Jeremy Smith was already having a rough day when the police pulled him over. The man’s 1999 Honda Civic had no windshield, no front bumper, and the airbags were deployed. Police impounded the 250,000-mile car immediately, leaving the mechanic with no way to get to work. But that rough day turned into something beautiful.
Some might be tempted to make a “Florida man” joke about Smith driving the recently totaled Civic. But not Joshua Clinton, managing partner at Cape Coral Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram. His response: “We’ve all been through some kind of struggle. I said, I think there’s something we can do to help him.”
He contacted Smith and offered to sell him a 2014 Jeep Cherokee. You may ask, how can a driver struggling to pay for a replacement windshield buy a Cherokee? Clinton offered him the car for just $1.
Smith accepts his new Jeep, and shares a lesson
Clinton hopes the mechanic will be able to keep the Cherokee on the road for a long time. He says maybe Smith will come work for Cape Coral Chrysler someday.
Smith was overwhelmed by the generosity and shared a lesson with everyone. “Try not to, you know, be down in dumps or stay down because someday it will get better. And you never know what can happen.”
You can see Clinton present Smith with his SUV in the video below:
