I think I might have found my new truck. Look at her. Pretty damn beautiful. It's a bigger truck than I'd been looking for, a 3/4 ton. But, why not? Everything else falls wonderfully into place: 4x4, super low miles, one owner, manual transmission, tow package, power steering, canopy for the dogs, bench seat for a third person. And it's $10,000 less than a newer truck and looks much classier. With the cheaper payments I'd be making on a newer truck I could pay off an auto loan for this truck in one year, as opposed to 4 or 5. It's a diesel engine, which I've never had. That noise reminds me of my Grandpa. Diesel is way more than gasoline right now but I talked to a guy at Barney's who ran his diesel truck on canola oil from Costco. $2/gal. Poured it right into his tank. Although, I think you're supposed to add something to the engine to heat up the oil so it's not too thick when it gets colder out. The only thing I'd worry about with this truck would be starting it up early on a cold morning (aka every day at 5am when I finally make it into recruit school). I feel like my neighbors will want to chop my head off. But that won't be an issue when I live on acres and acres...I think I'm going to go to BECU before looking at the truck to see if I can get pre-qualified for an auto loan. That way, if I like it, I can buy it after I drive it. I heard these engines last forever (seriously, I think I heard someone got 1,000,000 miles on one).
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