[Swordmaker]

Let’s tell the truth. The guy’s a miser. I pity his poor wife. I would hate to see the condition of his underwear.

[Dr. Sivana]

I would hate to see the condition of his underwear.

And he's still getting by on his creaky old PDP-1!

[SamAdams76]

Yes, I'd like to know a little more about this story as it just doesn't have the ring of truth. Like that story a few weeks ago about that NYC high school kid who earned millions in the stock market (turned out to be false).

Now there's probably some truth to this one but I don't think we are getting the complete story. Maybe he used this car just to get to work and back and has another vehicle for everything else. Maybe his job is a half mile down the road. We just don't know.

Nice story but lacking in a lot of facts.

[proxy_user]

My brother his 57, and still has some T-shirts he had in high school.

[plain talk]

true ... but I admire him. A dose of miserliness can certainly help one save for retirement

[Secret Agent Man]

several layers of duct tape holding threads together. good as new. /s

[happyhomemaker]

I consider a decent car something of a necessity. Even when I was a single gal of 20 I purchased a car that was nice and would never leave me on the side of the road.

[Delta Dawn]

They are probably held together by duct tape and bondo as well...

[Popman]

-——Let’s tell the truth. The guy’s a miser. I pity his poor wife. I would hate to see the condition of his underwear.-——

I have to admit I had until recently some shoes And t-shirts I had since high school....

35 + years ago

My wife threw them out....a couple of years ago...

Sorry but I draw the line on underwear, it has to be able to stay up...once the waistband goes... They go...

[HotHunt]

Quite the contrary. The man's just practical. And why would you pity his wife? My wife would love this. I think it's great. My old farm truck is like this. Why have a nice vehicle just to get it beat up around the farm?

A car is a depreciating asset. If he uses this just for transportation going to and from his job, why spend good money on a newer vehicle. Look at all the money's he's saved over the years that other people have pissed down a rathole. And it being in Minnesota, the salt on the road in the winter would destroy a new vehicle with rust in no time. This guy's not a miser. He's smart.

[dalereed]

I have 2, a 65 Chevy pickup with 1,365,000 miles on it and a 1936 chevrolet coupe and I have no intention of changing.