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"Big truck.....small package" is the best analogy I've heard........djw


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My pickup is and always has been a 2nd vehicle for me. I use it for pulling a boat (and whatever else needs pulled) and going hunting. I bought my current rig brand new. Now it's 11yrs old w/210K on it.

If I were in the market today I'd likely buy another F250, but, I'd get the 7.3L gas motor and the Tremor package then run it 10-15yrs and a whole bunch of miles. Not sure why anyone would give a damn what I paid or why I bought it when I buy it and use it a bunch as my wants/needs require.


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Originally Posted by mauserfan
"Big truck.....small package"

That'd be me......

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F150’s for the last 42 years, that’s what I drive.


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Celebrities so they can be shot at! Denise Richards Road Rage Incident

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Ever notice (hard not to) the prominent logos on "designer" clothing ? Under Armor et al, in many cases it takes up the entire front and back of the overpriced garments !!!!

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The real question is, why does it seem like every douchebag with a big lift, offset wheels, and mud tires refuses to use mud flaps? Is it a law? I can spot a truck without mudflaps coming a mile away, well before they splatter my truck in slush and rocks. Even in the opposing lane, theyre covering you in that crap to where youre driving blind until you hit your wipers. Damn idiots, theres a special place in hell for fools like that. And on another note, 90% of them are dodges. I just dont understand the appeal of driving a tryck that makes you look like a douchebag, and is a hazard to every other vehicle on the road.

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Other than his royalty money, wonder what Carroll Shelby would have really thought of that rig.

Back when I was heavy in the cattle business, a friend in TX helped manage Shelby's Pittsburg, TX cattle ranch. He also used it as a proving ground for vehicles. When I was there, his ranch hands had burned the clutch in a new Taco P/U. They were all excited, put it on a trailer to be hauled in for an "autopsy". If you want to screw up a new pickup, just turn it over to ranch hands and tell them it's bullet proof..... Toyota evidently was paying good money for Shelby to test their trucks.

He had a pair of vintage D-8 Cat dozers he had gotten from the Howard Hughes hanger after they moved the Spruce Goose. They had been in that hanger since new, just pulling the big Goose around. For such old tractors, they almost looked new. Shelby had one of them fitted with a blade which they used it to clear brush. Compared to current D-8's, they were surprisingly small. I'd have guessed D-6 size without seeing the D-8 decal. The blade was operated with cables and they were pony motor started. Real vintage stuff...

I went to a cattle sale in the Valley with him. He seemed uninterested in the sale itself, sat behind the bleachers while his manager did all the bidding. He seemed to be a nice enough guy, just not a cattleman...

He's gone to his reward. Lots of years have passed. Good memories.

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A good friend , 75, years old, was always a GM guy.
He is an old hotrodder , "improved" the performance of all his cars and trucks.
Got the diesel bug and owned 4 Duramax 2500 Z71's.
Now he sold his GMC and bought a Dodge Terex.
When asked why,, Because I want one.

That may be the reason for a lot of them.

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I’m guessing cuz that’s what they want!!!!

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Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
Not just the car makers. Have you ever looked at a new car on a lot and saw the dealers sticker on the back? Has a dealer ever offered to pay you to have his advertising on your brand new truck?

Quit buying new years ago but, when I did, every salesman was told ZERO dealership name on outside unless you're gonna pay me $1000 for advertising. Told it to the finance manager too. Never had a dealer name appear on outside of vehicle, although one showered me with keychains and snow scrapers.

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Originally Posted by ElAhrairah
Its nothin a guy cant fix with a heat gun. Bought a new silverado trailboss in 21 and it was short work to get those cheap ass stickers off, followed by the tailgate badging.

First thing I did to my Tremor when I got it home. Removed all the Tremor badges.

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I hate buying anything with advertising on it. You pay $20 to $25 for a cap and it says anything from Atlanta Braves to Bud Light. They never to pay you to wear their name. They charge you for it.


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I have never understood why anyone gives a flying FFUUCCKK what truck one chooses to buy, or rifle, travel trailer or wife. Seems the Dem's want us all alike...


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Don’t care for all those badges, but I’d like to have that truck


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Originally Posted by beretzs
Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
Not just the car makers. Have you ever looked at a new car on a lot and saw the dealers sticker on the back? Has a dealer ever offered to pay you to have his advertising on your brand new truck?

That's exactly right. First things I peel off my vehicles.

Bought the Land Cruiser and the dealer was taking it around to get detailed while we did paperwork, I told him that if it came back out with their trademark decal on the ass end he’d be finding me another one. That and the dealer license plate frame pisses me off.
I just paid more than my first house for a vehicle and you want me to advertise for you for free?



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Originally Posted by Poconojack
Don’t care for all those badges, but I’d like to have that truck
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Originally Posted by huntsman22
Damn right. Not everybody thinks blowing thru barbwire fences while chasing coyotes is a good way to' make it mine'.

LOL ! grin True dat !!

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Originally Posted by TheKid
I worked for a guy who was consumed with his “brand” one top of the line item we made had his logo on it 13 times. This item was slightly bigger than a breadbox.
no differant than Harley -Davidson Bike riders ,who put every acessery and replacement parts on the bike that says Harley Davidson ,or have the H-D Eagle . i once counted 8 or more H-D or eagle on a bike and they are way smaller than a truck.its like nobody knows it is a Harley

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Originally Posted by Dillonbuck
Americans,
Spending money they don't have,
on things they don't need,
to impress people they don't like. (Or know)


150%of what those badges, and every other option badge is about.

Good point!

I found myself next to a RAM POWER WAGON while queued up at a traffic light yesterday. The POWER WAGON decal was oriented vertical, so you would have had a hard time to read the words if it was moving. Chrysler always seemed to put more effort into giving their vehicles names and unnecessary design features than most other manufacturers. I remember the Dodge Super Bee and Daytona from the muscle care era prior to the 1972 oil embargo.

The only truck that I own is an old Ford Explorer Sport-Trac and since the Explorer line has always been marketed as an SUV, I'm not sure if it is a truck, despite having a small cargo bed, or an SUV. Not that it matters, 'cause Ford stopped making them after the 2010 model year, another good idea that Ford did away with, only for it to rise again, sort of, as the MAVERICK.

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