A new truck

[ddyke]

I got a new truck - 2016 Nissan Frontier -- no options. I will post a picture later. The last one (2003 Ranger) suffered traumatic engine problems that according to Ford was a freak occurrence. The Ranger paid for the Nissan by hauling scrap. This is probably my last truck. I will be 80 when it is used up.

My favorite truck story. A guy was pointing at my Ranger and said, "Is that a truck"
Dan, "Yes."
Guy, "Is it yours?"
Dan, "Yes."
Guy, "May I borrow it?"
Dan, "It is a stick."
Guy, "I don't know how to drive a stick but I can try."
Dan, "What do you need picked up? I will do the driving."

[ddyke]

I will have one in a few years!

[dreinecke]

Dan - glad to hear you got a new truck! Time to get some MDF!

I use my dad's when I need to haul anything I can't fit in the Jeep - and you'd be shocked at what I've stuck in that thing!

My Jeep is a stick. That keeps the "can I drive it?" nonsense to minimum.

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Whew! A brand new truck! I haven't looked at anything new in so many years, I'm not sure what it was. Congrats on the scrap biz.

My big blue whale (1995 Buick Roadmaster), has had a catastrophic transmission failure, and I won't get it back for a few days. I miss it. I can't complain... at 20 years old and over 200,000 miles, it did just fine. I actually found a guy who rebuilds them by hand. The guy who works for me had his Chevy truck transmission done by this shop and it is still better than new a year later. I'm looking forward to another 20 years with my old friend.

[ddyke]

With the last one we helped 26 people move, but I drove on all but one. Now most we moved were young people who had very little, but two were single moms. The day I got it someone asked if I could haul their old metal roof from their porch away.

[ddyke]

[jcis4me]

I always have liked the older Trucks, no computers or gps devices just points condensors and plugs oil changes and drive the crap out of them!!!
My 68 with almost 200k miles and still running strong! Hit a patch of ice with it and spun out side swiped 3 trees, and only scratched the fender and bent the bumper oh so slightly! If that would have happened with the wifes Passatt :scared-eek: :scared-eek:


Marty