I am envious
.
In my family, the wifey gets the good (new or newer) car, I get to drive the castoff. This stems from the days when she ferried our two boys around and wanted the newest and safest vehicle. For a while that meant Volvo station wagons, then the ubiquitous minivan
. So when she got the new car (my dime) I got whatever she used to drive. That allowed me the opportunity to purchase old Chevys like the ones we enjoy
.
My Dad always insisted that "if it went down in value over time, pay cash for it". That included the family car, vacations, etc. The only thing he borrowed against was our childhood home. Nowadays it's getting harder to save up the needed $$$ to buy that new car, but I'm trying to live up to that standard Dad set so long ago.
So I generally buy stuff like this:
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She's a 1992 PU with 250,000 on her. Got it from the original owner who used her to haul his 1959 Chevy drag car to events.
If I ever complain to her, she always tells me that if I wanted a new truck I should sell some of the those "old cars" and get myself a new one. Not a chance!
TomK