After 30 years, my ex-company closed its plants in the So. Cal. In October of 2007 – so, I was unemployed for the rest of that year; I was unemployed for the entire 2008 calendar year and a couple of months into 2009.
Fortunately, I was given a very generous severance package; in addition to 10 weeks of vacation time they owed me - all this augmented by unemployment benefits.
I was doing just fine until the petrol companies got greedy in 2008 and raised their diesel fuel prices to five bucks a gallon. That really put a dent in my budget. Had to cut back in a lot of things, including my trusted Indy mechanic – I’ve been doing all the repairs myself…thanks to you folks and this great forum.

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1995 E300 Diesel
2002 GMC Duramax CC LB 4X4