Nat
I Wanna New Truck. :)
I Want a Pickup Truck!!
Hi! My last car was a 1985 Toyota MR2 which I sold along with my soul when I had to. Much as I would rather have her back, I need something I can actually put a grocery bag AND a passenger in!
I also hope to be buying a house soon and the one I like best is a couple of miles down a farm road which probably gets plowed three days after a snow storm. I will certainly need to buy some materials to put some of it in order; and of course I will want to stop at tag sales for old cabinets or furniture or whatever will make the place mine. I will also be moving!
So I am thinking a pickup. Used because I am not made of money (note: Buying furniture at a tag sale)! But I don't want repair bills.
Just off the top of my head, and keeping in mind that I have not bought a car since about 1990 (Living in the City will do that) and have no idea what newer features are available, I have these features I am looking for:
4X4
Manual shift
King cab
6' bed
I think all but manual shift are standard now? And manual may be harder to find now than it was 25 years ago.
Bright color that isn't red
That's harder. Maybe better now than ten years ago, but boy have we had a couple of decades with invisible silver grey cars that you can't see in the fog!! How did the mechanics pull that money-making scheme off?
And sensible safety features like Anti-Lock brakes and whatever has been invented since the '90s! And VISIBLE rear and brake lights! Don't get me started!
I do NOT need slick, fancy, swoopy, attention-grabbing, huge, stupid-tough, or anything that doesn't look like a basic truck to me.
I hear Toyota is STILL the most solid brand as my MR2 was.
Any advice, suggestions, ideas, comments??
Location: Mansfield Connecticut
Hi! My last car was a 1985 Toyota MR2 which I sold along with my soul when I had to. Much as I would rather have her back, I need something I can actually put a grocery bag AND a passenger in!
I also hope to be buying a house soon and the one I like best is a couple of miles down a farm road which probably gets plowed three days after a snow storm. I will certainly need to buy some materials to put some of it in order; and of course I will want to stop at tag sales for old cabinets or furniture or whatever will make the place mine. I will also be moving!
So I am thinking a pickup. Used because I am not made of money (note: Buying furniture at a tag sale)! But I don't want repair bills.
Just off the top of my head, and keeping in mind that I have not bought a car since about 1990 (Living in the City will do that) and have no idea what newer features are available, I have these features I am looking for:
4X4
Manual shift
King cab
6' bed
I think all but manual shift are standard now? And manual may be harder to find now than it was 25 years ago.
Bright color that isn't red
That's harder. Maybe better now than ten years ago, but boy have we had a couple of decades with invisible silver grey cars that you can't see in the fog!! How did the mechanics pull that money-making scheme off?
And sensible safety features like Anti-Lock brakes and whatever has been invented since the '90s! And VISIBLE rear and brake lights! Don't get me started!
I do NOT need slick, fancy, swoopy, attention-grabbing, huge, stupid-tough, or anything that doesn't look like a basic truck to me.
I hear Toyota is STILL the most solid brand as my MR2 was.
Any advice, suggestions, ideas, comments??
Location: Mansfield Connecticut
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