Car $ vs bike $

Roger (Jim) here.

Car spending vs bike spending, really I'm not too cheap, but there's nothing the jerks my chain more than dropping money on automobiles. I choose to live in Auburn and work in Sac, so I have to suck it up I guess. Maybe it's the $3.30 a gallon that has me chaffed tonight...really not likely though it's this...

If you read an early post this month, I dropped $800 on my Dodge Dakota to get it fixed prior to going to Old Pueblo. That's a lot chafe, and seriously, I hurt every second it took to sign the receipt for that damn plastic card.

Anyway, back from OP, that damn truck was making some racket. I took it into Midas near work today. It appeared it may be a quick fix, a simple refacing of the rotors and I'm out and it's cheap. But kharma is an ugly girl and when she called today, she had some nastiness to share... $700 to fix my brakes, turns out the rear drums were out......arghhh!

Not happy, I say okay, pick up the truck much later than expected...and insult to injury miss the Victory Velo night ride (add I'm more upset). So I get on the freeway to head home and what do I hear that SAME damn noise from before....so I'm thinking $1500+ and my truck runs like the piece of crap it was before I dropped it off at the Dodge dealership and or Midas. What the hell, I know the auto places are hurting but this just sucks.

I'm determined to just trade in this truck on the way home, but I know I have three Rogue Mocha Porter's at home to rest my nerves and Amanda and the kids to make thing seem reasonable. Ughhhh!!!!

So I started out bike vs car right well.....here's the funny thing I'm sick inside for dropping $1500 in the last month on my truck that helps me keep the roof over our heads...but I didn't think twice about dropping $500 on a wheelset for my 29er? Strange....very strange...than again my commuting by bicycle each year saves me over $3k a year. Guess I'm still $1k up. I did mention my truck is making the same racket...so I'm thinking I'll lose that savings too. LOL...

Sorry for the ranting, rambling post....gotta go...kids and Rogue Porter are calling.

Goodnight.