Somehow this became a build beyond me just fixing it up and making it nice and fun to drive for 3 of the OH seasons. No, I cant just leave it alone now. But it has memorys and I want to keep that going.
I consider this my first car, even though I have only owned it since Spring this year. This was originally my Aunt’s Jeep from Seattle. I moved there from St. Louis when I was 11 and she took us out in it a lot. First expereince snow boarding out to the mountains was in this, learned to drive in this, made many memories with it going around the beautiful lakes and mountains of the PNW. I did not own it, but my Aunt let me take it out a lot and had to depend on it alot since I was learning to “fix” my daily throughout my teenage years with no guidance. My mom bought it off of her 6 years ago before she moved from WA to AL and at the time I was going to school in OH. So I flew back for summer vacation and helped pack and I drove across country with this Jeep. That was a hell of a trip since I took it from Seattle and took it past my Mom’s new house to Miami to visit a friend. Got caught in Typhoon like weather with the top in Panama City. So like I said, many adventures and memories with out ever owning it.
Fast foward to the last year, my Mom has now moved in with me, with the Jeep. It is tired at this point. Interior was rough, as well as the body. Lots of other issues, HVAC did not work, brakes going out, poor shift quality, miscllanious electrical issues, bald tires, you get the idea. My Mom did not want to try and fix it so she gave me the opportunity to take over and finally own it. Took me some time to get to it, but this year after selling my 16 Mustang got rid of a monthly payment and netted me a few thousand dollars after loan payoff. So the TJ is now mine and I want to keep the adventure going. But will take some work.
I consider this my first car, even though I have only owned it since Spring this year. This was originally my Aunt’s Jeep from Seattle. I moved there from St. Louis when I was 11 and she took us out in it a lot. First expereince snow boarding out to the mountains was in this, learned to drive in this, made many memories with it going around the beautiful lakes and mountains of the PNW. I did not own it, but my Aunt let me take it out a lot and had to depend on it alot since I was learning to “fix” my daily throughout my teenage years with no guidance. My mom bought it off of her 6 years ago before she moved from WA to AL and at the time I was going to school in OH. So I flew back for summer vacation and helped pack and I drove across country with this Jeep. That was a hell of a trip since I took it from Seattle and took it past my Mom’s new house to Miami to visit a friend. Got caught in Typhoon like weather with the top in Panama City. So like I said, many adventures and memories with out ever owning it.
Fast foward to the last year, my Mom has now moved in with me, with the Jeep. It is tired at this point. Interior was rough, as well as the body. Lots of other issues, HVAC did not work, brakes going out, poor shift quality, miscllanious electrical issues, bald tires, you get the idea. My Mom did not want to try and fix it so she gave me the opportunity to take over and finally own it. Took me some time to get to it, but this year after selling my 16 Mustang got rid of a monthly payment and netted me a few thousand dollars after loan payoff. So the TJ is now mine and I want to keep the adventure going. But will take some work.