First truck. 15 years old. Help please.

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Old Sep 24, 2010 | 08:42 PM
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 12:24 AM
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You think I don't want a new truck? I already asked my dad.
I told him I'd buy all the gas. All he would doing was the payments, insurance, down payments and taxes and tags and inspections.

But he said no. I have asked more than once and he keeps giving lame excuses.
"Son, your mother and I are on a fixed income, besides your 55 years old"...blah,blah,blah

It just pisses me off and I'm thinking about moving out.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 12:29 AM
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You think I don't want a new truck? I already asked my dad.
I told him I'd buy all the gas. All he would doing was the payments, insurance, down payments and taxes and tags and inspections.

But he said no. I have asked more than once and he keeps giving lame excuses.
"Son, your mother and I are on a fixed income, besides your 55 years old"...blah,blah,blah

It just pisses me off and I'm thinking about moving out.
Don't do anything too hasty there Raoul!
 
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 02:48 AM
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To the OP, do what YOU want to do to your truck. Who cares if it's a little old? Over the years i've probably put about $7k into a $3k truck. But it's my truck and it's the way i like it so that's all that matters.

To some of the others that think that just because some of the others are younger than them that they can be all high and mighty, give it a rest. I personally have had my truck for five years now and guess what? It hasn't been totaled or wrecked even once! Those of us that have had to actually pay for everything have a higher respect for our vehicles than you would imagine. And yeah it's might be 97, but it's gonna ride till the wheels fall off!
 
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 06:44 AM
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So im 15 and im in drivers ed currently. Im a freshmen and will be driving next july. I am wanting to start saving money and asking truck upgrades for christmas. It's a 1999 f150 lariat with about 130,000 miles on it. Tell me what i should upgrade first that aint to expensive and then tell me some other things that are higher end?!
Sell it and buy something more practicle. Get something that will keep on going for years to come and that will be cheap to drive and maintain.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 08:36 AM
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aight thanks guys and i already had dual exhaust it came with it. i tried putting a picture but it didnt work.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 09:49 AM
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aight thanks guys and i already had dual exhaust it came with it. i tried putting a picture but it didnt work.
Here is how you post a pic, or you can upload them to your albums.

https://www.f150online.com/forums/qu...-pictures.html
 
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 09:59 AM
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Because decals and stickers look great on their trucks?
I'll admit, I do have one "logo" type sticker on my truck, but odds are nobody here will know what/who it is without looking it up.



Originally Posted by Buxton91
Over the years i've probably put about $7k into a $3k truck. But it's my truck and it's the way i like it so that's all that matters.
All I can picture are rides like this:





Originally Posted by reece cook
aight thanks guys and i already had dual exhaust it came with it. i tried putting a picture but it didnt work.
You need to either host the picture in your gallery on this website, or upload it to photobucket or something other hosting site. Then copy the web address for the picture and put [img] and [/img] around the address.

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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 11:46 AM
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I'm curious as to what the sticker means??? hahah, something to do with scuba diving. but what?
 
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 12:25 PM
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It's a Kirby Morgan 37 diving helmet. I got the sticker with some parts I ordered a while back.

It's what I use when diving for work:


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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by NCSU_05_FX4
I'll admit, I do have one "logo" type sticker on my truck, but odds are nobody here will know what/who it is without looking it up.
Correct.

The Kirby Morgan 37 Commercial Diver's Helmet is one of the most popular designs in the world. It's considered the standard of the commercial diving industry.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 12:26 PM
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I put 3 pictures of my truck in my garage thingy if yall want to take a look. And i am a good driver no lie. Im gunna get this truck as nice as it can get cause it will be my truck for next 7-10 years prolly. And who ever said sell it and get somehting better. Are you retarted? This truck is pretty nice and i just got it, its my first truck....
 
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by anaheim_drew
Correct.

The Kirby Morgan 37 Commercial Diver's Helmet is one of the most popular designs in the world. It's considered the standard of the commercial diving industry.
I'm kinda partial to the 27 myself, I just feel it fits me better. If I could pick any of their helmets, I'd probably dive the 77 just cuz it looks cool. Who wouldn't want an entirely stainless steel helmet?


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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by reece cook
I put 3 pictures of my truck in my garage thingy if yall want to take a look. And i am a good driver no lie. Im gunna get this truck as nice as it can get cause it will be my truck for next 7-10 years prolly. And who ever said sell it and get somehting better. Are you retarted? This truck is pretty nice and i just got it, its my first truck....
All 15 year old drivers think that. Let us know how it goes over the next 10 years or so!

As for better, I think they meant something more affordable for a teenager. Trucks suck down gas (ask Raptor, he used to always complain about not being able to drive his truck cuz he couldn't afford gas, and he's got a V6!), you're going to have to do maintenance on your truck since it's up there in miles, the last thing you need is for the transmission to go out, or something like that.

Search the site for high mileage f150s and look into what kind of problems you can expect, and if you're lucky, you might be able to cut some of them off before they start. Either way, if you plan on keeping it you'd better figure out a way to save up to repair it.

Here's your pic:


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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 12:39 PM
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What do you do I want your job!!
 
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