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02-25-2008, 08:31 AM
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Sooner or later, stripped out basic trucks are gonna arrive from China, farmers and tradesmen are gonna buy them like hot cakes, GM and Ford are gonna run screaming to Uncle Sam to "do something" ...
Yeah, lot of that crap out there is short on utility any more. I'd like at some point a basic 4x4, with real rather than nominal offroad capability. I'd sooner take my '88 Voyager offroad than some of the pretend SUVs out there now.... I'm probably going to have to put one together from pre 1995ish vehicles... you know, I think the Russians REALLY got it right with this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada_Niva
Shame they're so rare here and they are no longer imported.
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02-25-2008, 09:01 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RoadWarrior
Sooner or later, stripped out basic trucks are gonna arrive from China, farmers and tradesmen are gonna buy them like hot cakes, GM and Ford are gonna run screaming to Uncle Sam to "do something" ...
Yeah, lot of that crap out there is short on utility any more. I'd like at some point a basic 4x4, with real rather than nominal offroad capability. I'd sooner take my '88 Voyager offroad than some of the pretend SUVs out there now.... I'm probably going to have to put one together from pre 1995ish vehicles... you know, I think the Russians REALLY got it right with this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada_Niva
Shame they're so rare here and they are no longer imported. |
You're right. Trucks used to be trucks. Now they're pimped. And don't get me going on the ridiculous 20" chrome wheels. They last 60 seconds during real off road driving. You can't buy a truck with 235-85R16 10 ply tires anymore.
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