What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. otterinthewater

    otterinthewater Road Train Member

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    My 97 F250 7.3. Drove it maybe 60 miles in the last year. My wife drove it maybe 500 miles. I love that truck. It’s tuned and massaged and runs like a cheetah for a 7.3. Did almost all the work myself.

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  2. lilillill

    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    The 4-door cab makes it hard to judge, does it have the 8' box? That was one of the requirements I had when looking for mine. They are harder to find than I thought.
     
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    LoSt_AgAiN Heavy Load Member

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    That looks like the 6 3/4 box. Judging by the space in front of rear wheel well. Sharp looking ride tho
     
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    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    Incidentally, I was sitting up in Chicago at a shipper when I found mine on a whim. I saw an ad for AutoTempest.com: The Best Used Car Search. and gave it a shot, entering the specs I was looking for... it found exactly one... exactly what I wanted... at a too-good-to-be-true price. I had to wait a week to get there.

    I kept thinking, "Please don't be a scam, please don't be sold, please don't be stolen..." I couldn't get the money in the guy's hand fast enough, lol.
     
  5. HillbillyDeluxeTruck

    HillbillyDeluxeTruck Road Train Member

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    Make sure y'all make the same mistskes I did...

    Sold my 99 30TH Anniversary TA, my '72 Buick Skylark, my "75 Bronco, my '77 Scout and my Harley. Not all at once, over the last 5yrs. And those are just what I had in the last 5. All kinds if cool #### before that.

    Now I have my 97 F250 and my wife's Yukon. Im ##### miserable without a fun vehicle. But hey, gotta pay for the family life.
     
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    otterinthewater Road Train Member

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    6 3/4. I didn’t want the 8’ bed. Too frickin long and wouldn’t use it.
     
  7. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Life is so much better when you don't have to eat your cereal with a fork.
     
  8. Espressolane

    Espressolane Road Train Member

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    Got rid of everything. No more trailer queens to drag around. No more registrations and insurance to pay.
    Just have a Frontier now. Does everything I need it to.
     
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    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    Just do like I do...

    [shopping at the grocery store]

    "Do I need spoons? Ah hell, better get some."

    [throws three 100 count boxes in the cart]

    Meanwhile, back at the truck...

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  10. otterinthewater

    otterinthewater Road Train Member

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    Wendy’s. Good spoons and individual wrapped and you can grab a handful and they’ll let you take them.

    I probably save upwards of $14 per year with my free utensils. If I was driving a hood I need that money for diesel fuel. LOL