Not really news, but I finally got a new truck. I love it. I got a very good deal with the lowest interest rate avail because I apparrently am an11 on a scale of 1-10 for my credit score. They gave me a really great trade in on my Ranger, I looked it up on kellybluebook.com and it was right where it should have been. And they gave me a couple of rebates, so I have a very manageable monthly payment. I got a Ford F-150 Crew Cab Lariat Edition 4x4. It is the Lariat edition which is the top end version of the F-150 series. It is pretty much loaded with leather, chrome everything, moon roof, in dash 6 disc cd and mp3 stereo (sub woofer under the back seats is nice too!), and has power everything. The inside is sweet with a 3 tone dash, silver, mahogany, and tan leather. It has lots of room for passengers, which is a huge improvement over the Ranger. Its got a 5.4 Liter Triton V-8 so it definitely has the power, but on the downside guzzles the gas! It drives smooth as hell, especially compared to my old truck. And most of all I think it looks damn nice!
I've been wanting/needing a new vehicle 4 a while, for several reasons, and wanted to stick with a truck so that in the event that I need to haul something, I won't have to borrow one.
1. 4 Wheel drive. Considering the fact that I live in Portland now, and Peyton is on the coast, I am going to need to have a 4x4 to deal with highway 26 in the winter.
2. More than 2 seats The Ranger's little sideways fold up back seats were great and all, but if I had Peyton and her car seat in the truck, everyone else was out of luck.
3. Size. Let me tell you, size does matter! If I get in a wreck, this truck will fare much better than Tinkerbell (this is what my friend Steve called my Ranger).
4. Safety, and this was the biggest reason. 2 weeks ago, my Meat Manager's 11 year old son was killed in a head on car crash on Highway 26 past Sandy. He was sitting in the front seat of the vehicle, wearing a seat belt, and had an air bag, but it wasn't enough to save his life. If something happened to Peyton, I don't think I would be able to go on, and with the old truck she was in the front seat no matter what. With the full size truck she can finally be in the back seat where I feel much better about her safety.
5. Because I wanted it! I have had the ranger for 5 years now, and it never really felt like me. I am a pretty big sized guy, and it just felt cramped. That is definitely not the case anymore, where I have to use the running boards to get in and out of the F-150.
