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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 06:28 PM
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Ford Vs. Chevy Gone Haywire!!

Off topic for 7.3 forum but worth reading.....


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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 06:44 PM
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Years ago I investigated an accident similiar to this, but it actually happened on the highway. One vehicle hit the other in the rear, causing the front vehicle to loose control. The passenger in the front vehicle was killed. The police could not prove what happened as there was not enough evidence and no witnesses.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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Yeah but a ranger AINT a TRUCK, so I can see the problem.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 10:12 PM
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Technically, neither is a SD...it's a pickup. The Ranger is a mini.

Being "old school" and "from the country" and growing up driving both pickups and trucks...pickups were pickups and trucks had 3 axles and at least 10 wheels.

We always laughed at those "city boys" who called their toys "trucks".
 
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 07:54 AM
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Crosbo, I am a country boy too. I also laugh at the "City Boys" and their trailer queens. Some of the hardest work these trailer queens do is haul their driver around and show off.

A next door neighbor has one. A nice 4X4. He will not bring it out in the winter. Guess it cannot handle the snow.
 
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 09:12 PM
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Y' all be careful, now
when you are comming to the big city with them nasty ol PSD pick'em-ups.

A neighbor has a RANGErover with every bush modification known to man, and he cried when he got a rock stuck in the tire treads.
 
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 11:24 PM
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Ain't them dang things UGLY!
 
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Old Apr 22, 2006 | 11:50 PM
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Ain't them dang things UGLY!
Dunno guys, I'm kind of a fan of some of the older Land Rovers...and yep, FORD probably saved them from extinction, but they also know how to screw up a good thing (remember the mid-90's Jaguars that looked amazingly similiar to unbearable Taurus & Sable)...now the Rover's look like a wildly over-priced, candy a$$ Explorer.

I was behind one of the new LR3's last evening and actually stated to my self..."yep, they sure know how to **** up a good thing"...turning a decent sized vehicle (old Discovery) into another mini (almost same size as Escape) and trying to call it full-size.

And now, no more King of the Road family vehichles...the Excursion.
 
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Old May 13, 2006 | 01:25 AM
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That is a shame, I was going to get the wife one of them. I am trying to get that dang creeper out of my garage!
 
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