Interested in Selling your Truck?
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
I've been lucky enough to have my beater pickup truck last 8 months, so far. At ~$800.00, that's $100.00/month in car payments. Not too shabby, really, if you think about it.Unexpected, and very interesting, is the amount of attention my truck has garnered. Perhaps it is because I replaced the non-existent dashboard with a slightly-less-non-existent dashboard from the junkyard. Or, perhaps people really like the "weather-worn gray" look.
Whether it is the guy from Mississippi who was displaced in the hurricane recently (who helped me hot wire the truck when the steering column froze up), the secretary from my office building, or Willis from the Yota-yard, our local parts area, everyone says that at 200,000 miles my truck isn't even broken in. Not yet.
Most unexpected of all, though, are the notes I've found left on the windshield. Pictured here is the second note in the last month. It's interesting. It almost looks like -- despite the typos and near-child-like scrawl -- someone has a template they printed. Then, when they're cruising the neighborhood, they slap a note on whichever automobile catches their fancy, "penciling in" the kind of car at the last minute in pen (see how "truck" is lighter than the rest of the note?).
I'd like to call "Steve;" I'd like to know what line of business he's in. I'm afraid if I call, however, that I might jinx the future note leavers. I'll leave it alone, for now. And, no, I'm not interested in selling my truck, in case you were wondering!
Labels: automobiles, found
written by Eric Mills at 16:40 
