Hammer Time: Ramblings Of An Aspiring Kibbutznik
I must have been a kibbutznik in a past life. Whenever I buy something of value, I never have the urge to keep it for myself.
Perhaps it’s due to too many bouts of suburbia. A neighborhood with twenty lawnmowers. Thirty The Lion King videos, and fifty to seventy vehicles. All this redundancy seems to be a bit much for a guy who hates to see things unused by my family 98+% of the time.
Yeah. I know that most folks aren’t willing to share their ride. Some won’t even loan you Simba. But if I lived in a place where we all put a smaller chunk of our change into a ride, I wouldn’t go cheap . . . except for possibly an old Volvo wagon.
These would be my top picks. All used of course!
Then we should consider all manner of bicycles, motorcycles, scooters, airplanes, golf carts, buses and catapults. A nice pair of running shoes. A lake. A river. A rowboat. A canoe. A kayak. A catamaran. A schooner. A tugboat. A yacht. A battleship!
Perhaps it’s time to start my own country. What about you? What transportation aplenty strikes your fancy in that, “Nice to have around… but I don’t want to own one.” kinda way?More by Steven Lang
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A shared horse has a dirty back. But to play along, I'll say a plain wrapper Grand Caravan with tow package and utility trailer.
I've firmly entrenched myself in the 'old volvo' camp with a 940 turbo wagon for myself and a stick '87 240 sedan for the girlfriend - her first car & the one she bought without having ever driven stick before. But one summer I decided I wanted a 4x4 - So I began cold emailing people with cars up to $2,000 though my budget was $1200. Bam. Truck from out of the area couldn't pass smog, so the guy drops the price on his $2,000 1994 K1500 Suburban to $1k firm because he cannot park it in Kitsilano on the street - too big! And while it was wicked fun to hoon that beast, and while I had a ticket literally thrown in my face because it outraged the cop ticketing it with its awesomeness, it couldn't carry any more people or any more cargo than my mom's 2001 GMC Safari could, all while being easier to park, and twice as easy on fuel. By the way, for anyone considering these trucks - the '94 K1500 with the 350SBC is a one year only exhaust design. Mine was a mangle of weird terrible welds and as soon as a real exhaust piece was put in place the power came on.