If he's living in the country he sure don't need no import truck. Nothing says country like a Chevy 350. I like the 72 myself without the stacks. Just dual it out by the bumper.
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote: > it's time for you to know this. jaime used to confide in me that he wanted > to be you > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net > >wrote: > > > Jaime is just trying to be more like me. First he moves to the country (I > > think), then he needs a lawn tractor. Now he wants a pickup. Next thing > you > > know he will have 80 junk cars in his back yard. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Sep 17, 2013, at 12:49 PM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > i'd agree with curt here. the love of diesel is nice and all but > diesel > > > isn't always an answer > > > > > > but the reality is jaime just wants another toy. for as often as he > > needs > > > to use a truck, he can just rent one and be WAY ahead in overall costs > > > > > > i used to drive a very nice 94 E420, but the head gasket blew. seems > to > > be > > > 30 hours of labor so i went back to driving my clapped out 280CE., > this > > > car lacked any sort of creature comforts (the windows didn't even fully > > > roll up) at all and got about 12mpg. when i wanted to do an overnight > > or > > > day trip, i'd go to an enterprise rent a car where i had a deal where i > > > could show up and take any car left on the lot 10 minutes before > closing > > on > > > saturday and return it same time monday for 20 bucks plus tax. there > > were > > > always big vans and pickups available. sometimes they were all that > was > > > available > > > > > > so think about how often you really NEED a pickup truck and how much it > > > costs to rent vs how much it cots to own full time and i suspect you > will > > > discover that renting is much cheaper than owning > > > > > > but renting doen't give you teh fun of playing with a new toy and that > is > > > probably what we have here > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > > > > >> He's gonna pay 2-3x for a diesel and it'll have added maintenance > costs. > > >> Its not like he's going to commute with it. For trips to the home > > center or > > >> the dump or to retrieve a car a cheap gasser makes more sense than a > > diesel. > > >> > > >> If he was gonna do long road trips sure... > > >> > > >> -Curt > > >> > > >> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:52:07 -0400 > > >> From: Michael Canfield <slozuk...@gmail.com> > > >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Truck for Jamie > > >> Message-ID: > > >> <CALHJ_1A+AceL3Rh-vZYhxkMcVs5VqOg+W3b+= > aa-rfpenpu...@mail.gmail.com> > > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > >> > > >> Miles are high for a v8 Ford. Not a great deal. Look further south > for > > >> less rust. A 3/4 ton with a diesel will get better mpg and haul way > > more. > > >> Early idi models get near 20mpg and have plenty enough power. That > > truck > > >> will get around 12. > > >> > > >> Older Chevy diesels, 6.2 etc., get great mpg and last forever. Newer > > >> Diesels, such as my Powerstroke(with exception to the Cummins), get > > worse > > >> mpg at around 15 or so average but with 450 ft-lbs of torque, who > cares? > > >> > > >> Mike > > >> On Sep 17, 2013 11:23 AM, "Craig" <diese...@pisquared.net> wrote: > > >> > > >>> On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:13:23 -0700 (PDT) Curt Raymond > > >>> <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> > > http://www.frankcoffeyauto.com/1994_Ford_Ford_Milford_NH_174894153.veh > > >>> > > >>> Looks good, and the price is right. Google maps says it's 285 miles > > from > > >>> Trenton, NJ, 4 hours 52 minutes. 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