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Old 09-21-2010, 04:39 PM   #716 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Formula413 View Post
Pickups used to be utilitarian vehicles, now they verge on being luxury vehicles, in features and price.
I live in a rather rural area, and don't own a truck, but am generally in need of the use of one. It is hard now to find someone willing to put their truck to work for fear of scratching the silly paint job.

I think the best thing for anyone to do with a new truck is to haul a few loads of gravel and dump them off somewhere guaranteed to scratch the finish a bit.....then it'd be a truck!
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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