My old truck was fully depreciated and when you run a small business, that's pretty important. I generally keep the old one and trade in the second oldest one but that one is not road legal right now so it's staying put.
My old one is pretty basic, F-150 standard cab 2WD, 6.5 foot bed.
My new one is a huge upgrade, F-150 king cab 4WD, 6.5 foot bed. A lot of bells and whistles I haven't figured out yet. The one I'm most curious about I can't use. A trailer back up knob that replaces the steering wheel somehow when backing up with a trailer. Tried to use it last week but got all sorts of alarms. Apparently, I have to program the trailer into the trucks computer for it to work. I never had trouble backing up a trailer but this has me intrigued.
Out with the old, in with the new. My last three have been fire engine red so this is a big color change. Same color as our car. Color has never been very important to me, I go with whatever is available.
I liked working on my older cars in the day you could open the bonnet have a xmas party in the engine bay and fix issues.
Nowadays I just check the main things, oil/water/battery/washer fluid, I leave the rest to the computer savy mechanics such is the complicated nature of our vehicles so much stuff in their engine bays one can hardly find where it starts and the electronics finish.
I bought my wife a "Hazard Yellow" VE Commodore so she could be seen as to me dark cars are very hard to pick up on rainy days with spray & no h/lights etc, my Colorado 4x4 is white.
Saw this pic the other day. Title says it all. Fresh cut by the look of them.
“There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons operating behind the scenes.”
Yes, it's an exciting time getting a new truck, especially these days when a new truck costs twice what we paid for our first houses! My semi-retirement extended contract ends at the end of the year so I bought a new at least to me. truck last May. I grabbed a lightly used 2022 Ram Power Wagon loaded to the nuts with all the expensive options you'd want for serious off-roading. We're picking up our new off-grid travel trailer early in the New Year and taking off to the boonies. No KOA RV parks for us, we want to sit around a campfire listening to the lonesome Loon and watching meteors streak across the Milky Way.
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