That interior's not bad for a southern car. Better than mine.

I've often wished that I'd gone ahead with my plan in my youth to greyhound out to places where cars don't rust, then drive them back here to sell. You're likely to triple your dollar up here.

Separate money is a big help. I listen to guys who dump everything into a common account then let her dole out an allowance and I'm amazed at what they put up with. And what they have no idea about. Mine is mine, hers is hers. We have a common account that covers things like mortgage, prop taxes, kids expenses but that's budgeted for each of us. That way any extra money I make is mine, no questions asked.

I also make sure I spend money to buy her kitchen goodies, which she likes, then tell her I gave up buying a nice tool for the shop to do it.