So I'm cruising my local Craigslist looking for some used tires and come across an add for a Cherokee -- 96, 2wheel drive, 136,000 miles -- pictures look OK -- Notice it's local to me -- I decide to send a text asking if I can come see it
This is wednesday night, raining, temps dropping -- just nasty out -- He tells me he has someone scheduled to come get it Thursday morning from the local junkyard -- Says if you want to see it you have to come tonight (wednesday)
Turns out that it's a soldier who's being deployed on Friday -- has to sell -- He won't be back for a year -- nobody in his household wants it
He's a really decent kid, 25 years old -- His 1st deployment -- we sat in his jeep and talked for awhile
Anyway, I bought it -- He needed the money, I didn't need the jeep but no way I was going to let this go to the junkyard -- they would have resold it for way too much anyway
So I just wanted a little backstory posted here -- I'm going to list it in the classifieds here -- see if someone wants it for a reasonable price -- It runs great, drives great, minimal rust from what I can see in this arctic weather -- would make someone a decent jeep as is -- easily make it 4 wheel drive
Enough talk, here are some pictures
This is wednesday night, raining, temps dropping -- just nasty out -- He tells me he has someone scheduled to come get it Thursday morning from the local junkyard -- Says if you want to see it you have to come tonight (wednesday)
Turns out that it's a soldier who's being deployed on Friday -- has to sell -- He won't be back for a year -- nobody in his household wants it
He's a really decent kid, 25 years old -- His 1st deployment -- we sat in his jeep and talked for awhile
Anyway, I bought it -- He needed the money, I didn't need the jeep but no way I was going to let this go to the junkyard -- they would have resold it for way too much anyway
So I just wanted a little backstory posted here -- I'm going to list it in the classifieds here -- see if someone wants it for a reasonable price -- It runs great, drives great, minimal rust from what I can see in this arctic weather -- would make someone a decent jeep as is -- easily make it 4 wheel drive
Enough talk, here are some pictures
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