Thinning the herd
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 12:35 pm
I decided a few weeks ago, that it was time to thin the herd from two down to one.
Since the City of La Porte, and the State of Indiana decided they needed to reach
into my wallet and take an additional $40 for each vehicle I own, plus raise the gas
tax an additional dime per gallon, I decided it was time to part with one of my Dodge
vehicles. The cost to insure each one individually was identical to the penny.
The cost of a truck plate is $7 more than for a passenger vehicle plate, however I
decided that it was worth it since I prefer driving trucks over cars or vans.
The brake lines on the Dodge Ram needed replaced, so I took it to a local shop
here in La Porte, and they put the copperized lines in that won't rust. The money
I got from the van, which I sold Thursday was more than I needed to pay the van off.
I paid too much for it when I bought it but the condition it was in warranted paying more.
It had only 57,055 miles on it at 10 years old, and the body was in excellent shape.
Since then the body had started to show several spots with quite a bit of rust.
I thought it wise to get something for it while I still could, so long story short, it is now gone.
The odometer reading when it left here was 72,333, pretty good for 2 months shy of 13 years.
A month from today I will be getting my right hip replaced so this is just a step in improving my life.
The sticker in the door jamb indicates the truck's manufacture date as April 1997 by The Chrysler Corporation
Since the City of La Porte, and the State of Indiana decided they needed to reach
into my wallet and take an additional $40 for each vehicle I own, plus raise the gas
tax an additional dime per gallon, I decided it was time to part with one of my Dodge
vehicles. The cost to insure each one individually was identical to the penny.
The cost of a truck plate is $7 more than for a passenger vehicle plate, however I
decided that it was worth it since I prefer driving trucks over cars or vans.
The brake lines on the Dodge Ram needed replaced, so I took it to a local shop
here in La Porte, and they put the copperized lines in that won't rust. The money
I got from the van, which I sold Thursday was more than I needed to pay the van off.
I paid too much for it when I bought it but the condition it was in warranted paying more.
It had only 57,055 miles on it at 10 years old, and the body was in excellent shape.
Since then the body had started to show several spots with quite a bit of rust.
I thought it wise to get something for it while I still could, so long story short, it is now gone.
The odometer reading when it left here was 72,333, pretty good for 2 months shy of 13 years.
A month from today I will be getting my right hip replaced so this is just a step in improving my life.
The sticker in the door jamb indicates the truck's manufacture date as April 1997 by The Chrysler Corporation
