A few years ago I was in the market for a new car. My car was starting to

full apart. Problems were rampant and the prices just kept getting higher and

higher and it was obvious that I was just dumping truckloads of prices just

dumping truckloads of money in a bottomless pit by this point.

I was 19 and had already put over 10,000 dollars into fixing the 1993 Corolla and with the odometer reading

approximately 300,000 miles, it is long past this lifespan.

The original plan was to get a new car.

I was in a comfortable position financially.

Had a decent paying job as a sales rep and made much more than the average bloke around

my age and wanted a reliable SUV. My friends and I always went out to the

desert, national parks in California where I resided and was sick of getting teased to having the worst car of the bunch.

I was about to go to the dealership and buy a new 2016 Highlander

since I was very loyal to Toyota, but decided I would thumb through the classifieds to see if there

are any gems that were a few years old and listed for a great price.

It was mostly junkers.

People looking for cars, a couple false advertisements from companies

trying to offer overpriced and unfair leases on new cars. But then I stumbled across an

advertisement that caught my eye. It read,

2001 Jeep Wrangler, 1,100 miles, perfect condition, 500 OBO.

I've never been a fan of cheaps.

They seem to burn through fuel way too fast and of problems that Toyota would never have.

However, it was only $500 and 1,100 miles and a 15-year-old car is wild.

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