Well, sold the ’68 F250 with mixed feelings today. I just wasn’t going to get around to fixing it, and I think it went to a good home. But I’ll miss it, it was in many ways “the perfect truck” for me, as far as specification, color, year, etc. goes. But realistically, I never would have gotten around to it. Sigh…

Despite some advice to the contrary, I think I’m going to see exactly how painful owning a Land Rover as my “winter car” will be. The one I’m considering is a 1998 Discovery LSE in British Racing Green. It has just over 100,000 miles on it and was covered under warranty through 100K. It’s one owner and appears to be in good condition.

There are lots of these machines around with 150K miles on them, and it would take me years to get there. We’ll see. It will be handy for hauling dogs and junk around, and especially good for those occasional trips into Seattle and outlying regions.

I’m contemplating buying a “cheap” car for winter use.

Old Yeller, the F250, isn’t making healthy noises, and I don’t want to rely on the old goat over the winter. I would really like a Mini (one of the original ones), but they’ve shot up in value (my theory is purchasers of new Minis interested in classic cars will buy an old Mini to have a matched set).

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