I bought a "new" vehicle on eBay. It's a 1982 Toyota Land Cruiser. I have the pictures on my computer at home, I'll have to post them tonight. They took them off the eBay site already.

It was in Denver, so I flew up on Friday and drove it back. I left Denver about 6:45 pm, and drove for about 6 hours Friday night/Saturday morning, and spent the night in Dalhart, TX, where those illegitimate sons at the Days Inn gouged me for $100, it being Fourth of July weekend. 100 bucks to stay at a Days Inn!!! In Dalhart, TX!!! It was 2:30 a.m., I was falling down tired, the other hotels were all booked, and the next town was about 45 miles down the road, so I took it.

I left Dalhart about 10 a.m., and got back into Houston around 10 p.m., with a short stop for lunch, and a couple stops for gas. Otherwise I drove straight through. The AC started dumping water onto the floor, just south of Dallas, but it was evening by then and wasn't too hot with the windows rolled down. It worked the next day, so I'm not sure what the problem was.

About 17 hours of driving, $167 of gas, $188 plane ticket to Denver, a stop at a Wendy's and a Subway, a DQ shake, AC quitting just south of Dallas. The look on the faces of my neighbors when I parked another beat-up vehicle in front of my house? Priceless.

Late.