Thinking of selling the Durango and getting something else

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SVT_Power

#300
July 02, 2011, 02:41:32 PM
So I'm assuming some people like the look, so companies offer them on trucks that don't require them.
"On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. And you then go for this limit and you touch this limit, and you think, 'Okay, this is the limit'. And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high." - Ayrton Senna

the Teuton

#301
July 02, 2011, 02:52:39 PM
The only light duty, non-dually that requires them right now is the SVT Raptor. It's 86 inches wide without mirrors.
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Quote from: CJ on April 06, 2010, 10:48:54 PM
I don't care about all that shit.  I'll be going to college to get an education at a cost to my parents.  I'm not going to fool around.
Quote from: MrH on January 14, 2011, 01:13:53 PM
She'll hate diesel passenger cars, all things Ford, and fiat currency.  They will masturbate to old interviews of Ayn Rand an youtube together.
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hounddog

#302
July 02, 2011, 03:06:56 PM
Quote from: CALL_911 on July 02, 2011, 11:51:14 AM
I have no use for such a truck, and I probably never will. That said, this thing is fucking cool, man. Do want.
Thanks. 

So far I love it.

Quote from: 68_427 on July 02, 2011, 11:53:23 AM
You would find reasons to use it, if you had access to it.  Nothing like the big diesel power.
:hesaid:

With the power this engine has it is actually more fun than driving a gasser.
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hounddog

#303
July 02, 2011, 03:07:37 PM
Quote from: SVT_Power on July 02, 2011, 02:41:32 PM
So I'm assuming some people like the look, so companies offer them on trucks that don't require them.
Well, I bought them.  Not that I count for much, but, I did specifically order them.

:cheers:
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~Abraham Lincoln

"Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy of superstition."
~Edmund Burke

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Rupert

#304
July 02, 2011, 03:34:13 PM Last Edit: July 02, 2011, 03:36:21 PM by Rupert
Quote from: SVT_Power on July 02, 2011, 02:40:04 PM
"Government regulations stipulate the trucks over 80-inches in width also include roof mounted marker lamps"

"There are no government regulations on non-commercial vehicle roof-mount lighting."

I can put quotes around random statements, too. :huh:

At any rate, my original question could be rephrased as, "is there any reason for those lights on these trucks, other than to look cool?". The answer is, apparently, no.
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SVT_Power

#305
July 02, 2011, 05:54:33 PM
Quote from: Rupert on July 02, 2011, 03:34:13 PM
"There are no government regulations on non-commercial vehicle roof-mount lighting."

I can put quotes around random statements, too. :huh:

At any rate, my original question could be rephrased as, "is there any reason for those lights on these trucks, other than to look cool?". The answer is, apparently, no.

Sure be a dick without looking it up  :huh:

I pulled that quote from here http://www.pickuptrucks.com/html/stories/gmctech/three2.html thus the quotation marks.
"On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. And you then go for this limit and you touch this limit, and you think, 'Okay, this is the limit'. And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high." - Ayrton Senna

Rupert

#306
July 02, 2011, 06:12:37 PM
Uncredited quotes are totally useless at best, and make it appear as if you're making shit up to support your argument at worst. ;)




(Oh god not the winky!)
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SVT_Power

#307
July 02, 2011, 06:55:24 PM
Quote from: Rupert on July 02, 2011, 06:12:37 PM
Uncredited quotes are totally useless at best, and make it appear as if you're making shit up to support your argument at worst. ;)




(Oh god not the winky!)

Maybe you should've at least looked up what you were talking about before attacking people ;)
"On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. And you then go for this limit and you touch this limit, and you think, 'Okay, this is the limit'. And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high." - Ayrton Senna

Rupert

#308
July 02, 2011, 07:12:35 PM
I didn't attack people, plural; I attacked person, you, because you were dumb. :huh:
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hounddog

#309
July 02, 2011, 07:32:51 PM
Even I, one of the boards biggest pissing contest enablers, thinks this is a ridiculous argument.

At least get it over with and argue about something men would argue about.

:lol:
"America will never be destroyed from the outside.  If we falter and lose our freedoms it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
~Abraham Lincoln

"Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy of superstition."
~Edmund Burke

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SVT_Power

#310
July 02, 2011, 07:36:23 PM
Quote from: Rupert on July 02, 2011, 07:12:35 PM
I didn't attack people, plural; I attacked person, you, because you were dumb. :huh:

Thanks for the clarification asshole  :huh:
"On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. And you then go for this limit and you touch this limit, and you think, 'Okay, this is the limit'. And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high." - Ayrton Senna

hounddog

#311
July 02, 2011, 07:38:45 PM
:lol:

For the record, "Thanks for the clarification , asshole."

:devil:

"America will never be destroyed from the outside.  If we falter and lose our freedoms it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
~Abraham Lincoln

"Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy of superstition."
~Edmund Burke

Fighting the good fight, one beer at a time.

SVT_Power

#312
July 02, 2011, 07:42:09 PM
So what's diesel availability in Michigan like?
"On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. And you then go for this limit and you touch this limit, and you think, 'Okay, this is the limit'. And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high." - Ayrton Senna

hounddog

#313
July 02, 2011, 07:44:41 PM
Not too bad, we use Shell pretty exclusively and they have diesel at almost all their locations.

Beyond that, maybe 25-50% of stations? 

I have yet to really take stock.
"America will never be destroyed from the outside.  If we falter and lose our freedoms it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
~Abraham Lincoln

"Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy of superstition."
~Edmund Burke

Fighting the good fight, one beer at a time.

CALL_911

#314
July 03, 2011, 02:43:25 AM
Quote from: hounddog on July 02, 2011, 03:06:56 PM
Thanks. 

So far I love it.
:hesaid:

With the power this engine has it is actually more fun than driving a gasser.

Oh, I have no doubt about that. If I were getting a Ram, I'd do everything I could to get the Cummins motor.


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Rupert

#315
July 03, 2011, 04:08:27 AM
Quote from: SVT_Power on July 02, 2011, 07:36:23 PM
Thanks for the clarification asshole  :huh:

Meh, I'm a dick, you're an idiot. What else is new? ;)
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Submariner

#316
July 04, 2011, 04:08:59 PM Last Edit: July 04, 2011, 04:11:16 PM by Submariner
Quote from: hounddog on July 02, 2011, 03:07:37 PM
Well, I bought them.  Not that I count for much, but, I did specifically order them.

:cheers:

Maybe they become mandatory with towing mirrors?

I've always wanted a big diesel truck - I have no use for one, but I'd love to buy one none the less.  A family friend has a 6-speed diesel F250.  The transmission blows, but there is something incredibly fun about driving it.  

BTW - congrats on the truck.  It's a beast in the best possible sense of the word.  :praise:
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Rupert

#317
July 04, 2011, 04:52:27 PM
Quote from: Submariner on July 04, 2011, 04:08:59 PM
Maybe they become mandatory with towing mirrors?

Nope; work truck has those and no roof lights.
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hounddog

#318
July 04, 2011, 05:12:34 PM Last Edit: July 04, 2011, 05:15:18 PM by hounddog
It just occured to me:

What a woman sees as a truck:


What a man sees as a Truck:
"America will never be destroyed from the outside.  If we falter and lose our freedoms it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
~Abraham Lincoln

"Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy of superstition."
~Edmund Burke

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Rupert

#319
July 04, 2011, 05:14:05 PM
2nd pic isn't loading...
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hounddog

#320
July 04, 2011, 05:16:27 PM
My hard drive is registering several failures.

:huh:

Starting to annoy me.
"America will never be destroyed from the outside.  If we falter and lose our freedoms it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
~Abraham Lincoln

"Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy of superstition."
~Edmund Burke

Fighting the good fight, one beer at a time.

Eye of the Tiger

#321
July 04, 2011, 05:37:45 PM
Man truck:



Girl truck:


:devil:

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ifcar

#322
July 04, 2011, 05:49:07 PM
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on July 04, 2011, 05:37:45 PM
Man truck:

Girl truck:

:devil:



Well, well. Look who needs a flashy color.

Rupert

#323
July 04, 2011, 06:00:49 PM
Man truck:



Girl truck:

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MrH

#324
July 04, 2011, 08:46:09 PM
Quote from: Rupert on July 03, 2011, 04:08:27 AM
Meh, I'm a dick, you're an idiot. What else is new? ;)

....but Ed's actually right.

That makes you both the asshole and idiot.  What else is new? ;)


Nice truck.  I actually prefer the gray you got instead of the silver you ordered.  Still think it's strange they butchered that order so bad, but looks like you came out with a bad ass truck :rockon:.  I like the lights on the top too.
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Rupert

#325
July 04, 2011, 09:45:43 PM
Oh, H, just put me on ignore already. ;)

I wa ;) s being a dick about his uncredited quote, which was pretty clear, not whether or not he was factually correct. I hate uncredited quotes, as explained above. Of course, his correctness is pret ;) ty irrelevant, as we were talking about light duty trucks the size of hd's, not commercial heavy ;) duty trucks.;) See my post:

Quote from: Rupert on July 02, 2011, 03:34:13 PM
"There are no government regulations on non-commercial vehicle roof-mount lighting."

I can put quotes around random statements, too. :huh:

At any rate, my original question could be rephrased as, "is there any reason for those lights on these trucks, other than to look cool?". The answer is, apparently, no.

;) ;) ;) ;) etc
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