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Btuggle88 Senior Enthusiast

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Boy do I need a shop in my yard, just finished claying my daughters car and ran out of daylight have to polish it tomorrow and finish it up. She better be thankful her car is the first complete car I've clayed, before my own truck even, go figure.

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Put my boots on for the first time in at least 6 months and headed out for a trip to Sonic. Appropriately enough, there were a ton of good country tunes on the radio on the trip home.

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I pulled into a parking spot at Best Buy and bumped into the front of a beautiful pearl white GMC Sierra 2500HD Duramax Denali. The driver was sitting in his truck. I got out immediatly apologized to him and asked him to give it a look over and let me know if he finds any damage on his truck. He was satisfied that there was no damage (had a bull bar) but pointed out a nice scratch on the front plastic bumper of my Impala but told him I don't care. It's just your basic rental car. We talked for a moment about his truck, told him about my old D-Max, shook his hand, apologized again and he said all was cool. I was very ashamed for having bumped into it but am grateful he was nice about it.

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Just pulled a Cummins otta the mud right after telling everyone a diesel does no good in the mud

 

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LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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Just pulled a Cummins otta the mud right after telling everyone a diesel does no good in the mud

 

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Agreed. Can't get the RPM's and too heavy

 

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SarahsGMC Senior Enthusiast

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This 17 year old kid that thinks his v6 dodge Dakota is the best thing ever saw I drive a gmc and wouldn't shut up about it all night. There's nothing more annoying than some know nothing punk kid talking garbage. He swore up n down that dodge is unstoppable I'm like listen kid no truck is unstippable.. I built mine from the ground up myself yours is some stock trash your mommy bought last year.. don't even get me started.. that's when he's like we'll alexis diesel can get further in the mud than you im like no he is 1 ton has street tires he's not going far.... ohh no no his torque blah blah I'm like dude are you retarded for real? Then later we end up two tracking and he went in a drying up lake and got stuck instantly I got out and said point proven. Eventually someone showed up picked me and my friend up and we got my truck.. I whipped some shitty in the mud after to further prove my point... shut that kid up..

 

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kstruckcountry Senior Enthusiast

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In high school I pulled out people with my ~160hp pickup more than once, lol. I did have to use a Duramax once, when someone was really stuck and the road wasn't bad. I will say even with the crappy Goodyears my 2006 would run circles around the 1990 in most conditions. It digs.

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High school kids are generally shitheads. I know I was. :lol:

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Btuggle88 Senior Enthusiast

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I wasn't, I was a lazy dumb ass at least that's what my teachers said, boy if they could see me now a hard working dumb ass

SarahsGMC Senior Enthusiast

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It blew my mind how he literally just got this truck and is talking about how he knows way more than I think and I know absolutely nothing.. This kid just met me and I can clearly tell from everything he was saying that he knows nothing. Just by the way he was talking and everything he was doing. Lol he even said to me how long have you been partying I'm like um.. Idk or care. He goes I have since I was 8 I'm like wow that's really pathetic and depressing.

 

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RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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High school kids are generally shitheads. I know I was. :lol:

Was? You use that like it was past tense :lol:

 

 

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Yea definitely interesting it's why I don't like kids

 

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LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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I was once that age. I'm sure people got pissed off at me for thinking I know "everything" lol

 

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