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The Red Scare

I bought my 2009 Mitsubishi Triton in September 2020 for a paltry R80 000. The original owner had to emigrate to the Netherlands and was therefore in a hurry to get rid of his assets. I knew I’d make a profit if I then sold the pickup onwards.

At the time, I owned a 2011 model Isuzu KB300 D-Teq 4x4 and before that a Mitsubishi Colt that I really liked. The plan hadn’t been to trade in my Isuzu for a Triton,

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