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Old Oct 26, 2014 | 02:00 AM
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It's been great.

Brothers and sisters, I have been gone for a while, I stupidly traded my girl in on a 2009 Fusion. What a mistake. I have regretted that since the minute I signed the paperwork (even though the car was great). I had moved to San Diego and that granny 4spd was not conducive to driving in traffic (though sometimes it would have been nice I suppose in stop and go...)

Today I remedied that mistake and I will be frequenting the 2009 (I think) and up forum 2014 F150 STX 4x4
 
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Old Oct 26, 2014 | 07:01 AM
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A 2014 is modern technology, I'm kinda jealous but kinda not as there's not much you can do with it other than feed it gasoline & oil.
 
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Old Oct 26, 2014 | 08:32 AM
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We will miss you. You'll have more trucking time but less wrenching time. Depends on what makes you happy.
 
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Old Oct 26, 2014 | 11:14 AM
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We will miss you. You'll have more trucking time but less wrenching time. Depends on what makes you happy.
Sure I will miss wrenching, but between a newer one and an older, the wife made the deciding choice , because who are we fooling. It's about what makes her happy. And time with me makes her happy.
 

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Old Oct 26, 2014 | 11:23 AM
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A 2014 is modern technology, I'm kinda jealous but kinda not as there's not much you can do with it other than feed it gasoline & oil.
That was my worry, I've always been working on one thing or another. Now I just want to get out and smell the roses so to speak.

I've had a hole in my heart since I got rid of my baby. I'm not too sure this truck will completely fill it but I'm sure she will try.
 
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Old Oct 26, 2014 | 01:18 PM
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Sure I will miss wrenching, but between a newer one and an older, the wife made the deciding choice , because who are we fooling. It's about what makes her happy. And time with me makes her happy.
There goes a man with his head on straight. A happy wife is a happy life.
 
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Old Oct 26, 2014 | 10:57 PM
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...the wife made the deciding choice , because who are we fooling. It's about what makes her happy. And time with me makes her happy.
My wife found my pickup and encouraged me to get it. She's a keeper.

Hey, that's my kid's pickup. He absolutely loves it. It even got better gas mileage than our car (that was before the leveling kit and the bigger tires though). You should really enjoy it. Congrats.
 
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Old Oct 27, 2014 | 10:03 AM
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There goes a man with his head on straight. A happy wife is a happy life.

Or, "If Momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy".


Or another one, "If the Queen is happy, there is peace in the kingdom"!



Long live the Queen!!
 
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Thanks for the support guys. I was at the bookstore last night looking at truck books and came across this photo and I felt another string of regret plucking, not because of the purchase, but because of the previous loss.

 
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