At 09:16 PM 5/8/97 +0000, Scott Vieth wrote:
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>You'll still get beat in the quarter mile by a Z/28 with M6 but
>you'll have the last laugh when you hook a chain to his bumper, throw
>your Dak in gear and drag him/her back down the track despite the
>protests of his/her smoking and squealing tires. (Paints quite a
>picture, eh? ;^) )
It sure does. :)
You know, that's one of the things that I love about this truck!
Who would think that you could take a stock truck off a dealer's lot,
manhandle a 4000lb trailer, and then unhook and be fast enough
to make Mustangs sweat? :) There's a rather steep hill near where I
live that I have to climb on the way to work every day. Every other
econo-box sputters up that thing. I very often end up passing someone
while going up that hill. Usually with a pretty good speed difference
too. :) What must be going through their minds? Here they are,
wheezing up this hill at 40-50 when this truck goes blasting by doing
about 70. :) Its not quite the 100mph of my VR-4 or the 120mph of
my bike, but pretty darn impressive for a truck, I think. No one expects
a truck to be fast. :) I used to drive an Izuzu pickup that could do 40
up that hill on a good day. I do 55 while towing my 4,000lb trailer in
my Dak. :)
Well, that's enough outta me for a while. :)
-Jon-
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