Black Point Drive

You may remember me talking about this wildlife drive in Titusville, FL. It’s about 12 miles long, it’s best in a vehicle but occasionally we see bicycles in it. We’ve been looking forward to going there especially after being at the Junkyard for a month.

Last year during our trip to the west coast we had multiple issues with our truck. Each breakdown was an ordeal. It wasn’t like we had a trusted mechanic we could call. The serpentine belt broke/shredded so many times we started carrying a spare one. The last time Vic was on his way to pick up a part needed for the solar upgrade when the serpentine belt broke. He pulled into a convenience store parking lot and called a mobile mechanic. It got dark and cold hours before the mechanic showed up. He did whatever he did, Vic started the truck up and paid the guy. Vic started to drive home but the truck was not fixed and quit working again. The mobile mechanic said he didn’t know anything else to do and called someone else. That guy took more hours to get there. He finally showed up about 2 am. He fixed it in about five minutes. Vic was out there from about 4 pm. It was terrible!

While we were on the wildlife drive a few days ago the truck hiccuped and it felt like it was about to die. It was alright (this time) but it scared us. We started thinking and talking about all the problems we had on our last trip out west. We needed a more reliable truck!

Vic did a lot of research and found a dealer in Daytona with the exact thing we need and almost $10K less than everywhere else. They are working on volume trying to get their sales numbers up. The sales people are not working on commission. Strange, huh? They get bonuses based on the number of vehicles sold.

This is our new ride.

Chevy Silverado 3500 Cypress Green

The toolbox fit into the new truck but we had to get a new hitch. We are at the dealer getting the hitch installed as I write.

Stay safe everyone!