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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Well, there ya go. Case closed. :) (I haven’t bought anything yet!)

Me neither and it won't be happening for a while.

My truck blew up a couple of mornings ago, close to home luckily. Still runs but is not drive-able any distance. I have enough mechanic experience to know it's something major with the engine and this thing's got 300k miles on it and it's a Ford and I don't even like Fords. My car is a Ford too. I bought it cheap from the ex-wife for a backup.

No more shopping for gardening/automation goodies or gifts or new work shoes, clothes. No NY Strip for a while. I wanted to go get another load or two of firewood but that ain't happening.

If it was warm weather I might try and fix it. Got a parts truck that can go with it so some Ford truck nut will buy them.

For now, I'll park it down at the tunnel spot and set the ladder/crane back up and use it to set the rest of the tunnel frames. Once those are done, it can go on craigslist as "Parts or repair - extra parts truck included".

In 2-3 weeks, I'll start looking for another 4WD/AWD vehicle. Will be looking for a 4cyl, small 6cyl or if I happen upon a full size Chevy 4x4, with 17" wheels, I'll grab it because I have brand new 17" mud & snow tires on the F150. Hell, even if I found another 4x4 F150 cheap that needs tires, I'd probably buy it. Wouldn't even need a tire shop to swap tires to different rims. Just bolt them on.

Don't really want to drive a fwd Ford Focus 40 mile one way commuting in slippery conditions. Crappy time of year to lose the truck. It's got great heat and the Focus has crappy heat too.

47 posted on 12/20/2023 9:23:41 AM PST by Pollard (Stick a fork in the USA, it's done!)
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To: Pollard

Good luck on finding the right truck.


48 posted on 12/20/2023 10:04:44 AM PST by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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