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

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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

[pauldrye.livejournal.com]

Whee! I just bought a PT Cruiser a few weeks back, and getting new wheels is a rush....

[supersniffles.livejournal.com]

Woot!!! Being first owner on a car is still in dreamland for me.
Congrats!!

[hederaivy.livejournal.com]

Shiny.
Pretty.
Can I pet it?

well done on the credit scores!

[fimbrethil.livejournal.com]

Congrats, Dude!

[dalen-talas.livejournal.com]

Nice set of wheels. Though if this thing is going to go cruising in the desert, it'd need some spikes on the front bumper and a fifty in the bed. :D

(I always wanted to run / participate in an RPG chase scene with a tactical in it.)

[benkenobigal.livejournal.com]

Congrats!! That's always a wonderful thing. :) May it bring you decades of joy. :D

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

Yeah New Truck!
But White? It's gonna need a major bath after that thing in the desert is done with it. Still White will reflect the sun better, so that will be useful.
And great credit scores. Amazing what happens when you work on it.

first things first......

[redc1c4.livejournal.com]

you need a gun rack & an NRA sticker to go in between the GD bears & the crossed rifles in the center of the back window. the jump wings and the Ranger tab are great side bars..... left & right, or centered to one side, with a tour list on the other.....


WOOT for you! i'll drink several beers in your honor.....

(good an excuse as any..... %-)

[claidheamhmor]

Very nice! It looks like a nice vehicle.

How do credit scores there work?

[nolly.livejournal.com]

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

[jarlsberg71.livejournal.com]

Congrats! makes it a younger cousin to my truck :)