Is it still considered truck farming...

...when you take you goods to market in a car? Get better gas mileage with this and its easier to fit in a parking spot at the market than my truck

"Punkinmobile"!
Is that a new Focus? Wife has an 01, said she saw a new one on the road today and really liked it. I said yea, but it comes with a payment book! Bought this one new in '01 and she got her all the way up to 62,000 miles now. If and when she gets something new, I'm driving this one. You can actually haul a bunch of stuff in it.

Yes, actually I had an '01 Focus also, it had 165,000 miles on it (I have a 30 mile one way drive to work), needed brakes, coolant was "disappearing", some electrical gremlins were creeping in (hatch release didnt' work anymore, rear dome light stayed on, door adjar idot light stayed on) figured it was time to go. I told myself I was never going to buy another new vehicle, but used vehicles were only a grand or so less than the price I was able to negotiate, plus I saved money over the last eleven years so I was able to buy it without a loan. Should've seen the look on the sales guys face when I said I would pay for it "today", don't think he sees that very often anymore...I really like this so far, seems much more "solid" than the old one, quality seems to have improved.

Cool story. I must admit, I think I like the look. The wife did say they really look a lot different, and I see she's right!
My barber bought a new Focus last year, it looks a lot more like ours than yours. Ford really made some radical changes in appearance.
I know the feeling with the dealer you had. I bought this one because she totaled out her Escort Wagon a few months earlier. It too was a low mileage car so I had to argue with the insurance company (not very hard, they agreed since they like my business) so I took that money and some cash I had saved up and bought this wagon with no trades and cash on the barrel head. Almost blew the guy away, he said it had been years since he had a full cash sale and he was not a youngster either. I told them to wash it, fill it with gas and have it ready and I would be back that evening to pick it up. After dinner I told the wife I was taking her to the Ford dealer to look at cars (she had no idea I had already bought this one). The sales guy played along, it was great fun. We walked along looking at the wagons and she liked them, but I said the colors just were not right. I said a brown or tan would be better, wouldn't show the dirt as much. Asked the sales guy don't you have one in brown or tan color? He said we did, but we sold it earlier today. He asked if she would like to look at it to get an idea of the color and see if she liked it and if so he would find one that color for her. She agreed. He took us out back and showed it to her, she said yes I really like this color a lot, too bad it's already sold. I (like a smart alec) said let's see who bought it and maybe we can call them and change their mind since I want to buy this right now. Sales guy said the buyers name is on the paper tag on the back, so I walk back there. I said it's too dark, I can't read what it says. Wife bends down to help read it only to see her name.
Doing silly stuff like that for the last 35 years has kept us together, and I'm glad of it!

I sold cars for about a year and a half, about 50%
of the deals at our store were cash, suprisingly
towncars were more apt to be cash sales than
anything else Grand Marquis were the 2nd highest %
of cash sales.

yak,

Really neat photos. Love the pumkins along the driveway. Nice car - looks sporty.

Went to the lumber company with the wife. On the way back I said let's stop at the car dealer. We went in and showed her some cars and the salesman said drive this Fusion. She did and said she wanted it and bought it with cash. Not to be outdone I said that the Explorer looked good to me and the salesman said drive it. I drove it and bought it with cash. Two new cars on the same day. But wait it gets better. Our son called and said he was at the dealer and buying a new car from the same salesman we just bought from. Salesman got three cash sales from the same family on the same day.

That is neat ,at least until you slam on the brakes or run into something. I have a 92 full size Blazer with tools and stuff in the back and it worries me when I think about it.
Ron

I think about 30%. of sales are cash. My dad and grandfathers all paid cash for vehicles. And most other things. I pay cash for some stuff, but I use credit cards mostly, pay them off every month.

It is not unusual for someone to come in and pay cash for a car. Happens here several times a week.