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Colossus Senior Enthusiast

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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. :crackup:

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Jsdirt Senior Enthusiast

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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 Senior Enthusiast

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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 Senior Enthusiast

Jsdirt

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

Grumpy Bear Senior Enthusiast

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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?

white1500 Senior Enthusiast

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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 Senior Enthusiast

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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 Senior Enthusiast

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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. ... :throwup:

 

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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!

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CadillacLuke24 Enthusiast

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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 Senior Enthusiast

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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.

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 Senior Enthusiast

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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.

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 Enthusiast

CadillacLuke24

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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.

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