The media is full of doom and gloom these days seemingly more than ever before, but that doesn’t mean there’s a shortage of inspiring stories. They do exist, but they’re usually buried under the torrents of bad news.
A good example is the story involving a man from Fort Myers, Florida, who had lost his only way to get to work in December after police confiscated his car, deeming it unsafe to drive.
No wonder police spotted him, as he was driving his 1999 Honda Civic without a windshield and front bumper, and with deployed airbags. The 250,000-mile car was immediately impounded and sent to a junkyard, leaving Jeremy Smith with no means of transportation and no way to get to work.
Local Dealer Jumps To The Rescue
Thankfully, a Cape Coral car dealership learned about Smith’s sad story and came to his rescue, offering to sell him a 2014 Jeep Cherokee for just one dollar. It all happened after Joshua Clinton, managing partner at Cape Coral ChryslerDodgeJeepRam, saw the story on TikTok and decided to help.
“We’ve all been through some kind of struggle. I said, I think there’s something we can do to help him,” Clinton told Gulf Coast News.
Last Thursday, Jeremy Smith was presented with his 2014 Jeep Cherokee, for which he only had to pay $1. The man, who admitted it was wrong of him to drive a car in such a derelict state but he had no choice, was overwhelmed by the gesture and shared a message of hope for other people who may be in a similar situation. “Try not to, you know, be down in dumps or stay down because some day it will get better. And you never know what can happen,” Smith said.
The Used Car Deal Of A Lifetime
As it turns out, Jeremy is a mechanic, so the dealership’s boss expressed hope that we would be able to keep the Jeep running for as long as possible and maybe even come to work for him if he wants to.
Now, all of this sounds great, but some may argue that since he is a mechanic, Smith could have done a better job of keeping his old Honda in reasonable condition and not put himself and his son in a position of being left without transportation. Will he take better care of the Jeep Cherokee that cost him just one dollar? Hopefully he will take advantage of this rare opportunity.
As the dealership’s boss put it, cars have never been less affordable than they are right now. That’s a sad reality for people who need affordable used cars, so getting a perfectly usable car for $1 is not something that happens every day. Used 2014 Jeep Cherokee SUVs are listed for at least $3,900 on Cars.com, which makes this the deal of a lifetime for our mechanic, who said that never in his life he has owned something this nice.
