Pro: My truck is loved by the Dogs, Kari and myself. I have designed the back for the dogs enjoyment and paid for XM radio for life (how long I planned to own it). Kari and I drove away from our wedding in it and went to our first dates driving it. It's a 4x4, big honkin' Diesel truck. My perfect truck in many ways.
Con: It cost over 1/3 the value of our house, it isn't a practical short commuter, we will have to store it for three years and then who knows where we will be after that.
Low down: We can sell it for the exact dollar amount I paid for it. I bought it with 100 miles and it now has 60,100 miles. Sure I put in a bed liner, special dog rails and paid for XM radio but still..... who else has ever been so lucky with a new car purchase? I bought when Diesel was selling for $1.50 more per gallon in Alaska and GMC was days away from going bankrupt and closing all its dealerships.
So we have decided to sell. Save any money that we make off selling and invest that in a new vehicle when we get back. Probably something smaller and more practical. In fact we will be selling the xterra too and most likely the VW. Both loved in their own ways.
I guess I am writing this because I've been struggling with decisions that pit emotions vs. sound choices. I would love to keep our vehicles but I know that we need to make sound choices. It will be hard to see them go but it is easy to drop the amazingly huge amount of money flying our dogs with us when we leave. Choices.
Why is the best choice for our vehicles the one that's hardest to live with? Here is hoping we can buy a solar powered hover car when we get back.
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