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So there's a 2004 Expedition sitting in my driveway
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thecoolnessrune
Diamond Member
Wow... people really fuss alot here anymore. It's just a truck 😛 I thought it was kinda cool 😀
As bro said, there won't be any value left to any vehicle we buy. We run them into the ground. Heck, the Bronco is getting a totally new exhaust system and will continue to be driven until it can't move under it's own power anymore. We don't do vehicles alot. So it's a big deal for us. We buy them roughly every 13 years. That's the minumum it has to last. The vehicle will then continue to be ran until it simply doesn't run anymore. To be honest, I have yet to see a Civic or Corolla still running that is 13 years old with only a minor problem every happening to it. The Bronco has never seen a shop in it's life except for an oil change now and again 😵 Even the brakes are still factory original.
I think the problem is Rogo that we work on two different planes. You work on the people carrying factor with emphasis on resale. While we work on cargo factors with emphasis on durability and no intentions of resale. I'm not saying either view is wrong. But don't you believe forcing your way as automatically right is just a little arrogant?
As bro said, there won't be any value left to any vehicle we buy. We run them into the ground. Heck, the Bronco is getting a totally new exhaust system and will continue to be driven until it can't move under it's own power anymore. We don't do vehicles alot. So it's a big deal for us. We buy them roughly every 13 years. That's the minumum it has to last. The vehicle will then continue to be ran until it simply doesn't run anymore. To be honest, I have yet to see a Civic or Corolla still running that is 13 years old with only a minor problem every happening to it. The Bronco has never seen a shop in it's life except for an oil change now and again 😵 Even the brakes are still factory original.
I think the problem is Rogo that we work on two different planes. You work on the people carrying factor with emphasis on resale. While we work on cargo factors with emphasis on durability and no intentions of resale. I'm not saying either view is wrong. But don't you believe forcing your way as automatically right is just a little arrogant?
Brainonska511
Lifer
No. A lifer should know that it is important to respect others, no matter how absurd they might be, and not go around insulting people.
Amazing! Why would anyone care if you deleted my personal messages?
Why doesn't a MOD ban your replies-I was only replying to the OP's concern about purchasing an SUV, and then you go and hijack the thread with false claims.
What boat are you pulling with such a beast thecoolnessrune?
Rogo
thecoolnessrune
Diamond Member
Dude... I said it like... on page 2.. It's an 18ft. Ranger boat. Lot's of vehicles have tried pulling boats out of the water. We've watched first hand.
Ford ranger and Tacoma-- that was hilarious.. the dude in the ranger spends 30 minutes starting up the ramp, only to slide back down. Dude with his Tacoma hitches up, punches it, makes progress, tires slip, the boat pulls him into 6 ft. deep water. Backend inundated. Water leaking into the cabin, had to get a Peterbilt semi to tow him out along with the boat.
Oh, btw, I never told you about that one bro. You weren't there, it was during one of my private walks. You know what I mean.
Lincoln Towncar-- Don't get me started :laugh: It was a little boat with a trailer using gold cart tires. It couldn't pull it out worth crap 😛
Tundra-- HA HA!! The "F-150 killer" Yeah right! No one ever told the driver how easily those 20" rims bend when you hit a hole in the water with tires that thin! :laugh:
Odly enough, I've also watched a Nissan Armada, you know, the foreign version of the Expedition... It tried to pull out a 16 ft boat... It failed... they unhitched it.. and then it sounded like the engine was doing around 4500RPM just to pull its lumbering body up the ramp 😵
Two things I've learned:
Tough SUVs do have a purpose.
Foreign competitors only know how to build high revving cars and don't know squat about trucks, SUVs and the torque needed to actually do work.
Sometimes the SUV is necessary, like when I've taken 8 people to the lake, while pulling the boat. I guess the double dose of bad fuel economy that day (boat and suv), is gonna get some people's panties in a wad. 😉
Hey, at least the guests pitched in toward gas. 🙂
Hey, at least the guests pitched in toward gas. 🙂
thecoolnessrune
Diamond Member
I've never been so poopular! 😛
If you haven't seen it before watch this:
http://stage6.divx.com/user/discorobot/video/1092068/SOUTHPARK
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