Prelude to The Big Write Up

[dolari]

My trusty old truck. She's old, but if you treat her right, and love her dearly, she'll get you where you gotta go:



Nearly 220,000 thousand miles.

Comments

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

DANG. That is impressive.

[laura-seabrook.livejournal.com]

Love the map. I used to do the same thing with my pushbike when I lived in Albany, W.A.

[mundanecircus.livejournal.com]

Do you have plans for a cross-Canada tour in that truck (as far as, perhaps, Montreal), and go south to New York City. Then you would've literally went in a circle.

Seriously, your truck's a real die-hard -- when I had used cars with over 100K miles on them, my folks wouldn't let me drive out of Florida in them.

[mundanecircus.livejournal.com]

Just saw this:

Nearly 220,000 thousand miles.

220 million miles? I think you truck's going places while you're asleep or at work, coming back the moment you need it.

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

When I left for PA, I think I had 140,000 or 180,000 miles on it. I made no bones about leaving, and left in it. When I came back to Texas, that was 180,000 and we decided that that was it for the pickup. But it still ran great, even past 200,000. When I planned the Washington run, I had a new truck in mind, but the old one ran so well and money was so tight, that I decided to have it onced over to see if it could handle another cross country trip. And it sure looked it. The only ajor problem I had was with the cooling system. A new tube that was installed was loose and draining water badly. The overheating problems were because the water needs flushing (something I thought was done that wasn't). It made it fine otherwise, and she's running great here. At 220,000 miles, she's got maybe another 30,000 before she begins to go south. Hopefully, I'll be able to afford something by then, but I trust her with my life. :)