Bought mine fresh out of college, 1st time I could actually afford to buy anything. I knew I wanted 4 wheel drive and not really big into trucks, I like something I can sleep in if I have to.
I saw an add at a lot for something I don't even remember what it was but it was supposedly 4WD. When I went to look it was a 2WD and I said no-way. The sales dude said he had a 4WD PF still in the service shop being cleaned up, traded in the day earlier. I took it for a test drive and bought it.
That was in 1999 with 80,000 miles and have had it ever since with no plans of getting rid of her. She left me stranded only once, when the tranny died suddenly with no signs at all of impending doom.