beretzs
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Yeah, I am with all you, you gotta understand me, we have an economical car, a VW Passat, really great little car, we bought to replace the Suburban, well, I have had the Suburban for sale, for three months, even priced very low. Low in all senses, just trying to sell it. We bought the car in hopes of selling the Suburban quickly, but right now, I cannot handle having three cars, hell, I live in base housing and actually have four vehicles if you count the Jeep. Everything would have gone very well, if the Suburban would have sold, but it isn't. Can't hardly give it away. I will not go without a truck and LOVE my truck. I really have not had problems with it, the headgaskets and really, that is about it. Pretty good track record. But the short side of this is the wife has put of with my spending on the truck to make it the perfect Jeep tow rig, and DD for three years. It has done well, up until this point, BUT, with three cars in the driveway, and one in the garage, I have to rotate them through spots so I don't get harrassed by the damn base housing types. PITA. Trust me guys, you don't have to convince and tell me the benefits of keeping the truck, I know them, and if you drove the truck, you would see why I like it so much. I don't need the beating, trust me, I just took enough of a beating with my truck, 2500, Mike as you know, that is about a months pay for me, even with haz duty, para pay and some others. I look at new ones and they are nice, but my truck really makes it happen, pulls like a train, gets decent mileage, BUT, say the tranny goes out next week, I am out of my truck for another, god knows how long until I can put enough away to fix it. Prolly would be awhile until I could. A new rig with a warranty, and the correct coverage will at least get me a rental while the truck is in the shop. So again, I know the deal, I have been making the truck work for enough time now, to know what I have. It hurt to have the truck out of commission for that long, other vehicle was basically parked, so me and the wife had to manage with one car for about two months, not the ideal situation, I don't have a 9-5 job, I leave early sometimes and come home later some nights, the wife goes to school at night. Getting a beater is not in the cards, might work for others, but I have had such bad luck with someones elses crap I could throw up. I drive too much to deal with fixing something I hate. Anyhow, I have explained enough, you guys know the deal, gotta be a happy medium. Man, being shot at in Iraq, was a whole heck of alot easier than dealing with this problem. Scotty
Usually taking the wife to the dealership and showing her how much the "replacement" vehicle will cost, the old truck starts looking pretty good. I'm pretty lucky because my wife understands we couldn't afford a newer truck. My next or additional truck will be an F-350, crewcab, 4X4, longbox, manual in at least XLT trim. It will be a diesel and probably a PSD. I do have standards! Last I heard they weren't giving them away. For now I'm content to drive The Hulk and mod it when I can. 
