Mines an '03 I bought new in '04, first 4-5 years I rode it pretty hard but only have a 1000 miles on it.

Replaced the boots on the back axles and that's about it up until now, but I thought it was ridiculous that the ignition would go out like this. I think of some places I've had it back by myself and if this would have happened then I would have been screwed.

Then I think of the guys that aren't capable of doing the work themselves that don't have the money and get a 700-1000.00 bill from a shop.

Knock on wood I've always had pretty good luck with vehicles and I'm capable of doing 95% of my own work on them but in the last month I've had an injector go out on my Cummins on my elk trip. 750 bucks, the four-wheeler - 250 bucks, my car I had a bearing go out - 300 bucks.

Gotta start staying home and not even start anything up.


Life is just one damned thing after another