Buying more vehicles

I own four cars - a red 1991 Mini Coooper S, a white 1993 mini with a 1380cc racing engine and bucket seats, a 1987 Mazda 323 4x4 turbo, and a 2007 BMW M3.  

I told myself I would have to sell one of them if ever I wanted to buy another. The problem is that I really like them all.

Early on Saturday Jack, Dan and I went to see a man about a truck.  Jack and I had been looking at buying this particular type of truck for a while.  

My issue was that I couldn't buy the truck due to my self imposed rule.  That was until I found a loophole in my own logic - a truck is not a car.

The morning can be summed up with the following photo.

The man was very nice and took us for a drive in the truck.  Then he let us drive the truck and we liked the truck even more than we already did. 

The truck had a 3.5L Rover V8 engine and did a whopping 12mpg.  If you're wondering how bad that is, then just imagine driving to the garage, opening your wallet and throwing money at the attendant until you have none left.

Here is a video of Jack driving the truck:

(Steely eyed readers might have identified this as a Land Rover 101 Forward Control)

On Sunday we offered the man some money for the truck, and he accepted.  We are hoping to take delivery of the truck this weekend at which point we will cruise around struggling to talk to each other over the noise of the engine. 

The only concern is that if you crash the truck, your legs are the crumple zone.