That's cool. Yeah, you never did see many soft-top Sporty's, and finding the last year 2002's seems really rare.

This one isn't bang-up up or turdy. Top is nice, and windows are fairly clear. Front glass was just replaced, as a red-tailed hawk decided the original glass was just too scratched and had to go. About 2 months ago, while vac'ing out the carpets, I found it had a factory CD changer under the seat. And here I thought the CD in the dash was enough.

It's a great lil trucklet, and with the 225 studded snows, it's a tank in the white stuff. But like I said, it's just not me.

So by the sounds of it, $4K isn't at all unreasonable. In fact, it might be a great deal for someone. Hopefully, it will go to someone who really wants it for what it is (last year of the "true" Kia 4x4s), but it could be a moron 16 y.o. if they got the cash.

I'll kinda miss stopping over here and gleaning info. Hopefully, I helped stir the pot and opened possibilities while I was here. The first one to swap in an Kick auto/t-case and run an OTT adapter to a Toy t-case will reap the benefit of the nugget of tech.

And please forgive my trespasses, as this will be my first foray into the dark seedy underbelly of the Jeep world.