My father purchased a new CJ-5 Renegade back in 1980 to get him to the hunting grounds. His friends, their kids and I would make regular trips to the Pine Barrens in NJ to shoot target and traps and before I was a teen I could properly handle a firearm and drive a stick through the mud Although I did enjoy the target practice, the first time my dad let me drive around solo was something a kid will never forget. I eventually bought the Jeep from him in 1990 and regrettably sold it in '96. After 2 Datsun Z's, getting married (a family isn't content in a 240Z or a CJ on a daily basis; the CJ will sleep three but not in comfort...my wife will attest) and a lot of research, I'm back to a daily 4x4 driver that spends alot of time off-road with no regrets!!