I have my truck almost back to stock ready to sell and now I cant figure out what the hell I want to get next. Im getting a new job at the end of the year making a bit more money but I lose my company truck. So now I can justify having two vehicles if thats what I want to do. I can go one of two routes and both sound nice to me and the insurance for either scenario is damn near the same, its within a 100 bucks a year so that doesnt factor in to the equation. Im selling my current truck no matter what I dont want to be reminded of all the problems.
Scenario 1:
Buy an 05 rcsb colorado extreme or the sport whatever it is called with a manual, drive it for a while like that and swap the 4.8 Im going to be picking up for cheap in a couple weeks along with a t56 and small cam and have with it for a while so I can feed the speed need. Ill most likely put a small shot of nitrous on it to have some fun with too since I have enough extra parts laying around for 3 nitrous kits. Total cost for that project would be around 14K including the price of the truck. When it came time to swap the 4.8 in(after the truck is paid off which would be almsot immediately with the sale of the Z71) I would buy an 05/06 dmax since I have to have a full size truck for the job Im taking. I would keep it damn near stock, exhaust and tune it with efi live and do some creature comfort stuff maybe wheels and tires but that would be about it, it would be a "work" truck. I would be into that for about 25K or so total since I have a connection for those type of trucks.
Scenario 2:
Buy a nnbs dmax and do a few things to it. For the truck that I would want to get with this option would be around 40K or a little more after I get through doing a few things to it.
So with either option I end up at damn near the same point money wise but option one gives me a toy to play with and another form of transportation. My dad is buying a house here in Austin so I get to live in that for the next 4-5 years until he retires so basically I will be a care taker of the house and just pay utilities so the whole me buying a house thing is on hold for a while since its just too good of a deal to pass up. All I have to do in return is use some of my connections in the construction industry to redo the house, and I have to paint it and lay in new tile. Not a bad deal I dont think. I wont be doing anything for a while except maybe buying the colorado if I went that route and found the one I was looking for soon. Either way by the time my dad retires and I need to get a place of my own I will be able to save up enough money to damn near pay cash for the house I want so by getting these "toys" Im not screwing myself later on. Plus I will ahve two more loans on my credit to make it just that much better. What should I do because I sure as hell dont know.
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