The 86-year-old man who took his pickup truck for an oil change and came home with a Porsche is now satisfied.As we reported earlier this month, Arthur Krause brought his year-old truck to Don Joseph Toyota/Scion in Kent and, while waiting for it to be serviced, became enamored with a used Porsche Boxster with a manual transmission.Krause had trouble getting in and out of the vehicle and driving it, but he loved how it looked. So he traded in the pickup and brought home the Porsche before realizing he had made a bad mistake.Just how hard the salesman pushed has been a topic of considerable debate, but a resolution has been reached that seems to satisfy both sides.The dealership took back the Porsche and gave Krause a new 2011 Toyota Tundra. Because it was an even exchange, sales tax was not an issue.“It was a long saga, but it turned out as well as could be expected,” says Marty Flower, Krause’s son-in-law. “Jeff Joseph [the dealership’s owner and president] stepped in and did the right thing.”General Sales Manager Jessica Joseph initially told the family she would undo the deal for $10,000, then dropped the figure to about $5,000, which she said would cover the cost of the sales tax and commissions. Krause’s family thought that was excessive.Flower, the son-in-law, is a retired state park manager who says he knows a lot of people and plans to tell them he is once again a fan of a dealership his family has patronized for decades.“I would recommend Don Joseph Toyota,” Flower says. “They didn’t apologize, but I’m a person who believes that actions speak louder than words.”General Manager Jim Wise said the deal had been on the table for a while, and the family accepted it last week. The company’s website now includes a photo of Krause sitting in his new truck, as well as a quote from Flower expressing the family’s satisfaction.Judgment callMethinks the 15-member committee that meets each weekday morning in Columbus to turn thumbs up or down on vanity license plates might have missed one.Somebody is tooling around town with plates that read “B J WRTHY.” I’m pretty sure that has nothing to do with the Beacon Journal.Premature agingMaybe I’m just getting sensitive in my old age. But here I am, fully invested in the theory that 50 is the new 40, and then I discover via my favorite daily newspaper that 50 is actually the new 65.Did you catch that story about the “seniors” who were allowed to zoom down the Soap Box Derby hill? It said you had to be at least 50 to participate in what was named the “Active-Adult Derby.”Imagine that. Still active at 50.Wasted wordsReader Nancy Lockwood has a beef, and I’m going to pass it along to you for, um, nothing.“If you’re taking on words gone wrong, how about my pet peeve: ‘for free’?“When did ‘for’ get added to simply ‘free’? Ads did it first, so I credit some ad copywriter who slept through Parts of Speech in fourth grade.“If something is free, it doesn’t need ‘for’ to let you know it. What makes me shudder is that newspapers picked it up, and it’s now pretty standard for any and all occasions when ‘free’ is all the headline writer needs to write.“How much is it? It’s free. You can get it free, or free of charge. Won’t cost a thing. ...“Reminds me of my first journalism teacher’s pet peeve: the word ‘very.’ She claimed it doesn’t mean anything, and takes up space, so leave it out. I wish to add ‘for’ before ‘free’ to that list.”Done.Bob Dyer can be reached at 330-996-3580 or bdyer@thebeaconjournal.com.