Road warrior justice needed

[Ace]

Not that I know of. Just pointing it out.

 

[imjustagirl2]

I just upgraded from a small truck to a large truck. I don't haul anything. I don't drive 40, either.

Why does that make me an idiot ... or Joe Bob ****mysister, or whatever his name is?

It's just overkill. If there's no need to have a truck, but it burns fuel and all that, then why have one?

You can't blatantly waste and expect everyone to be OK with it.

 

[pallister]

TBF, what makes you think you have the right to own a truck without using it for someone else's specifically mandated purposes?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

But I'm thinking it's a safe bet to say one in 5 trucks in Texas are actually used for heavy-duty work.

Doesn't Texas have a cheaper license on trucks? Isn't that why their plates read "Texas Truck" at the top?

 

[User 1019]

I have a large truck because I had the cash (85 percent of it) to buy it -- and wanted it. It is much larger and more roomy than the small truck I had, which leaves room for future expansion, if you know what I mean. It is much more comfortable, drives better and rides better than my old truck.

And I don't ask anyone to be OK with it, save Mrs. TBF.

And where's the waste. My old truck -- a freakin' S-10 -- got 24 MPG at best, with its four cylinders. This one gets 21 MPG with eight.

Don't knock it 'till you've tried it.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

I drive one because it's damned tough to put a kayak on top of an Accord. A Prius would get stuck in the mud going to my family's cabin in the mountains. And I still can't figure out how to fit sheets of plywood and/or drywall into a VW when we're remodeling our house.

In order:

Thule Hull-A-Port: http://www.autoanything.com/roof-racks/69A1847A0A0.aspx

Honda Element. Subaru ... well, any Subaru.

And when you really need a truck for plywood or drywall, you can rent one.

I buy organic, local groceries. I'm planning to put solar panels on my house. I subscribe to Mother Earth News. But I need my Jeep.

After all, 2MC, what do I do when I'm pulling a boat, hauling two buddies, all our gear and two Labrador Retrievers for our yearly duck-hunting trip?

 

[imjustagirl2]

Trust me, aside from the need to kill animals, Inky is the biggest hippie I've ever known.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

I drive one because it's damned tough to put a kayak on top of an Accord. A Prius would get stuck in the mud going to my family's cabin in the mountains. And I still can't figure out how to fit sheets of plywood and/or drywall into a VW when we're remodeling our house.

In order:

Thule Hull-A-Port: http://www.autoanything.com/roof-racks/69A1847A0A0.aspx

Honda Element. Subaru ... well, any Subaru.

And when you really need a truck for plywood or drywall, you can rent one.

I buy organic, local groceries. I'm planning to put solar panels on my house. I subscribe to Mother Earth News. But I need my Jeep.

After all, 2MC, what do I do when I'm pulling a boat, hauling two buddies, all our gear and two Labrador Retrievers for our yearly duck-hunting trip?

Dodge Magnum R/T: 345 horsepower, 21 mpg, 3800-lb towing capacity, 0 to 60 mph in 5.6 seconds and a quarter mile in less than 14.

Station wagons haul stuff. That one hauls ass, too.

;D

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Trust me, aside from the need to kill animals, Inky is the biggest hippie I've ever known.

Hey, I only kill them if they're good eating. And I practice catch-and-release when I'm fly-fishing, so it's not like I'm killing everything in nature.

2MC, the Magnum only gets 1 mpg better than my Jeep but has less ground clearance for when I'm off-road. Otherwise, I'd consider it because they are pretty sweet. I guess I could redneck one up by putting a lift kit under it, but that's too much work.

 

[Lion_Woods]

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Trust me, aside from the need to kill animals, Inky is the biggest hippie I've ever known.

Hey, I only kill them if they're good eating. And I practice catch-and-release when I'm fly-fishing, so it's not like I'm killing everything in nature.

2MC, the Magnum only gets 1 mpg better than my Jeep but has less ground clearance for when I'm off-road. Otherwise, I'd consider it because they are pretty sweet. I guess I could redneck one up by putting a lift kit under it, but that's too much work.

I was going to recommend the Ford Escape Hybrid, but I wasn't sure about the towing capacity.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Trust me, aside from the need to kill animals, Inky is the biggest hippie I've ever known.

Hey, I only kill them if they're good eating. And I practice catch-and-release when I'm fly-fishing, so it's not like I'm killing everything in nature.

2MC, the Magnum only gets 1 mpg better than my Jeep but has less ground clearance for when I'm off-road. Otherwise, I'd consider it because they are pretty sweet. I guess I could redneck one up by putting a lift kit under it, but that's too much work.

I was going to recommend the Ford Escape Hybrid, but I wasn't sure about the towing capacity.

My father's dealership doesn't carry Ford, so I have to get something from the Chrysler family to get it at dealer cost. And I'm talking the real dealer cost, not the advertised dealer cost when they're having a sale.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Trust me, aside from the need to kill animals, Inky is the biggest hippie I've ever known.

Hey, I only kill them if they're good eating. And I practice catch-and-release when I'm fly-fishing, so it's not like I'm killing everything in nature.

2MC, the Magnum only gets 1 mpg better than my Jeep but has less ground clearance for when I'm off-road. Otherwise, I'd consider it because they are pretty sweet. I guess I could redneck one up by putting a lift kit under it, but that's too much work.

I was going to recommend the Ford Escape Hybrid, but I wasn't sure about the towing capacity.

My father's dealership doesn't carry Ford, so I have to get something from the Chrysler family to get it at dealer cost. And I'm talking the real dealer cost, not the advertised dealer cost when they're having a sale.

Diesel Jeep, then. The Grand Cherokee will be getting the same CRD engine this fall that it's already been getting for years in Europe thanks to the new ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Trust me, aside from the need to kill animals, Inky is the biggest hippie I've ever known.

Hey, I only kill them if they're good eating. And I practice catch-and-release when I'm fly-fishing, so it's not like I'm killing everything in nature.

2MC, the Magnum only gets 1 mpg better than my Jeep but has less ground clearance for when I'm off-road. Otherwise, I'd consider it because they are pretty sweet. I guess I could redneck one up by putting a lift kit under it, but that's too much work.

I was going to recommend the Ford Escape Hybrid, but I wasn't sure about the towing capacity.

My father's dealership doesn't carry Ford, so I have to get something from the Chrysler family to get it at dealer cost. And I'm talking the real dealer cost, not the advertised dealer cost when they're having a sale.

Diesel Jeep, then. The Grand Cherokee will be getting the same CRD engine this fall that it's already been getting for years in Europe thanks to the new ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel.

Trust me, that's been on my radar screen for more than a year. But the hybrid Wrangler is the one I'm really wanting to see.

 

[HC]

If you have a legit reason to drive a truck (or an SUV), fine. But I'm thinking it's a safe bet to say one in 5 trucks in Texas are actually used for heavy-duty work.

In Toronto, I'd put the odds at 1 in 100.  And that's being optimistic.

 

[JR]

If you have a legit reason to drive a truck (or an SUV), fine. But I'm thinking it's a safe bet to say one in 5 trucks in Texas are actually used for heavy-duty work.

In Toronto, I'd put the odds at 1 in 100.  And that's being optimistic.

As a friend of mine once said, the only off-road those things have seen is their driveway.

 

[JR]

this is possibly the most queer thread I've ever read on this site. .

Huh?

 

[MacDaddy]

In Seattle, people merging onto the freeway at 45 would be an improvement.