Can you hear Bob Barker in your head, or is that just me?
Well, the new truck has been added to the family. As much as I love Fessick, the needed repairs were getting to the point where they didn’t make sense. After several months of shopping I purchased a 2024 Honda Ridgeline RTL in Sonic Gray.
Continue reading “A New Car!”So now I need a vehicle to replace the Excursion.
I need something smaller to navigate city streets.
I need something big enough to fit the family. My kids are about to be teenagers, so I need a reasonable back seat. My brother’s boys are older than my kids, and they don’t really fit in the back of his Nissan Titan.
I need something that will tow my utility trailer. It has a weight rating of 3,500 pounds, so I don’t really need a tow monster.
The Ford Maverick actually does most of what I need, but the back seat isn’t big enough for the kids. I actually recommended that my brother buy a Maverick for his boys to share, the oldest just got his license.
I cycled through the midsized trucks and really none of them had a backseat that was useable.
I started looking at the full sized trucks, and the prices for new trucks are just stupid.
But then I stumbled across a dark horse – the Honda Ridgeline.
It’s mocked as NART (Not A Real Truck), but the capabilities of the Ridgeline meet my needs.
Test drive is scheduled.
The wife and I went to the RV Show in Atlantic City this year. It’s a good thing we took her minivan, as Fessick would not have fit in the garage at the convention center.
My plan was to look at as many travel trailers as possible to find out some must have features as well as figure out what we could live without. I didn’t realize that the wife had been doing some online shopping. I was surprised when she pulled out her list and said “I want to check out these three models.”
We did agree on a few things – Continue reading “RV Shopping.”
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