I'm Mike Rowe, and this is my truck.

[gridlore]

There's a wonderful Monty Python routine that has two of the pepperpot ladies sitting on a bench. One ask the other if she's been shopping. Then she asks what the other bought.

"A piston engine" is the reply.

Today, I bought a piston engine, along with the Ford Ranger it came wrapped in.



With the rebates and all, we got the payments down to a reasonable level (and can refinance next year.) It's a pretty basic truck, but comes with a bed liner.

kshandra, of course, has dibs on it for That Thing In The Desert.

The most shocking thing was seeing our credit scores. 700+ across the board. As the finance dude put it, it's good credit but not deep credit. So we keep making payments and keep building things up.

I bought a truck.

I need beer. Stat!

(More photos at my Flickr account)

Comments

[nolly.livejournal.com]

My Ranger served me well for nearly nine years, until a 4Runner got it from behind on Super Tuesday. Enjoy yours!

[kshandra]

dafydd would probably still have his were it not for a similar mishap (though he was the at-fault driver, sadly). He took the opportunity to upgrade to an F150, though, which he's been really happy with.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

I sliced my fuel costs with a Civic -- the hybrid was a bit out of reach, but even the regular one is a big improvement.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Just so you know, the new expense means that coming south for the con is probably off the agenda. Sorry.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

:( I'm hoping to get panelist invites out Real Soon Now -- I"ve got the data I need, but I haven't had time to finalize my list and compose the letter. I'll leave you on the list in case something works out -- lottery win or something like that.