Well, I was just too cheap for too long. Both my old trucks were
a'dyin, my old Nissan with 320,000 miles and the old Dodge with
somewhere near 200,000. Truck payments just arent in my nature so I
resisted as long as possible. Then the Nissan's timing chain slipped
(cue up the funeral dirge here) and that along with her worn tranny
input shaft and she's goin to the great 4wd road in the sky. BUT, I
still had the Dodge...........then SHE started making odd noises and
the transmission didn't want to shift but I figgered I had a couple
months. Early this week, I finally ordered a sorta new Nissan
Frontier 4wd double cab longbed. I told em, "No hurry, take your time
about delivery" cuz i hate those payments.
Tonite, my son calls me with the bad news "Dad, the driveshaft FELL
OFF the Dodge". Me: "That musta been cool, I 'll come get you".
Fortunately, I had a rental from a business trip. When I get there, I
immediately crawl under the Dodge to find the output shaft from the
transmission (the sliding yoke) has actually broken. I Crawl back
from under her with the broken yoke in hand laughing only to notice a
girl in the Dodge, ooops..........my son had been taking this very
pretty little thang to dinner at Atlanta Bread Company. Good Gawd,
the pore girl thinks I am a total lunatic and my son just rolls his
eyes.
So, now I got two dead trucks in the yard and am emotionally attached
to both and my son is mad at me.