Jeep Wranglers don't count?
Karsh wrote on Sunday 13 May 2001 17:50:
> Another AMEN from me. Bad thing is no one makes an SUV (Sport Utility
> Vehicle) anymore. All that's made is a SLV (Sport Luxury Vehicle). I
> think they could sell a bunch more if they sold them with the better
> motor, better tranny, bigger tires and then put rubber floor boards,
> injection molded
> plastic seats, barely a radio if one at all and no motorized anything.
> One I wouldn't be afraid to take out on a lonely mud packed road and just
> rod the shit out of it.
>
> Karsh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET]On Behalf Of Mr. Plow
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 3:16 PM
> To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
> Subject: DML: Such a waste....
>
>
> 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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