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Brett
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1/30/2007
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My wife thinks that I should get rid of my truck. We have a baby on the way, the truck is almost paid off. I have wanted to keep it as a project car to work on over the next few years. She wants to get a car. Without a truck we can't haul anything. PLan on buying a boat next summer, can't pull a boat with a toyota. Anyway, just looked at KBB, my truck hasn't lost any value since I bought it 4 years ago. I paid $6500 for it, it's worth about $6300 yet! Haven't had any major problems with it. Just routine things! What would you do? Any good arguements? I want to keep my truck
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Lance
Dodge Dakota
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Keep the truck, unless you want to keep your wife.
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sneilan
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my girlfriend and i had a baby 9 months ago. she wanted me to get rid of my truck as well. i told her i'll get rid of my truck (which is paid off) if she'll get rid of her '05 audi a4 (which isn't and costs another $400 in insurnace). i still have my truck.
Sean
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Flippy
Dodge Dakota
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1/31/2007
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get rid of your wife, prolly not your kid anyways retard, if it comes out black, then you can say Flippy told me so.
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Brett
Dodge Dakota
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10:08:32
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No, I am not getting rid of my wife. My truck is 2 months away from being paid off as well. I was thinking just putting liability on it and just drive it every now and then. I am starting to see the big picture though. I think I might have to get rid of it. It hurts me, but I think it is right.
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little jer
Dodge Dakota
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18:11:18
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oh come one! If it is almost paid off keep it! What would you replace it with? More payments? After it's paid off any money you would have been putting on it is yours to do with what you want.
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hemichuck
Dodge Dakota
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2/06/2007
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Advice from an old guy-I got rid of a truck once and bought a brand new 83 Shelby Charger(no kids on the way,we will get to that later)It took about 1 week to realize that the car although it was fun to drive and looked really cool and was fast and got 36 MPG but it couldnt haul anything other than my big a** and unfortunatly I was always hauling stuff around so I ended up buying another truck to have sitting around.Now back to the "baby on the way" part,Children,God love em,almost require that you own a truck from the minute they are born till they move away from home.It starts like this-"honey,we need to fix up a room for the baby"-You need the truck to haul a baby bed and that old chest of drawers that somebody will give you.You need a truck to go to the hardware store to pick up the remodeling supplies and to haul off the junk you tore off the back of the house to add on.I drove my son home from the hospital in my 92 Dakota when he was born 14 years ago and I am now using it to haul his go-kart and other junk around.My daughter has been riding around in the truck since it was new and now that she is 21 years old she sold her car and bought a 94 Dakota because she couldnt haul anything around.Just a couple of weeks back I was using my truck to extract hers from a ditch.When you have kids a truck is a must.If yours is almost paid for thats just a bonus.If you have a girl,forget about that boat your wanting because you wont be able to afford it.Pay off your truck-get the cheapest insurance you can find-buy your wife a car(or minivan)and hang on for your life because kids are a mile a minute fun and very expensive to raise.Another truck aint going to be any cheaper once you figure out you cant live without it.Good luck and Happy parenthood,hemichuck
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hemichuck
Dodge Dakota
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2/06/2007
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Oh yeah,I forgot the most important part,You can live in a truck when your wife throws you out.
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mpb
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We had a baby 2 years ago and what Hemichuck has said definitely was true in our case. One of those has been hauling Christmas and birthday presents back from the out of state inlaws in place of having to ship them. But there is always one more piece of furniture out there to haul home...
I also wanted to add--and you never mentioned whether or not you have a CC or QC--but my wife had her doubts about whether or not the carseats would fit in my CC. Well, we have managed just fine with three different car seats on the bench of my CC, and to be honest I feel a lot safer with my daughter in the Dakota than our little Civic.
I will add, finally, that I am a big proponent of being self reliant and doing as much as possible to become independent of other people, especially in case of natural disaster. One example of this was having to evacuate for one of the hurricanes. We are capable of loading up the truck with tons of water and gas and feel pretty confident about our situation.
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hemichuck
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2/06/2007
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Ah-Men to that brother.and if the truck is paid for-no matter how crappy life gets you always have something to stick your junk in and drive home to mom and dads house.Just ask my Daughter
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Flippy
Dodge Dakota
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2/06/2007
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ya what he said, and if you still find out that, that baby was black, well just keep saying to yourself at least i never sold my truck so i still can go downtown and get a truck load of whores.
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Brett
Dodge Dakota
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2/07/2007
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Thats what I have been trying to tell her. All the furniture and stuff that goes along with kids requires a vehicle to haul all that. She is looking at the short picture. Sell the truck for a down payment on a car. I see the big picture like hemichuck. Gonna need to move stuff! From today until the kid is old enough to buy their own truck! She just won't understand. But on the bright side, my other post about the guy who hit my truck with a cart. If I sue him for the damages and a little more, I can talk her into keeping the truck and using the extra money as a down payment. She makes it sound like we are broke. We make plenty of money to afford a new car.Anyway, I will still be here writing in a couple of years. My dakota isn't going anywhere
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Flippy
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2/07/2007
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that's sad dude, you should just b!tch slap her until she shuts the f*ck up already about a new car, tell her to can it and if she doesn't put a size 10 boot up her fat a** that'll shut the cheating whore up.
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Josh
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2/07/2007
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Your single arent you Fippy?Ill bet ten bucks he is and if he does have a women she probabley Slaps him around.Real TOUGH GUY!!
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oh my
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2/08/2007
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You can bet that if he does have a bitch, with her "Flippy don't get lippy" or she'll punch his lights out!
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Brett
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I get so sick of these douches that think they have something cool to say, so they have to act like the tough guy like Flippy here and just makes them sound like the dumbest person on the net! Probably comes across this forum after surfing porn for hours on end and playing World of Warcraft. Has something stupid to say puts it here where people have a real problem and puts his dumbass opinion on it! If you don't have a reasonable solution, SHUT UP!!! Nobody wants to hear your "wisdom" dumbass. Go back to your games and leave us alone
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Flippy
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a real problem? who the hell cares about your stupid piddly problem brett go cry to Dr.Phil about if you should get rid of your truck or not, people USED to come her and talk about truck problems, not what say my wife has, and for your information Josh i am married with one 2 year old son, but i don't get on a web forum and whine to other men about what i should do if my wife let's me keep my truck or not, WHO THE HELL CARES, the only reason i come on here and get Flippy on people is because i get tired of people whinning about stupid sh!t nobody cares about, now if you got a truck problem i will be a nice as pie to you and try to find a solution to your problem, and as far as playing online games, as if i'm no geek nerd, i never play online games, as far a surfing for porn, you got me there, but i bet half this forum does it too and if they say NO I DON'T that means they lie like a sonofab!tch.
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OBIO3
Dodge Dakota
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2/08/2007
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You seem to be fighting a one way battle and getting no where. I'm not seeing anywhere that you said HER REASONS for selling the truck. But I bet if she was to sit down and write the reasons for selling it and on another page you write the reasons to keep it she just might see your point. Also tell her to pay attention to traffic when out and about. Trucks are king of the road without question. Maybe she can explain why so many people buy them and the majority are family people.
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Dr Phil
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2/08/2007
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Flippy, now you've made me sorry you used me as an adoption refence for you and your "partner".
We'd like to get you back on the show again, though !
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Bob Lincoln
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This is why allpar.com is so active - they block guys like that. Unfortunately, this forum is very useful, great knowledge and tips, but lets the abuse continue.
Brett, do you have a club cab or quad cab? If so, the baby will fit fine in a child seat, forward or backward. I bought my brother's club cab 92 Dak in 2003, we had the baby in 2005 and the truck is used constantly. I kept my 92 Daytona that was paid off in 1994 for everyday use and abuse. But you WILL need the truck to haul furniture, large toys, etc.
The truck is almost paid for. Virtually all vehicles depreciate. If you sell the truck and use the money as a *down payment* (not the full price) for a car, you are buying into at least a few more years of vehicle payments. Having a baby sucks lots of money away. It will likely be a greater financial burden to get rid of the truck and get a car that you have to make payments on (while it depreciates - and cars depreciate faster than trucks). Keep the truck!
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