{"id":689,"date":"2021-07-10T17:40:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T22:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/?p=689"},"modified":"2021-07-10T17:40:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T22:40:16","slug":"new-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/new-truck\/","title":{"rendered":"New Truck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So, I got a new truck thinking ahead about not wanting car payments heading into retirement.  Here&#8217;s the whole story: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mister4x4.net\/cars\/ram2.htm\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.mister4x4.net\/cars\/ram2.htm\">http:\/\/www.mister4x4.net\/cars\/ram2.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since my wife loves to name things (pool equipment, plants, cars, etc&#8230;), his new name is &#8220;Clifford&#8221; (&#8216;The Big Red Dodge,&#8217; of course).  The whole process was relatively hassle-free, despite the bait &#8216;n&#8217; switch by the Awfulplex and the entire day worth of driving just to go get it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few pics (from the dealership&#8217;s website):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-0.jpg?resize=780%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-0.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-0.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-0.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-0.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-2.jpg?resize=780%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-2.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-2.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-3.jpg?resize=780%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-3.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-3.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-11.jpg?resize=780%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-11.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-11.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-11.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-11.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-14.jpg?resize=780%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-14.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-14.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-14.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cu-14.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, I got a new truck thinking ahead about not wanting car payments heading into retirement. Here&#8217;s the whole story: http:\/\/www.mister4x4.net\/cars\/ram2.htm Since my wife loves to name things (pool equipment, plants, cars, etc&#8230;), his new name is &#8220;Clifford&#8221; (&#8216;The Big Red Dodge,&#8217; of course). The whole process was relatively hassle-free, despite the bait &#8216;n&#8217; switch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blather"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":695,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions\/695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}