This is my first post here, but I've been reading here for a couple of months and I'm not exactly new around forums (as a Google of my user name would quickly prove).
Right now I'm at home, with a breakdown/possible vehicle replacement. I drive a 2005 Dodge Sprinter and I had the bad luck to have to turbocharger go south. Trying to get a new one has been an adventure.
If I replace this vehicle, I have to look at standard cargo vans. There are reasons why a straight truck just won't work for me. Another Sprinter, with the attendant nightmare of finding parts in small towns, is a non-starter. (Note for those looking to buy one-- think about that! Just about any decent mechanic will be able to get parts and get your standard vans going again, but these Sprinters are weird ducks and you can be stuck for some time with expensive problems.)
Well, I don't really want to make my first post a whine fest, so I reckon things will work out. I seem to have chosen a bad time to get into this business but-- is there ever a good time? The American economy as a whole is a crapshoot right now so I guess the best thing to do is try to get by as best we can.
I'll see you in "Newbies" and "Truck Forum" since that seems to be where I've been browsing the most here, and of course I'll drop down here to speak "howdy" to anybody who replies here.
Right now I'm at home, with a breakdown/possible vehicle replacement. I drive a 2005 Dodge Sprinter and I had the bad luck to have to turbocharger go south. Trying to get a new one has been an adventure.
If I replace this vehicle, I have to look at standard cargo vans. There are reasons why a straight truck just won't work for me. Another Sprinter, with the attendant nightmare of finding parts in small towns, is a non-starter. (Note for those looking to buy one-- think about that! Just about any decent mechanic will be able to get parts and get your standard vans going again, but these Sprinters are weird ducks and you can be stuck for some time with expensive problems.)
Well, I don't really want to make my first post a whine fest, so I reckon things will work out. I seem to have chosen a bad time to get into this business but-- is there ever a good time? The American economy as a whole is a crapshoot right now so I guess the best thing to do is try to get by as best we can.
I'll see you in "Newbies" and "Truck Forum" since that seems to be where I've been browsing the most here, and of course I'll drop down here to speak "howdy" to anybody who replies here.