Good news.

Ramblin’ man is ramblin’ on.

So for you tortured readers, those of you who rambled through a year or so with me, here’s a twist on a Nixon quote: “You won’t have me to kick around any more.”

Unless you go to southern Oregon. Or read my novels, because that’s what I am going to do.

What a learning experience it has been writing this column, though.

The first thing I learned is that Colorado Springs loves its cars.

Old ones. New ones. American made. Foreign.

Gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs.

And a few sports cars here and there, the high-end type that you see on “Top Gear.” The U.K. version.

Soooo, I looked up the most popular cars in Colorado.

And it’s a truck.

No. 1 is the Ford F-150, according to MSN Auto.

Not surprising. This is Colorado, the Wild West. And it has been the most popular pickup in the U.S. for more than 30 years.

It’s big. Powerful. Has a large bed.

You can use it everywhere. On the ranch to haul hay. Or cows. Or whatever you haul on a ranch.

Sheep, maybe. And your uncle.

F-150s also work in the suburbs and downtown, where you can haul gravel and landscaping plants.

And stuff for your garage sale.

And your Aunt Bee.

It’s a good truck. Lasts forever.

And it’s big, with broad shoulders.

But in some places in Colorado, the pickup isn’t king.

In Boulder, for example, they swoon over the Subaru Outback, MSN says.

It’s that outdoor, Birkenstock culture. Little car, 4-wheel drive. Trendy in that Boulder kind of way.

With bike racks in the summer and ski racks in the winter.

In Aspen, the favs are Toyota SUVs, such as the Land Cruiser.

I couldn’t find information on the favorite vehicles in Colorado Springs.

It’s difficult to track because of the presence of the military, a nomadic group.

Anecdotally, though, seems the F-150 would be the local leader as well, although there are a lot of Dodge Rams on the road.

So long as it’s a pickup, it seems to be popular in Colorado Springs.

According to the Colorado Department of Revenue, Colorado sales of motor vehicles increased 11.5 percent to $3.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2013 over the same period in the previous year, outdistancing the national uptick of 9.5 percent.

Indeed, most of the counties in Colorado, says the state, had double-digit increases in sales.

El Paso County’s new car sales jumped 7.8 percent during that period.

Me? I drive a Saab. And a pickup. And I can’t take them both with me.

Want to buy a car?

Gazette reporter Garrison Wells Tuesday, November 27, 2012. The Gazette, Mark Reis

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