Yeah, I remember being a new guy with a brand spankin new 98... god
how the time flies. Even sadder is i've been trapped in the 05 for
almost 6 years now.
Gary
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:10 PM, TerribleTom <silvereightynine@aol.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/20/2011 6:10 PM, Robert Smith wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Bob!
>> Things are good here. She's had some welds already, but like I said
>> after 12 years of NY winters and 166K miles she's kinda beat.
>> She marks her territory with antifreeze & power steering fluid & burns a
>> little oil. Just had her 2nd crank position sensor, & coil.
>> Exhaust has been re-welded at the exhaust manifold...
>> She's still mostly a daily driver, but only in the winter months, as I
>> ride the Softail a LOT.
>> As long as I can nurse her along, I'll hold onto her...
>> Starting a new job in acoupla weeks & Susan & I will be car or bike
>> pooling so she'll sit more than she'll be driven.
>> I figure I'll ALWAYS have a truck - as long as I own a house - but a new
>> one or even a used one is WAY out of the question for the time being...
>> Flat out can't afford one...
>>
>
> hey Bob.. yanno - its hard for me to think of your Dak as "old and beat".
> You were always "one of those guys on the DML with the new Gen III's!"
> When I signed up, your truck was barely a year old. Anything newer than a
> 1989 is "new" to me. Yesterday I replied that I had owned Christine 10
> years now... and it occurred to me, that the damned thing is almost 22
> damned years old! No wonder the freaking frame is gone! Which makes your
> truck a ripe age of 11 years!
>
> Just can't wrap my mind around how fast time flys. Its unreal. I get
> customers coming into work, check their ID's when they hand me a credit
> card, and I see birthdays younger than my own truck and it makes me cringe.
>
>
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