Before we retired/sold out of farming (1000+ acres corn, beans & cattle) the
bed level of pickups was a touchy subject.   I remember when (1982) we
bought our first 4x4, my step dad never liked it (unless we were pulling a
trailer).  He kept his old 2 wheel drive and drove it.  He said it was
always  too hard to get  stuff in and out of the back of the new one.  I
can't imagine what he would think of today's models.  I had the misfortune
to ride in a 2006 F#rd 4x4 to help a friend out and it was hard just to get
in the cab.  I would not want to do that 50 times a day.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jim Felder
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:24 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: bashing was: vanagon engine conversions

I was behind one of those leviathans recently carrying a single drool-choked
hillbilly fresh off of his sister with the sticker in the rear window
"Burning gas and hauling ass."
Where I live, not only do the normal genetically-deficient rednecks drive
them, but white collar software engineer government workers have adopted
these silly-assed trucks as proof of manhood as well.

I've never seen more than one or two a month with anything in the bed, fewer
than that with more than one person in them. In my neighborhood, you can
hardly talk on a phone outside the house because of the incessant noise of
these behemoths roaring through the stops signs, daring anyone or anything
to cross their paths.

You won't be able to get more than a couple of hundred bucks for any of them
in a few more years. I'll be chuckling.

Jim

On Jan 16, 2008 9:42 PM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:

>  I think it's just stupid how giant new pick up trucks are, utterly dumb,
> > > burn lots of gas, very high lift level to the bed, and they are
> largely
> > > used
> > > as 'one person cars' really.  Imagine how much fuel is wasted every
> day
> > > by
> > > those things hauling around just one person.  Where I am, any regular
> > > 'mill
> > > worker type' male drives a huge pick up, like it was a one person
> > > commute
> > > car.   Like that's the 'normal car' around here almost.
> > > Scott
> > >
> >
> >
>
> I've been wondering myself why pick ups have gotten so huge. I think a car
> company might be able to make a mint if they produced a normal "old
> school"
> type pick up. You know not S10 small but "normal" Then again what do I
> know?
>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeff
> > '90 Carat (Grover)
> > '86 (We call this one Parts)
> > '85 GL (Preparing to move to a new Home)
> > '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
> >
>