an update on ...

... The Man Who Lives Here, and the vehicle that would not fit in the carport. For those who may be just now tuning in to the continuing saga, a little back story is in order. He was driving a great big GMC SUV, very large by my standards, and very uncomfortable for me to sit and spend any time riding unless I was in the back seat. Which did not suit him at all when there were only the two of us.

There is something about this guy: he has, as long as I have known  him, and probably as long as he has been a car owner, felt it imperative to trade vehicles as soon as he makes the last payment. I do not attempt to understand and will make no effort to explain such irrational behavior. My logic leads me to believe that as soon as you get it paid for, you continue to make the payments (to yourself) into savings, to have a nest egg that will serve as a down payment when it is time to trade. Socking away that 'payment' in your own account as preparation for the next vehicle.

But for unknown reasons, his logic requires him to get itchy. Begin to think: time to trade! How can I create more stress in my life? What can I get that will cause me to have to make car payments for the next five years? Apparently he had a bee in his bonnet for a pickup truck - that in itself is really odd, as he had been mulling over a van for several years. He thought a small van would be perfect, and felt he could find one that was already customized, and ready for use. One that would be outfitted to have a motorized lift that would be used to transport his mobility chair.

There is likely no explanation that would be reasonable in understanding why the urge for a truck was so overwhelming that he just absolutely had to buy a brand d@(((n new pick-up.  All that can be said about that is he got just what he wanted. Because the purpose of trading, and getting a new vehicle was to be able to transport the motorized chair and have it not hanging off the back of his car, secured and safely out in the inclement weather. So... now there must be a camper cover purchased to go on the bed of the pick up truck. Plus it has to be custom painted to match the color of that brand d@(((n new truck. With enough height that the winch he will need to load the chair into the bed will fit in the camper when attached to the frame of the truck.

Which means that once he gets everything installed, set up, adjusted and situated to his liking, the camper top makes the whole outfit too tall to fit in the carport. Dear Lord. Oh, my. Now What?

He called a contractor to find out how much it would cost to make the carport fit the truck. Too much, as it turns out. He said he was not willing to pay that much just to keep his brand d@(((n new truck out of the weather. He cannot use it as a pickup truck in the traditional sense: it has a chair riding around in the bed, and is always covered with the camper top, so it is virtually impossible to haul a load of anything in the back. Oh, well. He got just what he wanted....