I would agree to a point.But,there`s some trucks in
town here that wear a heavy coat of mud and red clay
every day,seems like,and it just looks foolish.I don`t
mean just the sides and wheelwells,I mean they look
like the mud was dispensed from the top
down.Windshield covered (except for the wiper
tracks),and no visible paint,and they sit like that
for many days baking like an adobe hut in the hot
sun.I can`t understand the statement they`re making,I
guess,if it is a statement.But I suppose it is THEIR
trade-in value,not mine.But I completely agree that
most 4x4s today are being used to get a bag of mulch
at Lowes,and basically see shopping duty.
--- "Mr. Plow" <adam_is_mr_plow@hotmail.com> 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 98% of 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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Steve Preston 1999 Dakota Sport 3.9V6,4x4,3.92 Anti-spin,42RE auto,Intense Blue,regular cab.
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