Buying and transporting truck

Struck out again. 7 hour drive to find out the truck is mediocre at best. Rust all the way around the windshield, the driver smoked inside, brakes took a ton of pedal pressure to stop, steering wobble at any speed over 25, no one could figure out how to use the bunk heater, and even though they had paperwork on the engine it felt sluggish for supposedly having 550. Had to walk away because they wouldn’t take less than $32,000. When I called the guy about it he made the truck sound like showroom condition. It also ran 1500 rpm at 65 mph which is pretty #### high for a cat.

Feel like I need a section just for trials and tribulations for buying a truck.

 

Same thing with me. Seemed like a straightforward guy over the phone. We got there, immediately saw the window frame rust (it wasn’t just superficial, would take some actual body work to fix), smelled the interior filled with smoke, and knew I had been taken for a fool. When I said to him wasn’t totally sold on the truck after driving it he said he had two guys coming tomorrow (today) to look at it. Told him thanks anyway and drove away. Other than the stuff I didn’t like physically about the truck it has really steep gears. I plan to run 70 mph often which would have to be 1600 rpm at least. That thing would have sucked fuel.

 

It’s alright, I’m not in a hurry to get a truck. Have a backup plan truck waiting for me in Idaho anyway. Going down next Friday to look it over, and then drive it away so long as it’s how it was described.