Even tho i drive a 2 wd dakota, those are my thoughts exactly, they spend 35
or 40 grand and the transfer case is probably only ever used in winter to
get to work on a paved road at worst!, amen, you said it all. Jon
>From: "Mr. Plow" <adam_is_mr_plow@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
>To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
>Subject: DML: Such a waste....
>Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 13:16:16 -0700
>
>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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