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Old 10-01-2014, 03:45 AM   #43 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Vman455 View Post
I'm going to threadjack here--since you brought up useless trucks. This was my old ride:



It was a blast to autocross (that counts as use, right?), but I never did haul much of anything in it. At least it had a manual, unlike the Lightning.
I have never understood the appeal of taking something that is normally slow, and at great expense making it fast. I can understand taking something that is fast and making it faster, or something that hauls a large load, and making it haul an even larger load; but trying to achieve the opposite strength of the vehicle seems weird.

That said, I had quite a few smiles riding and driving in that Ford Lightning. If he'd have paid as much as he did on that truck instead on a fast car, perhaps we'd be dead.

...and autocross I completely understand.
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