My Used Jeep Memories
My elementary years were spent in a rustic barrio in the highlands of a mountainous province in the Philippines. It wasn’t that far away but due to road conditions back then, a trip to the nearest city would take about 6 hours and my hometown was 8 hours away.
My grandfather was a former city boy who later in his life opted and has grown to love rural living. About once a month he would take us back to our city hometown to visit our relatives. Back in the city during those days, I would envy those who were in cars with rolled up windows and air conditioning. I would often dream of one day traveling and arriving in my hometown in a brand new automobile enclosed and protected from dust and heat.
You can imagine how amazed I am when people would approach my grandfather and rave how awesome our ride is. They would say they can’t believe how easy and quick it is for us to get to the city from where we came from. I could even remember then telling my grandpa that they would trade their brand new cars for my grandfather’s old and reliable jeep. Are these people serious? What they have are brand new automobiles and we have a second hand contraption.
That old jeep was bought second hand by my grandfather. He had it repainted a deep brown first and foremost to give it a new look. The jeep didn’t have comfortable front seats originally so grandpa found this front seats from an old car and had it reupholstered.
The trips we took with the jeep were absolutely long ones. Grandpa always had gasoline rations back then from his company. Some were gifts from some uncles i have. He always had that kind of effect on people. People would always love to please my grandfather. The original tank was too small for our trips and all his rations so he found this huge tank from an old truck and had it installed under the front seats of the jeep. It took up all of the front row area.
Grandpa had leather roofings installed on the jeep. He had a little electric fan connected to the ride, and installed his portable miniature television set to it. Despite me wanting a new car so much back then, I have to admit we did have an awesome ride.
That jeep has been with us since I was in the third grade. I remember grandpa taking me to the airport in the rig when I was leaving to attend college in the capital region. By then it has been with us for a decade already. When I came home after graduation, my grandfather was already too old to make the trip. The jeep was still with him though.
It might have been a used jeep when we got it, but it gave our family service that eclipsed all other vehicles that we ever had. It has exceeded all expectations when it came to performance, and the memories we shared with that old timer is far more cherished than any other car we had.
Truly, used cars if loved and cared for can prove to be of greater value than new ones. Ours was by far the most precious ride of all.
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