What am I getting into with buying a second car?

[Jake]

I'm keeping this thing until it dies. It's my baby.

I said that too, about my Miata. Life has a way of telling you when it's time to do things and it was time to move on.

If you can save up over the summer and buy something a bit more expensive ($1500 or so?) you could still keep the truck and have a fun project that wouldn't be nearly as much of a heap.