About the vehicles
Now on to something else that is a need not a want. I have decided to put the barn/goats on hold until I get a second vehicle. My own truck, BP needs a semi-retirement if I am to keep her forever and ever. Sometime next years she will roll over onto 300,000 miles which is epic for most trucks that are daily drivers. I love my truck, its paid off but I do need something else if I am to continue driving and keep a truck that has many uses.
I talked to Mom and she said she would gift me an early birthday present so at tax time I will take a little of what I have and get another car. I'm not looking for something new-I can't afford that no matter how good my credit is, the payments would kill me. I have my eye on two vehicles that also have multi uses: Subaru Frontier and the VW Vanagon half camper with a Subaru engine. Subaru is closer to what I need, a daily driver with added bonus of 4 wheel drive for camping but won't suck the life out of my pocketbook. Getting one with all the trimmings would eliminate the need to add things later on. Luggage rack especially would be nice for putting camping shit on top.
VW Vanagon Westfalia camper would do several thing: No need for a separate tent trailer, fairly easy on the gas, good Subaru engine means less VW issues plus being able to get up to speed on the highways, a camper for weekend trips and something tall enough to accommodate more than one person. Also it would get me something that looks like the old VW bus of the past. If only they weren't so damned expensive! I'm leaning to the Vanagon but the Subaru is a saner choice when it comes to prices.
Also mega MUST HAVE: automatic transmission!
I talked to Mom and she said she would gift me an early birthday present so at tax time I will take a little of what I have and get another car. I'm not looking for something new-I can't afford that no matter how good my credit is, the payments would kill me. I have my eye on two vehicles that also have multi uses: Subaru Frontier and the VW Vanagon half camper with a Subaru engine. Subaru is closer to what I need, a daily driver with added bonus of 4 wheel drive for camping but won't suck the life out of my pocketbook. Getting one with all the trimmings would eliminate the need to add things later on. Luggage rack especially would be nice for putting camping shit on top.
VW Vanagon Westfalia camper would do several thing: No need for a separate tent trailer, fairly easy on the gas, good Subaru engine means less VW issues plus being able to get up to speed on the highways, a camper for weekend trips and something tall enough to accommodate more than one person. Also it would get me something that looks like the old VW bus of the past. If only they weren't so damned expensive! I'm leaning to the Vanagon but the Subaru is a saner choice when it comes to prices.
Also mega MUST HAVE: automatic transmission!