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Re: OT -truck decision- number's opinion needed...
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Posted by RodInNS on December 13, 2005 at 08:01:54 from (142.177.104.141):
In Reply to: OT -truck decision- number's opinion needed... posted by 26Red on December 12, 2005 at 11:10:49:
Making that decision to cut and run is never easy.....but you got 246000 mi on this one. You've also got quite a list there. Tomorrow it'll be the engine, and after you fix that, it'll be the rear end, and after that the frame...... I've been down this road with farm trucks. Dad would always say "we can't afford another truck", when in reality we couldn't afford to fix the junk we had. Like others have said, the truck won't be worth one cent more after you fix it, and it will demand a lot more from you afterwards. I'd bet on that. if it were me, I'd cut and run now, sell the old one for what you can get, and buy another truck. Old vehicles are money pits, and nothing more... FWIW, Rod
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