CuRVWander

Cyndee being the search genius she is I take notice when she says she thinks she has something.  Despite being disappointed dozens and dozens of times when following up on a lead we thought we had, I was willing to try one more time.  While I was getting excited about the prospect of getting an HDT I was more distraught about the cost.  I was having a hard time finding a way to fund the HDT purchase without resorting to a cat food diet.  Giving an MDT one more try was welcomed. At first blush the prospect looked pretty good.  The information included in the posting showed that it met the basic specifications we had to have.  Many trucks we looked at had gotten this far, but when we called about it, only to be told they didn't really have the truck or that the truck they had was not exactly equipped as the ad showed. It was seven in the evening on a Friday our time and I expected to have to call Saturday or maybe even have to wait until Monday.  But Cyn...

 In November of 2021 I wrote a diatribe lamenting the life that our 2006 truck had dealt us.  It wasn't all bad mind you, there were plenty of good times but those memories have faded against frustrating breakdowns and bank-draining repairs that became intolerable.  For the amount we spent on the 6.0L diesel engine in repairs we could have bought Cyndee's 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport two times over.  But it is not like all of that expense came out of our pocket at once.  The grand total was spread out over 16 years.  So when we looked at it on a per-year basis it just made us wince.  When we looked at it as a cumulative total we gasped. Something had to be done.  One way or another we were going to have to replace our truck.  The only problem, as I outlined in the November post, is there were pandemic induced shortages of everything and it was proving maddingly difficult to get the truck we needed.  After nearly a year of trying to get in...