I'm in the same boat. Thankfully a low mortgage rate from many years ago, but living in MA (like you) our taxes keep inflating my monthly payments while providing less and less services in our State and town. But I digress...
Were we talking about trucks? :ROFLMAO:
It's all relative, though. Inflation outpacing wages during "covid" were way more severe than the wages trying to catch up to the inflation. We are still not being paid enough to compensate for the intense inflation now. We are all behind the curve here. And the price gouging that happened...
@My 2ND Ford that Blazer description might be the greatest review for a vehicle I've ever read 🤣
And a real man would daily a '69 Jaaaaag, just sayin 🤪
While I agree with being easy to fix in the parts store parking lot (or it used to be, because they don't "stock" parts for old cars any longer), rebuilding an engine for $550 is a pipe dream nowadays, lol. You're gonna have to trust me on that one.
I have an original 1950 F-1 pickup....real simple, easy to fix and keep running...as a daily? Heck no.
Also have a more resto-modded 1965 Galaxie (modernized chassis and suspension, brand new built 390 and 4 speed). Easier to drive than the old pickup. Great reliable cruiser. As a daily? Heck...
I have not. I actually refuse to bring the truck to a dealer for this because of what I KNOW they will say.
"It's the tires"
It's not consistent, it has nothing to do with rims (two diff sets), tires (two diff brands), or tire position. It's either rear axle related (most likely) or...
Do you plan on going with a wider tire or different offset rim? Otherwise those fender flares (even slight ones) will bury those tires in the wheel well.
I dig the color, too. But if you do go with them on that color, I'd paint them.
This might be the most hypocritical post on here so far. You're simultaneously giving people grief over adding a "performance mod" (arguable, I know...I read the whole thread) and not needing more "testosterone" (that comes from your body, not your car or truck)....and bragging about owning a...
It made a marginally cooler noise on my 5.0L, but then I put exhaust on and can't hear it now. No real HP gain in seat-of-the-pants dyno that I can tell. And definitely not MPG gain...I love those claims because if you are putting one on (or exhaust) you are by default going to step on the go...
I don't think the seatback is a mistake, it just looks like slack in the material. My seats have that, as well.
The seat bottom may be addressable, but as noted...is it a warranty type thing (probably not) and can the dealer fix it for you (probably not). Can't hurt to ask them, though
I don't think you can have fogs on automatically with DRLs. No car I've ever owned had the fog/driving lights come on with the DRLs. Probably a "safety issue" because driving lights used to pull a lot of juice (before LEDs) and needed their own relays so fuses didn't blow...and if they were on...