originally, due to the logic of "this is what we have and lets try to make it work"...

with the wreck and the quest for another vehicle, we decided to look for something a little more up our alley.

kind of like when I wrecked the contour, I bought a coug body for my drive train. had my engine been destroyed in the wreck I'd have become a troll and probably changed platforms completely, maybe even brands...

at this point we're pretty sold on the heep, not only because of the solic front and rear axels and AWD, but also because of the vast aftermarket support and the abundance of 5X4.5 rims in junkyards...