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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Phoenix Az
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So I'm moving to Chicago...
I just got accepted into a Doctorate of Pharmacy program in Chicago, so it looks like I'll be leaving sunny FL for the windy city in around 3 months or so. Its really cool because when I went up there for my interview I was really digging the vibe of the city, so I think I'm going to have a great time.
What I have been thinking about a lot though, is what to do about my truck. I really didn't want to take my truck up there at first because I am worried that the harsh midwestern climate is going to cause my old girl to deteriorate really quickly. I thought at first I was going to move into the city, so I wasn't going to need a car anyways, but now it looks like I'll probably be moving into a suburb and commuting to school, which means a car is probably going to be a must (depending on which suburb, I guess). So I have two options, I can drive my truck up to WV and park it at my aunt and uncles house for four years. This would mean I'd have to buy a little beater car when I got up there (and, I would be without my truck for four years!). I don't really care for this option much, even though its probably more practical. I'd have to try to find a decent car as soon as I got there (I'm gonna be poor ![]() Or, I could take her up there with me and deal with whatever the weather does to her. Being a life long florida truck, it has relatively little rust. A little bit on the floor boards, but other than that she's pretty solid. Half of the truck is rattlecanned black, the other half has a very old semi-professional looking white paint job. This hasn't caused a problem down here with our mild weather, but I would imagine that a paint job would be in order to keep the back half from going to hell up there... Oh and It doesn't have a heater anymore( didn't need it, and it was taking up space...), so I guess I'd definitely have to get another one of those. the cons to this are the obvious weather rust problems, the added risk of driving her in a big city, and the risk of a wintertime accident. I'm a florida boy through and through, so I'm not much of a seasoned ice road trucker... What would you guys do? Do you think 4 years in the midwest is enough to put a real hurting on a florida truck? ![]()
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