Area52 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 First of all, thanks to all who are on here and keep this going. I love Comanches and thought I would share my story of my first one. The year was 1989 and I was a young sailor in the Navy moving from one duty station down south to another up north. My ride of choice in those days was a very very rusty 1976 Firebird. I drove this thing several hundred miles to where my family lived in WV and Ohio. The exhaust fell apart and attracted the attention of the local P.D. while I was driving and got a fix it ticket. Instead of fixing it and throwing more money into a losing cause, my dad offered to help me find a new vehicle before I had to leave to report to my new duty station in a few days. He wanted me to get something more "sensible", me - not so much, but not having too much money and my dad said he would co-sign a loan with me, we went to the local Buick dealer. Not seeing anything that peaked my interest, I looked across the street at the Jeep/Eagle dealer and there sat two mid sized pickups that I had never seen before. One a dark blue Pioneer short bed 2wd and the other a red short bed 4wd Eliminator. Of course the red one called out to me so over we went to the Jeep lot to test drive it. Alas, after running the numbers even with my dad co-signing the loan, I couldn't afford the Eliminator, but I did buy the blue one and my love affair with MJ's has never stopped. I had that truck for 4 years before selling it ( to concentrate on my 1969 Camaro). I regret selling it to this day. Outside of an initial transmission problem, it never failed me once. Since then, I have owed three more ( two going to my sons) and am looking to get another one soon. thanks for reading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87MJTIM Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Hi, my name is Tim. Welcome to MJ Anonymous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 the addiction is real still hilarious to me that there was a time that the MJ was "midsized". oh how times have changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasbulliwagen Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Love it, Welcome to the club, from North Carolina! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buxmj Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Welcome and good luck finding your next mj! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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