Don't know anything about 4x4's - don't have one - I think they're cool
though! That being said, I would like to point out that for everyday
tooling around town, your motor won't care about a 10% weight increase.
Where performance is concerned, however, it will. Yes, I can tell the
difference when I've got a couple of people riding with me, or I can
tell the difference when my tank is full vs. empty. Easily noticed - to
me at least. And I've never seen a reg cab 4x4 - only clubs, so the
weight difference would even be more (I've got a reg cab).
Please don't rib me about "who drives like a bat out of hell enough to
tell the difference". I DO!!! heh heh......
Yes - I wish I had a 4wd when it's muddy as hell and I'm deer hunting -
yes I wish I had a club cab when it's raining and I've got lots of
groceries to get home. So there - you have your satisfaction!
BTW - yes, I use my truck as a TRUCK, not just as a tire boiler. I
buckled the bed panel behind the cab the other day while slamming the
tailgate to make a set of box springs from a friends bed "fit". Not
complaining - my fault (dumbass), but like I'd heard before, the front
of the bed is THIN. Gotta be careful. I'd hate to see what Robert and I
could do to a truck together if you turned us loose!!! DOH!!!! Scrap
heap!!!!
Tate "wide open throttle in a reg cab V8 rules!" Strickland
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bruce Aaron Hefner [SMTP:gt9742a@prism.gatech.edu]
>Sent: Monday, April 06, 1998 10:06 AM
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: (no subject)4x4 or not
>
>>
>> I bought my first truck for many reasons, The main reason being safety.
>> One month of driving this rush hour traffic in Atlanta told me my little
>> Corolla GTS just wasn't going to cut it. Other reasons were style,
>>interior,
>> size, power, and road handling. The added cost, weight and maintenance of
>>4x4
>> seems unnecessary for the daily commute to work. I have lived in PA, GA,
>>and
>
>First I must agree on the safety issue. Second I'll give that the initial
>cost is greater, but as far as weight, what difference is 3 or 400 lbs on
>a 3500 lb vehicle gonna make?, not much, and as far as maintenence there
>really is know extra maintenece other than checking the fluid level in the
>transfer case occasionally, I don't see where all this extra maintenece
>cost evryone keeps mentioning is coming from, most of my friends don't
>even check the fluid in the transfer case and have still never had an
>problems with the 4X......
>
>Bruce
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