In my area we call 2wd trucks "ditch queens". Unless you've got good snow tires
and a buncha weight in the back and really know what you're doing you'll end up
in the ditch...
-Curt
From: OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca>; Mercedes Discussion List
<mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Burnin' daylight
On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> On 24/01/2015 9:04 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote:
>
>>
>> If someone would build a basic tough truck, people would buy it. But
>> there is a lot more profit in selling $50,000 yupified wussmobiles.
>>
>>
>
*The dealer where we bought the F150 called those trucks "Pretty Boy"
trucks.*
>
> One can still buy a very base 2 wheel drive pickup new. That is what most
> of the trucks were back in the earlier time period.
>
> *Yes, you can still buy a base truck, but we had to special order ours -
there were none in the area.*
--
OK Don
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