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On 5/1/2018 at 9:34 PM, Jsdirt said:

How I drive, and where I live have alot to do with the miles I see. 

 

Back when I was 17, getting 12k out of tires was great! :lol:

Way back when I hadmy 90, the brakes locked up on the front driver side. I figured they were screwed for good and kept going to my destination. When I got there, they were glowing red so bright my buddies swore they could see through them.

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My 01 2500HD had 90k or there about when I sold it, all original brakes.  2006 2500HD had 112k also original brakes.  Current 2009 3500HD is 77k and all original as well.  Hooray for less traffic compared to up north I guess.  Funny that family up north comes down and b****es about the traffic here when I think it's worse up there.  Some of y'all go through brakes fast lol

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Tired of gas leaking thought I’d try this


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Tired of gas leaking thought I’d try this


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Call it what you wish.


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I guess that I missed commenting about brakes.  My 99 truck had 186,000 miles on it when I traded it in and I had never replaced any brake pad on it.  My current 11 truck has 153,000 on it as of today and never had the pads off of it.  I do pull trailers often some with brakes some without.  It can be done you just need to watch what is going on in front of you.  :jester:

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Tired of gas leaking thought I’d try this


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I feel like you must be doing something wrong to need that. 

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That was a great episode. Taco was a true innovator


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Sad that it went downhill. I loved that show


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Driving to class last night I saw this. Looks to have “frame” damage. This was basically it going straight and it looked like it was hard to control.
Looked like the body work (yes i know it is a unibody) was rotated a bit.
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WOW that front end looks TWEAKED! Can see how out of line the front wheel is with the rears -  he's almost steering halfway to the right just to keep it straight!

 

Gotta love our government. God forbid you remove some emission devices ... but you're free to endanger yourself and the public by driving with the front end falling out of the vehicle ... :thumbs: I call that, "democrat logic" .

 

 

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