Well its a banner car week here at the Misfit Toys shop. So I mentioned elsewhere I have my truck up for sale. Its a 93 Chevy 3500 quad cab dually. 175,000 miles on it with a new motor around 90,000. Runs good, not the prettiest thing in the world but not so ugly that my wife cringes when she sees it. Interior is maybe a 5/10. But since our trip down to GRM last year I have driven it exactly twice. It costs me close to $100 a month to have it sitting here insured (thanks NJ) and logically for needing a truck maybe 2x a year it would be cheaper to rent one. So it was up for sale for $3500, a hard sell in todays market with gas prices and all.
The truck:
I have been offered this in trade:
Now obviously we are looking at another vehicle which will sit unused most of the year, except the folks that insure RVs know this about them so the insurance is usually alot cheaper. Unlike most of my hairbrained ideas this one is SWMBO approved because ever since Katrina she has wanted an "evacuation vehicle" for all our pets in case of emergency. Yeah, I know we don't get hurricanes in NJ much but just when I had her calmed down on that we did have an oil refinery fire about 40 miles away and there was talk of evacuating due to the "toxic cloud", luckily the wind shifted. Also we dont vacation much because of our dogs so this might present an opportunity to vaca with the pets.
And although its probably even a harder sell, it does appear to me that this should be worth more than the $3500 Im asking for the truck.
I know to check for leaks and obvious running condition and such, but any other special caveats to consider?
