Rodeo

[SVT666]

Damn.  You should have got the Honda Passport.  Much much better truck.

[280Z Turbo]

Congrats.

You are now a Rodeo clown:

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Whenever you post, I always waste like two minutes staring at your avatar.

[Raza]

How long did the Pathfinder even last?  Two weeks?  How much money did you lose on it?

[The Pirate]

Awesome!  need moar picz

[Submariner]

we already got pictures....

More pictures.

[Tave]

I take a 2 week vacation and look what happens.

[Raza]

I take a 2 week vacation and look what happens.

Yeah.  This is the sixth car he's bought since you left. 




The Mondial really was the worst choice.

[Soup DeVille]

Is it true?  Is the Soup with us again!?

Occasionally, just don't expect me to whore it up as much as I used to.

[S204STi]

Occasionally, just don't expect me to whore it up as much as I used to.

Ah... and he's gone again.

[Minpin]

Is the Rodeo gone yet? It's getting kind of boring already.

[Soup DeVille]

Ah... and he's gone again.

Am not.

[Cookie Monster]

Is the Rodeo gone yet? It's getting kind of boring already.

The Swift is the one that needs to go.

[Colonel Cadillac]

You're going to inspire me to get a new car every few months once I can. So cool!

[Tave]

Nick is a slut.

[Secret Chimp]

He could at least buy something interesting, like a Chrysler Newport.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I had mooseloaf for dinner.

[The Pirate]

I had mooseloaf for dinner.

Need pics of the Rodeo off road.  One of my brother's friends just got one, and she was over at my parents' house Saturday while I was home.  Hers was black (and automatic), but it's a really sharp looking vehicle.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Need pics of the Rodeo off road.  One of my brother's friends just got one, and she was over at my parents' house Saturday while I was home.  Hers was black (and automatic), but it's a really sharp looking vehicle.

I'm taking it to work tomorrow. Moose is soooo good.

[The Pirate]

Yours has power windows and all that type of stuff?  Leather?

And I've never had moose (had elk steaks), I'll have to try it sometime.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Yours has power windows and all that type of stuff?  Leather?

And I've never had moose (had elk steaks), I'll have to try it sometime.

Mine has very few options. PW, PL, but no leather, and no limited slip.

Moose is like venison. Tasty, tender and super lean. Mmm.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Rodeo. I never thought I'd want one, or like one. But there it was, so what the hell, right?
One of the last true SUV's - a real truck wagon; and since it's not American, it's not a completely unrefined, dumpy box of shit on wheels, but it's still a truck. The interior is basic, but well assembled, logical, comfortable and with nearly 87k on the clock, there is not a single squeak or rattle - unlike a truck. The suspension is compliant and has plenty of travel, but the little imperfections still send jitters all through the body - like a truck. The shifter has long throws - like a truck, however, the clutch is smooth and easy - unlike a truck. The steering is light, but quite accurate with good feedback, and brake pedal is firm and linear - unlike a truck. The least trucky thing about it, though, has to be that all-aluminum DOHC 24V V-6 engine. Maybe I've been driving old shit-boxes for too long, but I have been seriously impressed by the Rodeo's engine. Off road, it can happily idle along in 1st gear, in both high and low ranges, and because of that, it is just as easy and mindless to drive as any automatic-equipped truck (such as a Dakota or a Pathfinder (lolz)). On the open road, it will silently cruise up most hills in 5th gear without any need to downshift, but drop it down a gear or two, and prepare to be rewarded with some kind of exotic super growl that has no place in a cheap truck, and more power than should ever be allowed in a vehicle of this type - subdued muscle-car sounds, with subdued muscle-car performance to match. Did I mention that the air-conditioning works? Yes.

[The Pirate]

Is the Rodeo body on frame?

[Eye of the Tiger]

Is the Rodeo body on frame?

ya it is

[The Pirate]

Well, how's that for a slice of fried gold!

[Raza]

Well, how's that for a slice of fried gold!

Frying gold is highly inadvisable.

[The Pirate]

Frying gold is highly inadvisable.

Dude!  Movie reference here (and a good one at that).  You're crampin' my style.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I don't get it, of course.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Rodey's first day on the job:

[280Z Turbo]

Rodey's first day on the job:

That looks marvelous.