Zone1 Am I just being silly?

[BULLDOG]

/----/ How does her buying you a truck avoid income taxes?

No idea. She might just be telling me that to make it more palatable for me.

 

[1srelluc]

Since you are the moving company....Get the 8' bed.

 

[Cellblock2429]

No idea. She might just be telling me that to make it more palatable for me.

/—-/ It’s a tough call. I have the adult daughters. I know how you feel.

 

[Thunk]

I'm already her personal moving company,

Well hell...then she OWES you a new truck!

 

[SaxonJackson]

My 20-year-old Dodge diesel with almost half million miles on it has a sound. Too heavy to be a valve, but not hard enough to be a rod knocking. Either way, it's time for a new one. No big deal. It's money I didn't expect to spend, and I'll miss the old grey goose, but I knew it would happen eventually. Dr, daughter wants to buy me a new one for Christmas. That might not be a problem for some, but for me it's a bit of a ding to my ego. That's my little girl. I'm supposed to look out and care for her. She' not supposed to be buying me a truck. She says her accountant told her to either spend the money before the first of the year or pay it in taxes. Logic says take the truck, and I probably will, but my ego isn't so sure. When she was in med school, I used to tease her and say she was my retirement program, but I didn't mean it. Oh well, I guess there are worse things to worry about.

I say: stop being so greedy. There are broke illegals aliens who need your money way more than you do. I mean, you are a lefty ... aren't you?

 

[SaxonJackson]

My daughter gives me the middle finger, enjoy the damn truck and pay her back later as a gift.

Your daughter found out you were a closet liberal? She should give you two middle fingers.

 

[Moonglow]

Your daughter found out you were a closet liberal? She should give you two middle fingers.

She gives you three.

 

[BULLDOG]

I say: stop being so greedy. There are broke illegals aliens who need your money way more than you do. I mean, you are a lefty ... aren't you?

When it comes to childish remarks, you always deliver.

 

[80zephyr]

Daughters are the best. My daughter sent me this yesterday. Best compliment I ever got.

 

[BULLDOG]

Daughters are the best. My daughter sent me this yesterday. Best compliment I ever got.

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Daughters are the best. When mine was in the first grade, and they were making Mother's Day cards. Hers wasn't around, so she made one for me. She still gives me a Mothers Day card. Nothing compares to that.

 

[BULLDOG]

Anybody else get pissed off every time they step on a car dealership lot?
Went looking. Not gonna buy a new one. Let someone else take that new vehicle depreciation. A year or two old will be fine. I found what I liked. Everything including price seemed good. I asked about TTL. I wanted the dive out price and would buy it today. After consulting his manager, he came back with a price $6,200 higher than we agreed on. He said the increase included TTL as well as what he called a heretofore unmentioned "customer care package. Tinted windows, nitrogen instead of air in tires, undercoating etc. Didn't help anything but my feelings, but that salesman now knows what kind of low life piece of shit he is, because I told him.

 

[Rigby5]

My 20-year-old Dodge diesel with almost half million miles on it has a sound. Too heavy to be a valve, but not hard enough to be a rod knocking. Either way, it's time for a new one. No big deal. It's money I didn't expect to spend, and I'll miss the old grey goose, but I knew it would happen eventually. Dr, daughter wants to buy me a new one for Christmas. That might not be a problem for some, but for me it's a bit of a ding to my ego. That's my little girl. I'm supposed to look out and care for her. She' not supposed to be buying me a truck. She says her accountant told her to either spend the money before the first of the year or pay it in taxes. Logic says take the truck, and I probably will, but my ego isn't so sure. When she was in med school, I used to tease her and say she was my retirement program, but I didn't mean it. Oh well, I guess there are worse things to worry about.

Sounds more like a collapsing or sticking hydraulic lifter.
Have the sound checked out and repaired.
At worst, buy a salvage low miles engine from a wreck.
Don't buy a new truck.
They are awful, with immobilizers, DEF injection, particulate filters, EGR, etc.

 

[BULLDOG]

Sounds more like a collapsing or sticking hydraulic lifter.
Have the sound checked out and repaired.
At worst, buy a salvage low miles engine from a wreck.
Don't buy a new truck.
They are awful, with immobilizers, DEF injection, particulate filters, EGR, etc.

Nope. It's a rod. Another engine 3,800. Swopping it out, another 2,500. All told it will be pushing 7000 for a 20-year-old truck. Her accountant told her to either spend a ton of money before the first of the year or pay it in taxes. I'll get another one and then have one rod bearing changed in the old one. I'll sell it cheap and tell the buyer about it, so my conscience doesn't hurt too bad.