The Jeep that Wasn't Cheap

[Clio the Leo]

The Title Tells All: .... Jeep Wasn’t Cheap

By Anne Marie Chaker

Clocking in at 133,000 miles with a few dings to prove it, Liz Murphy’s 2000 Jeep Cherokee is valued at about $3,500, according to Kelley Blue Book.

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Murphy purchased the black Jeep for $15,000 in September 2004 from a used-car dealer .... When she delivered the check, the seller gave her the paperwork and pointed to the name on the title, asking if she recognized it.

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She says the (original owner) left some reminders in the car: The lingering smell of cigarette smoke, a wear mark on the steering wheel, and a small tear in the leather of the driver’s seat.

After taking into account the auctioner’s commission (which will go to charity, says auction-house president Rob Lifson), Murphy –nets $20,250. She is now looking for a new car.



http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/05/11/the-title-tells-all-obamas-jeep-wasnt-cheap/

You have 44 guesses who the original owner of the car was. ;)

[AngryAmish]

1. Billy Ray Cyrus?

[Clio the Leo]

2. BINGO! NT

[PM Martin]

3. Obama!