@Funlov My Dad drove one of about that vintage. He was in the logging business and drove it through the woods so it took a beating and kept on ticking.
@exexec see people like you and me because I’m in the trades I run heavy equipment when I actually only company I wanna built this country now everybody wants to sit at a computer. We wonder why were in such bad shape nobody can do anything anymore with their hands good for you
@Funlov I got edjicated and became an engineer supporting NASA for over 30 years. It was cooler in the summer, but sometimes I wished I was still turning logs for the sawyer.
@exexec The better half has a 2016 Encore that just turned over 50k in mileage. I have a 2014 Silverado 4x4 that just turned over 125k in mileage. So GM or Dodge/Ram/Jeep for us. I've been known as dakotaviper since the mid 1990s. I used to own a custom shop. I took a 1989 Dodge Dakota truck and installed the engine/trans/drivetrain/rearend from a wrecked 1992 Dodge Viper in it. Sold the truck with the business to a friend back around 1996. He passed from a massive heart attack in 2019. I don't know what happened to his estate after COVID.
@Funlov you got that right. I'm a Journeyman Layout Tech by Trade (QA Coordinate Measuring Machine operator) and there is no one being trained in my area to replace me. I learned everything OLD SCHOOL. Now it's all computers.