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Aug. 18th, 2012 11:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolariNow that everyone is paid off, I'm trying to figure out the best course of action involving the pickup. Pickups aren't exactly the most fuel efficient of vehicles, but the tradeoff in hauling capacity is worth it to me. Cheyenne is a rather sleek pickup, about 20mpg, 600 miles to the tank. She's not the most powerful pickup in the world but gets the job done. And realy, to get her road worthy, all I need to do is replacebthe clutch.
The pickup dad wants to give me is a gigantic rumbly gas guzzling monstrosity. Its 4WD which is okay (Cheyenne's 2WD sucked in rain, snow or even mud), but the gas consumption is off the charts.
Its also huge. Huge in that it has hand rails and a metal step to get into it. Huge in that there's NO WAY it fits into a Washinton parking space (and barely into a Texas one). I can't not use it. But I don't need to keep it.
So...what to do:
1) Donate Cheyenne to a person or charity in need who can fix her. Take dad's pickup, use it to go home (leaving anything we can't take in storage for a future return trip), buy a new pickup the day I get a job in Texas.
2) Clear out my credit card debt and fix Cheyenne's clutch using that. Drive dad's pickup up, and use both vehicles to move back, taking everything. Giving dad his truck back and replacing Cheyenne as soon as I get a job.
3) Its a free pickup, take it and run for another 20 years like you did with Cheyenne.
I'm partial to #2. She's got a good engine, at least another 10,000 miles, new distributor cap and newish fuel system. The clutch is the only thing keeping her from driving. The repair is probably more than pickup is worth, but still cheaper than a new pickup. I plan to get a new pickup anyways, but not for some time. I could fix the pickup now (or in a few weeks).
Not sure what to do....I have SEVERE cabin fever from not being able to get away from work and home...but with only 10,000 miles left on her, and 21 years of service...is it worth it?
The pickup dad wants to give me is a gigantic rumbly gas guzzling monstrosity. Its 4WD which is okay (Cheyenne's 2WD sucked in rain, snow or even mud), but the gas consumption is off the charts.
Its also huge. Huge in that it has hand rails and a metal step to get into it. Huge in that there's NO WAY it fits into a Washinton parking space (and barely into a Texas one). I can't not use it. But I don't need to keep it.
So...what to do:
1) Donate Cheyenne to a person or charity in need who can fix her. Take dad's pickup, use it to go home (leaving anything we can't take in storage for a future return trip), buy a new pickup the day I get a job in Texas.
2) Clear out my credit card debt and fix Cheyenne's clutch using that. Drive dad's pickup up, and use both vehicles to move back, taking everything. Giving dad his truck back and replacing Cheyenne as soon as I get a job.
3) Its a free pickup, take it and run for another 20 years like you did with Cheyenne.
I'm partial to #2. She's got a good engine, at least another 10,000 miles, new distributor cap and newish fuel system. The clutch is the only thing keeping her from driving. The repair is probably more than pickup is worth, but still cheaper than a new pickup. I plan to get a new pickup anyways, but not for some time. I could fix the pickup now (or in a few weeks).
Not sure what to do....I have SEVERE cabin fever from not being able to get away from work and home...but with only 10,000 miles left on her, and 21 years of service...is it worth it?
