True?
I would hope that it would mean that you learn to manage debt and money as you climb the ranks. So many E1 retards buying that boot car at 23% financing.
Ugly cars? Maybe. Paid off? For sure.
It’s a lifecycle.
It really is that simple, your young and single you buy a single mans sports car, you marry and slowly lose your will to live and your manhood until you find yourself in a minivan.
Man, give me a good minivan 10 times over any sports car. I love our Honda Odyssey.
Eh. Tru-ish.
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Back in the early 80’s I lived very close to a major air force base. I would see air force men driving to and from the base every day in my travels. All of the enlisted men drove American made cars. All of the officers drove imports.
If they made a 4WD minivan, it would be useful for our range trips.
QFTMFT
When I was in my teens I knew every car model and engine package available. Now I don’t even know all the brands…
Look at the Toyota Sienna XSE, its awd.
Our parking lots outside the team rooms always looked like a Toyota and Harley dealership.
As it should be…
We need 4wd for sand washes. When they dry out in summer, they’re soft and mushy.
Back in the 1980’s (my SSgt days) my ride was a 1979 Chevy C-10 work truck. No radio, no air conditioning, no power steering, no power brakes. Just a three-on-the column 3-speed shifter, a bench seat, and a steering wheel - and not much else. I loved that old bucket.
My cousin owned an auto repair shape right outside the main gate of Seymour Johnson AFB in Goldsboro, NC. He made a killing on pilots who brought in their imports. Because they were imports, they often required proprietary tools, and if he did not have what he needed, it got put on the bill. The nearest dealership for most imports was in Raleigh, 60 miles away.
Yes, definitely. I had a pick up, I much prefer the minivan for range trips.
LOL, reminds me of “ The Natural Age Progression of a Weapons Platoon Leader”:
We run a cool 2 seater Tacoma 4wd, but having all the expensive guns/optics just out in the open bed is less than ideal.
Get a decked drawer system for the truck bed.
Technically, an officer that fails to pay their debts in a timely manner (goes to collection agency, ect.) could be charged with conduct unbecoming & lose their commission… though it rarely, if ever comes to that.
MA2
I was an E-2 in '85, my first pickup was similar. A '63 w. AM radio.
I didn’t take out a car loan until '96.
I don’t know, the retired airborne colonel with the crappy brand new Mercedes parked out side his garage so his Ferrari can stay insides says different (that and some really good retirement planning).
It’s got a tool box and bolted down recovery equipment box, etc. Otherwise, yeah. That would be ideal.