I am a great believer in luck
“I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”
–Stephen Leacock
As always, a lot has changed since I last posted. That is probably more a factor of the long intermission time and not due to things rapidly changing all the time.
Regardless of the reasons, the big news right now is that I’m selling my truck. Readers from a past life know that I currently drive a 4×4 2006 F-250 Super Duty with the 6.0L PowerStroke Turbo Diesel. It is a massive and iconic vehicle. There was a lot of opposition when I first announced this vehicle would no longer be mine. I’m positive that I’ll miss this truck. At nearly 3 years, I’ve had this one longer than any of my previous ones. In that time, I did quite a few customizations to it. The diesel engine is an amazing piece of technology that allows for unbelievable amounts of additional power. I modified mine so that it output an additional 240 horsepower.
So what could I be getting that would pull me away from something like the Diesel? In fact, it’s even pulling me away from my generations of trucks. I’m getting a Jeep Wrangler. Also for the first time in my life , I purchased it brand new. So new, in fact, that the manufacturer had not built it yet. There was initially an 8 week estimated delivery delay, but it arrived 4 weeks ahead of schedule. I was out of town for work last week when it came in so I’m scheduled to pick it up tomorrow at 5pm. I’m quite excited for it. I got the top of the line Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon with nearly every option (all the good ones, that is). I opted to keep the manual transmission which is going to keep me very happy, even with the lower power from the engine.
I’ll be sure to post pictures and first impressions this week once I’ve driven it a little.