Meet Dixie, my 2006 Jeep Wrangler! This car has a story, and started with my desire to find something fun to do with Annie before she leaves for her 4 year University next year. She's not very thrilled with kayaking and she's not very thrilled with biking and she's not very thrilled with hiking and she's not very thrilled with tubing. Yes, we love to go out to eat together, but what else was there?
DIXIE!
Her name is a reference The Dukes of Hazzard: Daisy Duke drives a Jeep. Brian and I are in the middle of watching the series right now, and I love how Daisy Duke often saves the day!
A lot of people buy a motorcycle for the same feeling of freedom, but after seeing my father ditch his motorcycle after he had balance issues, I knew I needed to find a better joyride car for my later years.
I started looking on craigslist and facebook marketplace on February and, by March, I finally found this beauty! The people just had a new baby, and they honestly didn't know what they had. I got this Wrangler for only $8000 with only 90k miles!
One of my favorite stories is when I was at a light near Spartanburg highway and a young high school-aged couple pulled up next to me. The guy rolled down his window and said, "You are literally so awesome! JUST SO AWESOME!"
I also learned that, with the top down, rain doesn't really matter ... until you slow down and stop. ... and that it's important to always keep a jacket in the car in case the temperature drops.
It took me a while to get used to it, as it truly drives like a truck. But it is amazing and according to Annie "very fun to drive"!
And now whenever we can, Annie & I are driving together. Life is good!
Annie took this picture of me driving Dixie on the Blue Ridge Parkway. See the joy!?!
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