Adventures Await

We sold our Jeep Patriot this past June and as the year progressed we decided that our most reliable car shouldn't be a vehicle with over 300,000 miles, especially with kids. So this past October we decided that the time had come to say goodbye to my Jeep and find its replacement. We decided to find another Jeep Cherokee not because we are stuck in a rut but because Jeep's 4.0l engine has a reputation of being a long lasting engine. However, the last engine was built 10 years ago and the last Cherokee was built 15 years ago. This created a problem since they are surprisingly going up in price especially those with low miles.

A couple of months ago we mentioned to Ben our plan on selling the Jeep since we had purchased its replacement and he wasn't excited about the idea. Actually, he has brought it up on several occasions that he would prefer to not sell the Jeep. This alone, makes it even harder to sell the Jeep for myself. It's my first car and despite my love/hate relationship, I can't argue how reliable and dependable the car has been. I have abused the car more than it was intended to take and yet it keeps going. The interesting thought is that as I write this down, I'm only talking myself out of selling it. Plus, the reality is that my amazing wife will never push me to sell it.

This year we have acquired more snow than I have ever seen and I'm having a great time. We debated a Honda over a Jeep because of fuel economy but with this weather, I believe we made the right decision. A Honda would be nice at the gas pump and reliable, but a Jeep exclaims that it's dependable and that the adventures await. It will get me wherever I need to be and if I get stuck, then I shouldn't have been there in the first place, as my father in law would say.