Yer damn right Adam. I've got some HUGE effin' scratches on the side
of my truck from that weekend at Jon's last year. I haven't tried to
buff them out yet, haven't even seen a body shop about them yet. And
you know what?
I wear those scratches like a badge and a reminder of just how much fun
I had on my first trip offroad, in the mud, even getting pulled out by a
shamefully dirty, muddy, scratched-up truck. Sure, there are days I
wish I had a flawless black paintjob, but if I had that, I wouldn't have
nearly the amount of fun I have with my truck, because I'd be worried
about scratching it.
Are you coming down to Jon's this year?
"Mr. Plow" wrote:
>
> Well, i haven't been hanging out too much on the DML, simply because i have
> been moving around with a new job, just found a new apartment, yadda
> yadda........
>
> Anyways, driving around today in my filthy 4x4 Dakota, someone at a stop
> light said something like: "What a shame to see such a nice vehicle so dirty
> and muddy, with those scratches..."
> The rest of the way home i thought about this.
> My response is this:
> The real shame is the 9816030267125f people that go out and buy a huge 4x4 truck or
> SUV and don't know how to even work the transfer case. What a shame that
> all these people don't ever know the sheer joy of turning off the ashphalt
> down some muddy trail that they have never tavelled before, only to reach a
> point at the other end with a spectacular view of the surrounding country
> side without another soul around. What a shame they only see nature from
> the side of the paved highway they take to get to work everyday. What a
> shame they don't know the feeling of accomplishment after making it all the
> way through a stretch of "mud street" while the previous 4 trucks needed to
> be pulled out. (Everyone that was at the 2000 DML BBQ saw my huge smile)
> hehe
> I truly feel that a 4x4 is capable of giving such freedom to the driver as
> to where they are going, and how they'll get there, but unfortunately, most
> people don't see it that way, and only a very small percentage of the
> population has ever known the joy of actually USING a 4x4 to it's potential.
>
> So, from now on, when i see a nice new shined up SUV or pickup, i think i'll
> verbally say "What a shame..."
>
> Juat some thoughts i wanted to share with the whole DML.
>
> The Adam Blaster
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