I'm a TCU Alumni currently living in Fort Worth, Texas who enjoys Golf, Labrador Retrievers and the occasional cigar. I run a political consulting company called (eightoneseven) Strategies, enjoy the fascinating animal that is the Internet and love a good iPhone app.
Jindrich Liska is founder and CEO of Jobmagic, a leading social recruiting platform which enables employers to hire candidates on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Jindrich has pioneered many social recruiting approaches which are now used worldwide by brands such as Disney, J.Crew and Compuware. …
In 2002 (the summer before my sophomore year at TCU), I bought this truck at a sort of “less than upscale” car lot in Paducah, KY. It had approximately 80,000 miles on it when I purchased it. The body was in okay condition and it didn’t even have a CD Player. I only expected it to get me through college.
Well today, after 3 aftermarket CD Players, 100,000 miles, countless oil changes, multiple sets of tires, a new radiator, lots of new sensors, two sets of brakes, a ton of gas (it only got about 16 miles to the gallon), getting married, 3 moves across the country, 4 campaigns and 9.5 years. I had to get rid of my old friend.
This past week the truck went to the mechanic for a check up and some routine maintenance. After two full days at the shop I was informed rather somberly that the truck needed $1800 worth of work. Kelly Blue Book told me it was only worth about $1000. While the news wasn’t all that unexpected, I was sad the day had finally come. So today, I sold the truck at Carmax in East Fort Worth.
Hopefully, it will get fixed up and resold to someone who will use it for another 11 years. If not, I feel like a truck that was originally manufactured in 1996 had a good run. I can only hope the next car I purchase will last as long and be just as dependable.
Goodbye Old Friend.
