!
We named it the Hulk and have been zipping around town with the top down. The girls love being dropped off in it.
Jeep hair, don't care!
For me to drive it, I have to push the seat up close to the wheel ... my legs are short. And I also learned boarding the car is difficult in a pencil skirt. And the car gets a lot of attention on the road.
And the "Jeep wave" is certainly fun.
It was a splurge, but we're so glad we did it. And the Jeep will be waiting when we get back from Paris.
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Other Car posts, (oddly, I have written about other cars)
For reasons only he understands, this dream took on some movement while we've been in Paris. He's been scouring ads for months, understanding pricing, milage, wear-and-tear, etc. and all there is to expect from a used Jeep.
Yup, it's our first weekend in the States and he found one that fit in his criteria. It's a 2008 in olive green and it was love at first sight. For a used car, it's looking pretty good. Soft top. Manual transmission and all. My argument was, this is as good as it's going to get, it's in the budget he set aside and it's ready to go. I'm not spending all my Saturdays in the States going from one dealership to another looking at subtly differences in used cars. After long deliberations, it's ours!
And it's so fun!
We named it the Hulk and have been zipping around town with the top down. The girls love being dropped off in it.
Jeep hair, don't care!
For me to drive it, I have to push the seat up close to the wheel ... my legs are short. And I also learned boarding the car is difficult in a pencil skirt. And the car gets a lot of attention on the road.
And the "Jeep wave" is certainly fun.
It was a splurge, but we're so glad we did it. And the Jeep will be waiting when we get back from Paris.
Related posts:
Other Car posts, (oddly, I have written about other cars)
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