Uuuugggggg! :S
This whole thread is what keeps me asking my mechanic how much longer can he keep my 1995 GMC Z71 4X4 running well and reliably. So far he says "no problem" on keeping my baby in relatively good shape.
Of course The State of California keeps sending me enticing mailers offering to buy it off me for around $1000 so as to "get it off the road" ... I haven't yet asked them to give me a newer GMC at an across-the-board trade as a replacement truck in order to "get my 1995 off the road".
I have no interest whatsoever in paying almost half what I have left on my home's mortgage for a new truck!!!!!
(Of course I could raid my IRA for a new truck, but then again dog food and reuse of disposable diapers in a rest home dump later in life isn't a very attractive alternative.)
