This area, Northwest Arkansas, is considered retirement paradise. We are surrounded by golf courses, hunting and fishing.
Our car lease was up when we moved, so we looked briefly at buying the car. The dealership gave us a page to look at, and we saw a lot of payments ahead. For the initial cost of taking that car back (add on fees - $800), we put a down payment on the car pictured above.
Mrs. Ichabod wanted to look at cars once we got to Arkansas, so we soon went to the used car lot run by Josh and Anna Duggar. We met Josh first. His brother John worked on the purchase papers. Josh's father Jim Bob stopped in and said hello. Later, Josh's wife Anna finished the purchase, her sister watching, and baby MacKynzie Renee Duggar bearing silent witness. MacKynzie was named but not yet born. My wife wanted to bring a baby present to the close, but I suggested they were on a tight schedule and soon to be inundated with baby gifts.
As suggested by a car expert, we took the car to a good mechanic for an exam. His response was, "For that price, I would buy it. We love Lincolns." The check-up cost was $34. Prices are low in Arkansas.
Anna told me, without sounding ominous, that her brother-in-law John was in charge of repos. I said, "He mentioned that too. I suggested combining two reality shows, with all the Duggars showing up with a muscular gang to repo a car." John loved the idea, but Anna was in a hurry, since she and her sister were on their way to a baby shower.
The Duggars are well known, respected, and loved in the area. We were in a nutrition store when one woman looked at our car, dubbed the Ichaboat, and said, "That looks like Josh's grandfather's car." It may have been. The previous owner had it for one year. Mrs. Ichabod is sure the car now has a pedigree.
By going Galt, we got a rust-free reliable car that will be paid off in one year, no interest. The battle cruiser size means we can emulate the carbon footprint of John Kerry and Al Gore.
PS - Going Galt means looking for ways to donate less revenue to the government while having a more satisfying life. A+ wanted to know if it meant not working, but I take it to mean being more frugal about every purchase. Property owns us, as we learn when moving books or anything else. We can get by on less, especially when the most valuable things cost nothing.
KJV Matthew 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
