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| March 22nd, 2019 at 11:08:50 AM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | For a second there, I thought you wanted to know WHY people wouldn't air up their tires. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| March 22nd, 2019 at 11:25:10 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18210 |
Here is one article on it. It does not have the part on tire pressure, but take my word he was pushing that. Maybe I remember it more being in the industry? My point was not to say you should not keep proper tire inflation. It is saying that Obama was totally wrong in how he wanted to handle high oil prices and dependence on imported oil. Not just Obama, though. Back to 2001, Cheney got laughed at for saying we need to drill. Drilling got protested, pipelines got protested, refineries got protested. The culture was kind of saying we need not build the oil industry since 1980 or so. If I am touchy it is because my own corner of the industry keeps having false hit-pieces put out on it. People think oil and gas come by magic. Never ending battle I guess. The President is a fink. |
| March 22nd, 2019 at 11:39:27 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18210 |
You would buy one for the same cost/benefit as any other hybrid. On a truck used as a work truck it might make more sense as people keep those forever. FWIW a small truck can make more sense than a small car. Most people are alone in cars most of the time. Why not have a bed you use a few times a year vs. a back seat you rarely use. Some people just like the look of a truck, or the image.
Nope. I do some actual hauling, getting to do more as I get some rental properties. For image I'd take a convertible. The President is a fink. |
| March 22nd, 2019 at 4:44:28 PM permalink | |
| pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | A pickup is a tool nothing more nothing less. If I didn't need that tool to make money I wouldn't own one. I don't know why people drive around in them like they are their car. |
| March 22nd, 2019 at 4:46:10 PM permalink | |
| pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | Oh, by the way I have a set of balls. I don't need to prove it. |
| March 22nd, 2019 at 5:03:49 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
I own a pickup Love it I work from home so I don't use it to make money and pretty much just use it on the weekends to get around Own it because I have an RV to tow I drive around in it like its my car :-) Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| March 23rd, 2019 at 4:52:50 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5105 | Here's some conceit from me for you that feels a little "not PC" somehow. It certainly could insult somebody here, sorry if that happens. It's just silly conceit. [conceit]A man buys and drives around in a pickup truck. If you see a guy driving around in an SUV, his wife talked him into it, what he really wanted was a pickup - if he is a real man.[/conceit] Wow, that felt good! We have to be so PC now it feels wild and dangerous to let something like that out now! I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| March 23rd, 2019 at 5:45:28 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18210 |
Some people just love the look of trucks. It made more sense 20 years ago when there were many models that were not all huge like today. You could buy a small pickup for the price of a small car. I knew a guy did that. Was looking for a small car for going back to school, somehow he ended up in a Dakota stripper for the same money. The President is a fink. |
| March 23rd, 2019 at 3:56:47 PM permalink | |
| pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | I'm talking a little tough in cheek. I love riding high up in a decent truck, (I've had many not so decent trucks and cars). If I had one vehicle and it wasn't about making a living I would like a nice luxury sedan like a Cady or Lincoln, smooth, quiet, and powerful. Kinda like me except for the quiet part. |
| March 23rd, 2019 at 5:44:14 PM permalink | |
| kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4515 | You can say the same thing about a car, it is simply a tool to get you from A to B. In the town I live in it is about 50/50 pickups and non pickups. Half the non pickups are SUVs so not a lot of cars. Major employers are logging, ranching and mining all industries that need pickups. Top that off with 5 months of winter driving and you can understand why pickups are very popular here. I actually don't currently own a pickup but my wife has an old SUV with 260km and I drive a van for work with 180km on it. I have usually run all my vehicles into the ground it is by far cheaper to buck up for repairs than to keep buying new. The savings on insurance alone usually cover the extra maintenance the older vehicles incur. "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |