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My Life, Updated
This post marks the official end of my 2+ year hiatus from blogging. Let me bring you up to speed with a few bullets: I separated from Claire in May ’09; SCGI Communications closed its doors in August ’09; I moved back to Toronto shortly afterwards; I started at Isobar doing strategy and business analysis [...]
Buying A Truck (Without Getting Completely Screwed Over) Part 2
(Continued from Part 1) Fred and I waited for someone to pick up the phone. Now that I knew the vacation spiff was worthless, there was no way I was going to pay MSRP for the Ranger. It’s simply a matter of principle. No one was answering, so I made my way down to the [...]
Buying A Truck (Without Getting Completely Screwed Over) Part 1
By now, long-time followers of this blog will have a pretty good sense of what I think of the dealership car buying experience. It’s pretty much a blood sport. At this point, though, I’ve had so many bouts in the ring (a.k.a. the salesman’s cubicle) that I’m starting to give as good as I get. In [...]
…Hello Ford
To get rid of the Dodge, the plan was this: find a vehicle that was similar in terms of capability, much more reliable and, oh yeah: an even trade for the Big White Lemon. That last part is tough. It stings enough to have spent a lot of money buying, then fixing, a piece of [...]
Goodbye, Dodge…
Now that it’s safely traded in to a dealer, I can relate the sad story of my last truck without fear of killing my chances of getting rid of it. The transaction took place over a month ago, and I’d been itching to relate the experience. Then I got busy with other stuff, but here’s [...]