Thread: Better mileage than average new passenger vehicle in 2.5ton commercial truck!
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Old 12-05-2009, 12:53 PM   #47 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JonnyG View Post
How do you drive 45-50 mph on the freeway without getting killed? I'm from San Diego, so I know people in southern California don't tolerate that.
Most people wont mess with 5000 pounds of american iron Even hummer drivers don't want to tango with a beast like that. Its part of the reason sales of bigger vehicle jumped when they became all cushy, Large vehicles get a certain amount of respect... err Fear on the road. Way to many asshats take advantage of that and use them to plow through traffic.
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Because we are big dumb redneck Americans and we only want V8s that thunder and use lots of gas pushing our empty Super Duties down the highway at 100 MPH in the fast lane while warming our butts in heated leather seats and chowing down on double quarter pounders and texting on our cell phones. We cant understand non-V8 engines because that ain't whut NASCAR uses...
Not this American.
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