| Everyone that you come across seems to have that | | | | salesman told me that I would be able to afford the |
| one story of how they made a mistake in the | | | | Jeep with no money down and that the new Jeep |
| purchase of at least one car that they've owned. | | | | would be better than the old one because it was |
| Similarly, I also have a sad tale of car woes that | | | | newer and had a great sound system as well as the |
| resulted from a hasty decision a few years ago. | | | | full towing package, etc. While it didn't have the |
| I tend to harp on certain things, and one thing that I | | | | sunroof that my last Jeep had, everything else |
| cannot seem to forget (because I am still paying for | | | | seemed fine. I jumped on the opportunity. I believed |
| it-literally) is a purchase that I made a few years ago | | | | that this salesman, who was a father and had a |
| involving a brand new Jeep. I had just graduated | | | | family, was actually looking out for my best interests. |
| from the police academy when the lease on my Jeep | | | | So, foolishly (and much to the chagrin of my mother |
| was up. I only had a few weeks to decide what I | | | | and brother who had tried to counsel me via phone), |
| was going to do. Was I going to keep the Jeep | | | | I purchased the Jeep. No sooner had I driven off of |
| (which had been purchased brand new) or was I | | | | the parking lot of the dealership, I noticed that the air |
| going to trade it in and get something different? | | | | conditioning wasn't working properly. Little did I know |
| Previously, my father had bought the leased Jeep for | | | | that that summer would be the beginning of what |
| me as a graduation gift from college, and he had | | | | would later translate into a lot of trips up to that |
| warned me that once the lease was up, I was going | | | | Jeep dealership for maintenance issues and repairs. |
| to have to make the decision to either take over the | | | | With the last Jeep that I had owned, I never had a |
| payments or trade it back in and purchase a car on | | | | problem- not even so much as a flat tire. However, |
| my own. It was time to grow up I guess. However, | | | | with the next Jeep that I owned, you name it- and I |
| looking back to how I thought back then, this wasn't | | | | had a problem with it. Thankfully, most of the issues |
| necessarily how I viewed it. | | | | were covered under the warranty. But when the |
| Instead, I felt rushed, and living hundreds of miles | | | | price of gasoline skyrocketed that summer that I |
| away from my family didn't help either. I brought one | | | | bought it and later on when I saw that the warranty |
| lackluster friend (whom I no longer speak to) with | | | | was almost up and that I could no longer afford to |
| me to a few dealerships in the area, and after what | | | | drive the Jeep around, I sought the help of my |
| I thought was a long deliberation, I hastily decided to | | | | father (once again) to get rid of the Jeep. Many |
| settle on ANOTHER Jeep that I had fallen in love | | | | headaches later, I hope that I have now learned my |
| with. All I cared about at that point was that the | | | | lesson with vehicles! |