Triumph Thruxton RS Final Edition

[the Ferret]

That is a very good story, Ferret. In the motorcycle world, my wants have been filled quite satisfactorily.
Once I rented a BMW and loved it, I ended up buying one. The dealer hooked me with some fancy salesmanship, but I was going to buy one.
Once I saw the CB1100 in 2013, I decided that I was going to own one. Sort of like PB, it took a while, in my case until I could trade for one for what the P.O.S. BMW was worth. Once I rented an Enfield 650, I was going to have one. Sold the CB300R out of my fleet, but I got it.

In the car world, my wants have been satisfied as well. In my single days, after seeing that single girls liked guys with classic Cadillacs, I was in want of one. Not two weeks later, my boss retired, bequeathing me a nice '69 Eldorado which netted enough of the wrong type of girls to serve the car's purpose until it started costing more than it was worth. When I wanted a V8 Mustang, I discussed it with my friends at a cocktail party I was hosting. Questioning of my manhood with that kind of power ensued, as did several more cocktails. The next morning, a new V8 Mustang was sitting in my driveway. How it was acquired remains a mystery to this day, but I enjoyed it very much. And, when Richard Hammond proclaimed on Top Gear that the Fiesta ST was just the car for those who were poor and simple, but still wanted to go, turn and stop fast, I had to have one. And I still have it today, along with my CB1100.

Funny, I have never been interested in cars. Never had a "cool" one. Since a kid I've been into motorcycles. Cars are for days when there is ice and snow on the roads or it's raining a frog strangler. I think the coolest car I ever had was my
'91 Honda Accord with a manual transmission lol. Bought it when I was in over the road sales for a Highway Traffic Safety Equipment Co. I put 282,000 miles on it before trading it in on a Civic.

A couple of months ago my daughter asked me if I'd be interested in getting rid of my 2010 Honda Ridgeline which I bought new. 14 years old, had 64,000 miles on it. My really poor weather vehicle. Sat outside for the entire 14 years but still looked really good and drove like a new 2010. Needed a key to open the doors, and for the ignition. No Nav, no back up cameras, no lane departure warning, no cars passing you warning, you even had to manually turn on the headlights lol. Her old Honda Pilot was on it's last legs and she always liked my truck and needed new wheels, so I gave it to her.

Yesterday I bought a new car. A 2.5L 4cyl Toyota Camry 4 door sedan with an automatic (not CVT) trans. Supposed to get 39 mpg on the freeway and about 30 around town. About as vanilla of a car as you can get (it's even white lol). Although it has a lot of new stuff as mentioned above that my old truck didn't have. Can't buy a car without all that stuff these days. Told the salesman I'd probably never touch most of the buttons. Like I said, cars don't excite me. Should do fine if it's raining or snowing. I don't really need to go anywhere anyway. It's a car. Should last me until the state will no longer allow me to drive or I kick off, whichever comes first.