My "other" car is a '01 Nissan Frontier Crew Cab. It works great for
hauling kids, fire wood, lumber, all in the same trip and pulls a Roadster
nicely! To me people buy (myself included) SUV's and trucks because - most
are built heaver with full frames, they hold their resale value, and they
typically last longer. My wife likes 4 door sedans. They are front drivers
and no matter how much you spend on one, they are throw away cars. Nobody
wants a front driver with 150,000 plus miles on it. They gravitate to the
junk yard very quickly after this many miles. A truck on the other hand is
rebuilt, modified, and stays on the road. Like any car, people buy
SUV,s/trucks for all the wrong reasons, but there is some logic to owning
this type of vehicle.
OK, I should not say anything about front drivers - I am make good Roadster
money keeping my friends 135,000 mile Honda on the road:)
Sorry to keep the OT going, but the list is slow lately. And tired of
waiting for the other Group to deliver parts so I can finish this robot
stuff here at work.......
Phil
SEROC
-----Original Message-----
From: snyler [mailto:marc@animalfirm.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 8:25 AM
To: Roadster List
Subject: Light trucks (OT)
For the first time, over 50% of the new vehicles sold in the US were
light trucks as opposed to cars (Pickups, minivans, SUVs) Do over 50% of
the population really need a truck-based vehicle, or are some of us being
sold a bill of goods. I see a lot of longbed-crew-cab-duallie super duty
4x4 behemoths that have never seen a puddle, much less a load of gravel.
I guess they hold a lot of groceries. I can get over 10 bags of
groceries in the roadster when the top is up, and it's not going to roll
if I swerve to avoid that puddle.
Some folks need a big hauler/towing vehicle, but many, I suspect are
just pretending to be cowboys (and cowgirls)
-Marc T.
'70 1600
'93 Escort wagon (all you really *need *for a daily driver, will carry
engine blocks, trannies)
'88 Dodge 318 pickup (shortbed) Drive only when needed (trips to dump,
towing)
'65 Datsun 320 When this is restored, bye-bye Dodge :^)
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