ghunt
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As some of you know I was forced to sell off my truck almost 2 years ago due to a commute to a new job I just couldn't afford to use it for.
In the time since, my now-wife and I bought a house and got married last June, so I'm now 11 miles from work instead of 40, and my '97 Camry beater (that I bought with some of the money from selling the truck) that was supposed to last me through at least one more winter blew up. My father in law has a 2002 Grand Prix that doesn't really get driven anymore that he's willing to let me use for as long as I need it (hopefully, just through the winter).
I've been sorely missing having a truck since I sold mine, and this just pushes me more in that direction anyway.
Here's my dilemma, though. After I sold my truck, I told myself there was no sense in trying to get another diesel because I didn't need it, and diesel is just so damn expensive here (while regular gas is now down to $3.21, diesel has not dipped below $3.80 that I have seen).
But I loved my truck, and I loved clattering around in that old diesel and listening to the turbo sing. Now I'm not sure what I wanna do.
I don't NEED a diesel. At all. I don't tow anything and I can't see myself hauling much. I just think diesels are cool and I like the noises they make. And I will be relegated to something older, likely with high miles, if I do go the diesel route. But I'd rather have a high mileage HD diesel than a high mileage gasser half ton (and there are a LOT of used trucks out there for sale with a crap ton of miles).
I've seen a '93 IDI Turbo and a '95 PSD, both on the local craigslist, for $4000, so I know there's stuff out there. Hell if I had $4000 right now I would probably go look at the '93. But I have to wonder if these both have a million miles on them too.
Sorry, I'm rambling!
In the time since, my now-wife and I bought a house and got married last June, so I'm now 11 miles from work instead of 40, and my '97 Camry beater (that I bought with some of the money from selling the truck) that was supposed to last me through at least one more winter blew up. My father in law has a 2002 Grand Prix that doesn't really get driven anymore that he's willing to let me use for as long as I need it (hopefully, just through the winter).
I've been sorely missing having a truck since I sold mine, and this just pushes me more in that direction anyway.
Here's my dilemma, though. After I sold my truck, I told myself there was no sense in trying to get another diesel because I didn't need it, and diesel is just so damn expensive here (while regular gas is now down to $3.21, diesel has not dipped below $3.80 that I have seen).
But I loved my truck, and I loved clattering around in that old diesel and listening to the turbo sing. Now I'm not sure what I wanna do.
I don't NEED a diesel. At all. I don't tow anything and I can't see myself hauling much. I just think diesels are cool and I like the noises they make. And I will be relegated to something older, likely with high miles, if I do go the diesel route. But I'd rather have a high mileage HD diesel than a high mileage gasser half ton (and there are a LOT of used trucks out there for sale with a crap ton of miles).
I've seen a '93 IDI Turbo and a '95 PSD, both on the local craigslist, for $4000, so I know there's stuff out there. Hell if I had $4000 right now I would probably go look at the '93. But I have to wonder if these both have a million miles on them too.
Sorry, I'm rambling!