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Old 03-27-2016, 07:35 PM   #58 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by wdb View Post
I thought about going for a much older truck as well, but I needed it to be trustworthy and comfortable enough for the 85 mile (one way!) commute I still need to do once a week. I decided to kill all of the birds I needed killed at the time with just one stone, and that meant getting a newer truck. Looking back on that decision I may not have made the best one. Time will tell.

EDIT: Then again I'm at a point in my life where I can play a bit as far as vehicles are concerned. It may be just me but used Japanese luxury cars look like a fire sale to me these days; Lexuses (Lexi?), Acuras and Infinitis with bulletproof reliability and reputations for going multiple 100's of thousands of miles, cost $75K new loaded up with everything imaginable, and you can find them all day under $20K with under 100K miles. Heck, you can even be fussy about colors and trim levels in most cases. Tempting...
This is very true! And while they may not exceed eps around town, the are capable of exceeding eps on the road!
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