Made the final payment today

"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97) 02/04/2020 at 23:28 • Filed to: None

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Between the selling the racecar, the leave payout from leaving the university and saving some pennies from the new job, I was able to set up the final payment on the F-150 today . My checking account balance won’t look nearly as good tomorrow morning, but in a week or two I’ve have the title in hand. It feels good to payoff a not very old I truck I bought new in 2017.

Now I’ll just have the resist the urge for unnecessary car shopping. It’s great. I love it, but I slightly regret not blowing up the budget for a 4X4 back in 2017. I thought the new job in which my work (a very similar white F-150, but 4X4 and an extended cab) truck spends hours per week in 4-low would scratch the itch, but it may actually being fueling my wanderlust. I’d be lying if I said I haven’t been thinking about how a 4x4 midsize truck could fit into my life.

Chariotoflove > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 02/04/2020 at 23:41

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Well done!

Longtime Lurker > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 02/05/2020 at 00:02

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Always a good feeling to be rid of that payment. 

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Longtime Lurker 02/05/2020 at 00:07

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Indeed.

atfsgeoff > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 02/05/2020 at 00:48

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You get an A+ in Adulting!

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > atfsgeoff 02/05/2020 at 01:02

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Well, only if don’t I go out and buy something new w/ 4WD in the next year.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 02/05/2020 at 07:00

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Is that a lip/step in your garage? Looks like it from the picture.

Good thing that truck isn’t an inch or two longer, that looks like it just barely fits.

Congrats on paying off the truck! 

shop-teacher > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 02/05/2020 at 07:05

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Good work!

Keep the truck :)

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 02/05/2020 at 07:57

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Yes. That’s the step up to the level of the house. Normally that’s by the door into the laundry room, but for some reason they set it back. I think the idea was for it to double as a parking block, of which it is very fortuitously placed for the truck. It’s only a couple of inches high, so pulling further forward wouldn’t be a problem.  A previous owner had a 2x4 glued to the floor there to ease the transition for a longer a vehicle.  The garage is actually like 4-5 feet deeper than a standard garage.  I could park a considerably longer truck in it if I needed to.

M.T. Blake > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 02/05/2020 at 16:43

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Ship it to Shelby now and turn it into a 700hp monster. 

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > M.T. Blake 02/05/2020 at 17:24

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Now that's an idea.  It doesn't solve the lack of of 4x4, though.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > atfsgeoff 02/05/2020 at 23:23

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I continued the adulting streak and filed my taxes tonight.  Tomorrow night might have to be something irresponsible like getting drunk.

M.T. Blake > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 02/05/2020 at 23:34

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If you have enough horsepower you won’t need it.

POWAAAAAR.