# I just bought a new car. ! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2000, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-new-car/36932 "2000-10-14T22:35:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-new-car/36932/1 "2000-10-14T22:35:42Z")
Didn’t even mean to do it, even though I had been thinking about it for almost a year. I got a Dodge Intrepid R/T, metallic silver with a black leather interior, PS, PW, 4WABS, Sunroof, 4-disk CD player, 9 speaker Infinity ™ surround sound, 8-way Power Seats. 3.5L “Magnum” V-6 w/ auto-stick. It purrrrrrssssss! I drove around for 2 hours after taking delivery. The dealer had a buyer lined up for my Jeep; a guy looking for reliable transportation for his 19 year old daughter heading off to college. They came in and looked over my Jeep while I was waiting on credit approval, and she fell in love with the Jeep the moment she laid eyes on it. Here dad was a bit hesitant over the high mileage, but the fact that I had every receipt for _every_ service and bit of work I’d had done on her sold him. So I got almost full Blue Book on my truck as a trade in, 7.9% financing, and a new car. Plus, I have a dinner date tonight with Kelly, the 19 year old cutie who got my Jeep, with her dad’s complete approval. My head’s still spinning. _ **ExTank** “Mostly Harmless :wally”_ ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-new-car/36932/2 "2000-10-14T22:36:34Z")
Life is good for ExTank. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![ShakeNBake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@ShakeNBake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShakeNBake)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-new-car/36932/3 "2000-10-14T22:47:10Z")
Can I buy your ex-tank from you? I have a tendency to lose my fenders too often in parking lots. I’d love to win a bout with an SUV for once! ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-new-car/36932/4 "2000-10-14T22:48:21Z")
What model Jeep was it? ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-new-car/36932/5 "2000-10-14T23:01:01Z")
It was a '93 Jeep grand Cherokee Laredo, 2WD. I bought it used in Lafayette, LA, Oct 18, 1996. The previous owners used it for weekend runabout, and traded it in when they had a kid and needed to reduce expenditures. I put 63,000 miles on it in 4 years of driving around the country with my job. It’s been to the top of Pikes Peak twice, and other than the thermostat giving out last winter, hasn’t given me a lick o’ trouble. I like my new car 🆒 alot! But, in a way, I also miss my Jeep ☹ . She was (IS, DAMMIT!) as damned fine truck. _ **ExTank** “Mostly Harmless :wally”_ ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-new-car/36932/6 "2000-10-14T23:07:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ExTank \* > \*\*It was a '93 Jeep grand Cherokee Laredo, 2WD. > \*\* ::sniffle:: Jeep just kinda went downhill under MoPar…my '84 (AMC) Grand Wagoneer (fullsize) owner’s manual says > [@](#): > > All Jeep vehicles are four wheel drive.