I couldn't have said it any better.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Jon Steiger
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 1:31 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: copper colored Dak
>
>
>
> On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Bernd D. Ratsch wrote:
>
> > Ok...explain to me something...why the @#$! did those people
> create "Lowered
> > Dump-Trucks" out of a perfectly good truck?!? I'll never understand the
> > "Rubber-Band" tires either. (True-Spokes anyone??)
> >
>
> Heh heh heh! I've never really understood the lowered dump truck thing
> either. I guess they do it just because they can... I also don't get
> someone putting hydraulics in their vehicle so they can make it jump
> into the air... very strange. :-)
>
> And come to think of it, I've never understood the need to slam
> a vehicle
> to the ground either. These people must actually think a truck looks
> good with the tires tucked way up under the fenders. ?!?!???
> I think it looks butt-ugly. It completely ruins the symetry of the
> vehicle. Oh well, what do I know? They can spend their money on paint
> and hydraulics and airbags; I'll put mine in the engine and keep on
> spankin' them... ;-)
>
> As far as the "rubber band tires" go, I don't know for sure, but I
> suspect this is a crossover from the sports car arena. I think the
> general belief is that the shorter the sidewall, the better the vehicle
> will handle through the twisties. I suspect they're going for that
> look... (And why not? That's all they seem to care about... Looks.
> Which actually wouldn't be *too* horrible except for the fact that
> their ideas about what looks good are really whacked! [insert
> comment about smoking bad crack here]) ;-)
>
> -Jon-
>
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