my grandma died. she lived in Oregon, so my wife and i flew out last week for the funeral.
first of all, rust. oregon doesn't have any. what they do have are cheap, old, relatively perfect-looking cars at every corner.
Here's me:
"hey look, a perfectly straight rust-free '80 corolla"
"hey look, a perfectly straight rust-free geo storm"
Here's my wife: "what's wrong with you.(note period, not question mark)"
secondly, my rental. a hyundai accent with 30k miles on it. damned good. infinitely better than the mitsubishi lancer with 3k miles that i rented last time i was there. budget rental wanted $20 more per day to rent me a fiat 500. probably just because i asked for one. if i had asked for a red hyundai with a sunroof, that would have cost me $20 more too.
and now the question: i have been charged with selling my grandmothers '04 Tundra. It's a low content accesscab, 2WD, SR5, V8. It has 19k miles on it, and besides the crappy tires it is in as-new condition. my wifes maxima has 160k on it now. i'm sort of considering buying her the toyota. i would probably have to pay full nada retail, but considering i'd be getting a seven year old time warp pickup, that might not be so bad. probably $15-16k. i'm not sure yet if she even wants it. we'll drive it back to nebraska and i'll see how she handles it before i say anything. what do you fellas think of those?
