Rust Bucket Engineering.

[Colossus]

It's only a vehicle. Nothing more, nothing less. NO point in getting attached to it. Save those kinds of feelings for your wife/spouse. They'll last a lot longer than a truck. Even a Chevy.

[Jsdirt]

Problem with that logic is, you NEED the vehicle to LIVE. Can't walk to your JOB when it's 20, or 120 miles away from home. When you are FORCED to replace the vehicle before it's time, now that cuts into your bills you need to pay to stay WARM in winter, COOL in summer, BATHED so you don't get sick and die (and offend everyone within 10' of you) & FED so you can live.

[white1500]

If we had better public transport a lot of the appliance type of vehicles wouldn't even be necessary. I should be able to efficiently get to work without driving, all 8 miles round trip.

 

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[Jsdirt]

Ain't happening if you live in a rural area.

[Grumpy Bear]

It's best to think of vehicles as disposable in high rust prone areas. Or don't keep them longer than a few years?

 

 

Now there is a line of logic that will maintain the status quo.

 

Can we dig up a few more photos of 'rust buckets extreme' and spin a few more yarns about how they received a life time of faithful care?

[kstruckcountry]

Check out the tailgate

 

[white1500]

Ain't happening if you live in a rural area.

I think that the majority of the population lives in cities or towns.

 

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[sdeeter19555]

 

 

Also doesn't hurt that WYDOT and local municipalities use rock, not salt, for road traction

That's why I got no less than seven rock chips in the windshield of the rental I had...all at one time too...

 

There is a reason the east coast focuses on salt and not sand...

 

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[Jsdirt]

I think that the majority of the population lives in cities or towns.

 

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Contrary to popular belief, the majority of the country lives rurally. Otherwise we'd be saddled with permanent democrat rule in D.C. ...

 

EDIT:

Actually I'm wrong on that - things have changed the past 30 years since I've been in school. 63% or so of the population lives in cities now. That's unfortunate. Even with all that, cities comprise only 3.5% of American land. Yikes! Packed like sardines ...

 

The Electoral College is the only thing that's been saving our asses as far as the gov't goes ... but I digress!

[CadillacLuke24]

That's why I got no less than seven rock chips in the windshield of the rental I had...all at one time too...

 

There is a reason the east coast focuses on salt and not sand...

 

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Because they can't drive and need all the help they can?

 

I kid, I kid.

 

I have a couple of rock chips, sure, but my undercarriage is clean. Same goes for my 21 year old Cadillac. Much easier to replace a windshield than frame sections, but that's merely my opinion.

[sdeeter19555]

 

Because they can't drive and need all the help they can?

 

I kid, I kid.

 

I have a couple of rock chips, sure, but my undercarriage is clean. Same goes for my 21 year old Cadillac. Much easier to replace a windshield than frame sections, but that's merely my opinion.

Put the tens of thousands of cars on the road in Wyoming and see how many issues you have...maybe if the only thing we had to worry about was an errant cow walking out in the road, but life is a little different around here. I probably get more traffic in my development than Wyoming gets on some of their main highways...

 

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[kstruckcountry]

 

Because they can't drive and need all the help they can?

 

I kid, I kid.

 

I have a couple of rock chips, sure, but my undercarriage is clean. Same goes for my 21 year old Cadillac. Much easier to replace a windshield than frame sections, but that's merely my opinion.

I don't mind driving on the lava rock or whatever that they put down. I'm usually going slow enough on those roads when I meet someone that it's not too bad. It was nice being off of the interstate and having the pickup stay clean for a change.

 

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[CadillacLuke24]

Same here, as long as you swing a tad wide no oncoming trucks will get ya. Nice thing with a headwind is it all goes away from you anyway.