I have been looking to buy a small pickup to drive. For practical reasons ... fuel mileage, less money tied up in a vehicle, and to haul stuff (my tools and dirt/bark for my yard). I love my Bronco but it is not practical for this time in my life. It only gets about 11-13 miles to the gallon and I can't haul much with it. I am hoping to get about $7500 for it so that money will also be used somewhere else more effectively.
With my new job (home construction) starting this week I have been looking hard for the last week and have found that even used trucks (with many miles) cost a lot. Ideally I would like a 4x4 with four doors to carry my family but they cost too much and most get very bad mileage.
So I went very practical ... 1990 Toyota. Its old with lots of miles, but the lady, who bought it new, has taken very good care of it. She started out asking $4000 (CRAIGSLIST) which was way too much, when I looked at it the first time she was asking $3500 but Kelley Blue Book valued it much lower, which I let her know. Today I went back after looking all weekend at other trucks and offered her $2100, she took it and I have a pickup. I spent the evening detailing it and it looks pretty good. I had a 1986 much like it back in the day. This one is nicer than the one I had before.
On a totally different note ... who will be our next President? It seems the national media is focusing on the Democratic Nominees (Obama and Clinton) but I really could care less about them liberals. A friend of mine is promoting Ron Paul on his MySpace so I took a look at www.myspace.com/ronpaul2008. I will have to do some more research, but he has some good things to say in the May06 video clips. Fewer taxes, less war, less government, etc.
Maybe RON PAUL 2008????
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