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and so it began.......

This is the story about getting my jeep.

I guess it all started when I was around 10 years old watching "Dukes of Hazzard". I wanted the white Jeep Daisy drove. I figured if I got a jeep like hers I could get a chick like her; Damn them shorts.

Even as I grew up and I put my dream of jeep ownership on the back-burner, I never let go of my childhood dream. I liked the idea of a new jeep, and I almost gave up after I saw the rectangular headlights on the YJ's. I am sure some people like them, but "not I" said the dog. All of a sudden the dream awoke once again,"Round headlights!!" (again reminding me of Daisy) I knew I had to have a TJ!

The plot thickens!!!

Nobody was making my jeep purchase easy, I hated dealerships! My most patient & loving wife joined me as I drove all over the metroplex in search of a decent jeep (and a decent deal). I saw the light when I reached Big Billy BLANK, they had a white Sahara with a giant sign that said "Hail damage deals!!!" I thought Hell yes! I asked the dealer and he said the MSRP on these new was 24K. I asked him how much this nice one with the cottage cheese hood was. He said we would have to run the numbers. I said "What if I am going to pay cash right now, how much is it?" He said he would have to see what we could come up with.. He said Mr.BLANK had to make his money. I told him not from my pocket he's not.


Then we hit the interent. I found a barely used sahara advertised with less than 5K miles on it for 18K. I freaked and sped to the dealership. The guy made me wait 20 minutes then told me it was a mistake, that the ad was for a used SE that was sold, the Sahara was 21K. I called bullshit on him and printed up the ad from my computer with the picture of the sahara with the license plate in full view listed for 18K. It was the same jeep! He said it was a mistake, I said the mistake better be fixed or it will be reported. I gave up.

My wife had hope, we went to a dealership very close by. We had avoided them becuase we thought they would turn away some young kids who stumbled into a yuppie part of plano. We were wrong. Huffines in Plano hooked us up. I drove it home before we were approved and I took it to sonic figuring it was not mine and who cares if it stinks of coney dogs. Turns out I kept that bad boy. I have yet to lose my smile.

What makes it mine?

I can't drive around in this sweet jeep looking like any other green jeep out there. I had to personalize it. I had to have a novelty gearshift knob. I had actually been shopping for one way before I picked out the right jeep. The night we were approved for the loan I found the one. A chrome skull gearshift knob with red crystal eyes. I am the envy of all American hot-rods(maybe not, but I like to think so).

Next I needed a dash-board oranament. I was thinking "hula girl", but I had one on the wifes wagon. The answer came to me.. "A bobbing head dog!"

I later added a "Buddy Christ", if you saw Dogma, you know what I am talking about.

What makes it stand out?

All that stuff was neat, but I needed something to put me over the top. I decided to get a novelty horn!
I found a five trumpet musical 118 decibal air horn that plays "La Cucaracha!"... I am Mexican after all.




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