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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #294 on: May 04, 2020, 02:46:50 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on May 04, 2020, 01:24:19 PM
It's possible you've found the wrong thread, then... ;)
Oh, I *like* sporty cars... I'm just a bit of an adrenaline junkie, so I find it a little dangerous to own one :72:
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #295 on: May 04, 2020, 02:58:41 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on May 04, 2020, 10:02:53 AM
I'm not railing against people for making what I consider to be illogical choices because of style.  We all do that.  I am commenting on how humans often are illogical and put form above function.

A lot of people with F250s just use them to drive to the country club and maybe haul something once a year.
I see what you did there. ~??? Not sure you directed this at me, but I often have some sort of trailer or camper hooked to my F250, otherwise it is just sitting in the driveway. Just this weekend I was hauling a tractor for a friend and some ladders to use to replace a downspout lost in a windstorm last week. 
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #296 on: May 04, 2020, 03:03:09 PM »
Quote from: NorthernOhioBuckeye on May 04, 2020, 02:58:41 PM
I see what you did there. ~??? Not sure you directed this at me, but I often have some sort of trailer or camper hooked to my F250, otherwise it is just sitting in the driveway. Just this weekend I was hauling a tractor for a friend and some ladders to use to replace a downspout lost in a windstorm last week.
I didn't read that as being directed at you.  

But I agree with what he's saying.  I live in a reasonably well-off neighborhood, the kind with multiple HOA parks and swimming pools, and a couple of golf courses with clubhouses.  There are a LOT of F250s, that I'm pretty sure don't get driven further than the clubhouse or the grocery store.  I don't have a problem with it, folks should drive what they like.

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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #297 on: May 04, 2020, 03:04:03 PM »
Heh, but it's true what I say.  The last time I looked inside an F250, I thought it was more like a Mercedes.  It had everything inside, super deluxe.  If I owned it, I would not let a muddy boot of pile of horse S get anywhere near it, far too pretty.  I'd have it detailed every month at least.  And drive it to the club sounding like Chuck Yeager or Clint Eastwood.

Ah reckon so.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #298 on: May 04, 2020, 03:04:37 PM »
I think I should be in charge of telling people what they like.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #299 on: May 04, 2020, 03:04:59 PM »
Anyway, my dad's first car was this, my grandpa was a wheeler-dealer between Mexico and the southwestern US, and somehow ended up with this car in trade:



It sat out in the backyard of their house in Alpine, TX as recently as the late 90s, but it was totally rusted out by then.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #300 on: May 04, 2020, 03:36:34 PM »
On occasion we all see some pickup from 1975 or so, full sized, and will be astonished how small they are.



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« Reply #301 on: May 04, 2020, 03:53:05 PM »
True, although it's not necessarily fair to compare a modern crewcab to an older standard cab.  They were less common back then, but crewcabs have been around for a while.

I always dreamed of buying one of these, to tow my 1963 Airstream:

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« Reply #302 on: May 04, 2020, 03:54:03 PM »
But not all pickups are like that. A lot of the "work" pickups I see look more like this one:
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #303 on: May 04, 2020, 03:55:33 PM »
The wheels on the news ones seem a lot larger in diameter.
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« Reply #304 on: May 04, 2020, 03:57:32 PM »
One of these would have made for a sweet tow vehicle as well:

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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #305 on: May 04, 2020, 04:02:19 PM »
Back in the day, cars had 13" or 14" wheels for the most part, trucks as well I think.  The wife's Caddy had 19" rims (which were problematic).  The GTI has 18".

The car mags did a test with a BMW equipped with rims 17" to 22".  The 17" version was notably faster, the 18" version had the best skidpad numbers.

Same tire brand and type.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #306 on: May 04, 2020, 04:04:25 PM »
I have the 1500 Silverado

it doesn't get used as a "truck" much.

I wish I had gone with the big block V8 now with better gas prices - don't really nned more than the 300+ hp 5.3
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #307 on: May 04, 2020, 04:06:31 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on May 04, 2020, 03:53:05 PM
True, although it's not necessarily fair to compare a modern crewcab to an older standard cab.  They were less common back then, but crewcabs have been around for a while.

I always dreamed of buying one of these, to tow my 1963 Airstream:


now that's a gas hog - no lockouts
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