Jesse Ransom said:Why did seemingly 93% of people buying F250s/F350s from 2005-2015ish spec Crew Cabs and short beds?
Because 70% of those buyers actually needed a car, but wanted a truck because reasons.
Jesse Ransom said:Why did seemingly 93% of people buying F250s/F350s from 2005-2015ish spec Crew Cabs and short beds?
Because 70% of those buyers actually needed a car, but wanted a truck because reasons.
Have either of you driven a crew cab long bed? Or parked one? If you don't have the space of a farm or ranch, it can be a challenge.
In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :
I came back from NC last week in my H3T. The I5 and 35" tires are not a match made in heaven. I usually cruise at 68-70 because of its tenancy to dip into third gear, but since I was in a bit of a hurry I kicked it up to 78-80. That poor thing spent every hill climb screaming its guts out at 4k rpms. I figured it would go or I'd tow it home and LS swap it.
I haven't driven it all week just to get that I5, nails on a chalkboard, scream out of my brain. Shudder.
The Touareg's diesel growl at 1300 rpms is much easier on the ears. It's also getting 24 mpg around town now that the clogs are out of the exhaust.
Appleseed said:Have either of you driven a crew cab long bed? Or parked one? If you don't have the space of a farm or ranch, it can be a challenge.
Amount of times I was glad I had an 8 foot bed: 2
Amount of times I was annoyed with an 8 foot bed and extended cab: 217
Amount of times that I wished I had an 8 foot bed since I've had/had access to 6 foot beds: 1
mtn said:Appleseed said:Have either of you driven a crew cab long bed? Or parked one? If you don't have the space of a farm or ranch, it can be a challenge.
Amount of times I was glad I had an 8 foot bed: 2
Amount of times I was annoyed with an 8 foot bed and extended cab: 217
Amount of times that I wished I had an 8 foot bed since I've had/had access to 6 foot beds: 1
My 1997 F350 Crew Cab, Dually, 8' bed was one of my favorites. I never regretted the long bed or the crew cab. My only regret about that truck is selling it.
In reply to mtn :
i'm somewhat regularly annoyed with my extended cab and 6.5' bed....i think with an 8' bed i'd be annoyed enough to sell the truck
Snap-On scan tools absolutely suck and I don't know why people buy them.
-The guy trying to communicate with a 2015 Subaru that he was just communicating with but had to cycle the key and now the scan tool forgot how to talk to anything
Toyman! said:In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :
That poor thing spent every hill climb screaming its guts out at 4k rpms. I figured it would go or I'd tow it home and LS swap it.
I haven't driven it all week just to get that I5, nails on a chalkboard, scream out of my brain. Shudder.
My Colorado had the 4 cylinder version of that motor. I put a header on it, tuned it and put 4.10 gears in the diff. That thing lived half it's life at 5000 RPM, and sounded great doing it.
I got stranded in a customer vehicle for the first time today. 2020 Tahoe with 75k miles written up for "Running rough, skipping, bucking." No Check Engine Light, no stored codes or history misfires, and it's running great. I'm thinking maybe it has a torque converter clutch shudder, so I hop in and go for a test drive. It makes a disastrous 2-3 upshift and I decide to cut my test drive short, so I turn around, get on the throttle and the tachometer goes to the berkeleying moon as the 6L80E installs 7 extra neutrals.
I went to the DMV today in Jackson TN.
They were (trying to) using a new system.
I don't think I need to say any more. 
I've been enjoying listening to Sirius/XM's cover channel today since finding about it yesterday... but I had a pretty solid facepalm a few minutes ago when I looked over at the monitor with the browse window it's streaming from to see the artist singing and saw this:
Mumford & Sons - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails Cover)
Uuuuummmm...... Look. I am -NOT- a country fan by any stretch... it's pretty much the last genre of music that either myself or The Dancer will choose to listen to and generally like Nine Inch Nails, but even I know very damn well that 'Hurt' is a originally Johnny Cash song and not a NIN song. (And I should note that by and large, Johnny Cash songs are an exception to our not being fond of Country).
In reply to Ashyukun (Robert) :
Uhhh, Hurt was a Nine Inch Nails song first (1994), and Johnny Cash performed a cover eight years later. Now, Trent Reznor did say that Cash performed it better and said the song belonged to Cash after that
NickD said:In reply to Ashyukun (Robert) :
Uhhh, Hurt was a Nine Inch Nails song first (1994)...
...and far and away the most popular and best-selling one at that. It's one of the songs that put Trent Reznor on the map.
Duke said:Jesse Ransom said:Why did seemingly 93% of people buying F250s/F350s from 2005-2015ish spec Crew Cabs and short beds?
Because 70% of those buyers actually needed a car, but wanted a truck because reasons.
If you add a tonneau cover, it's a Crown Victoria sedan. Topper, it's a wagon
Streetwiseguy said:Duke said:Jesse Ransom said:Why did seemingly 93% of people buying F250s/F350s from 2005-2015ish spec Crew Cabs and short beds?
Because 70% of those buyers actually needed a car, but wanted a truck because reasons.
If you add a tonneau cover, it's a Crown Victoria sedan. Topper, it's a wagon
The Chevy 2500 extended cab 8 foot bed I referenced earlier was replaced by... A Crown Victoria. It towed better than the truck as well, but we were under 5k, probably closer to 3.5k at the heaviest... I'm sure if we got into real towing it'd be a different story.
In reply to Toyman! :
I've scrolled back up to look at this truck too many times already.
Ashyukun (Robert) said:I've been enjoying listening to Sirius/XM's cover channel today since finding about it yesterday... but I had a pretty solid facepalm a few minutes ago when I looked over at the monitor with the browse window it's streaming from to see the artist singing and saw this:
Mumford & Sons - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails Cover)
Uuuuummmm...... Look. I am -NOT- a country fan by any stretch... it's pretty much the last genre of music that either myself or The Dancer will choose to listen to and generally like Nine Inch Nails, but even I know very damn well that 'Hurt' is a originally Johnny Cash song and not a NIN song. (And I should note that by and large, Johnny Cash songs are an exception to our not being fond of Country).
This is hilarious to me. I'm tickled, really.
NickD said:In reply to Ashyukun (Robert) :
Uhhh, Hurt was a Nine Inch Nails song first (1994), and Johnny Cash performed a cover eight years later. Now, Trent Reznor did say that Cash performed it better and said the song belonged to Cash after that
Wow.... well I (quite clearly) did not know that. And this would be why The Dancer regularly kicks my ass when we're watching shows like Beat Shazam or Name That Tune.
Ashyukun (Robert) said:NickD said:In reply to Ashyukun (Robert) :
Uhhh, Hurt was a Nine Inch Nails song first (1994), and Johnny Cash performed a cover eight years later. Now, Trent Reznor did say that Cash performed it better and said the song belonged to Cash after that
Wow.... well I (quite clearly) did not know that. And this would be why The Dancer regularly kicks my ass when we're watching shows like Beat Shazam or Name That Tune.
It's alright, we've all been there. Like I said, it is kind of confusing because even Reznor considers the Cash version to be the definitive version of the song, despite being the cover. Side note, if you properly use the Cash version of Hurt in a trailer, you automatically have my attention. Prototype 2, Logan, etc.
Duke said:NickD said:In reply to Ashyukun (Robert) :
Uhhh, Hurt was a Nine Inch Nails song first (1994), and Johnny Cash performed a cover eight years later.
...and far and away the most popular and best-selling one at that. It's the song that put Trent Reznor on the map.
This is probably better suited to the TIL thread but I recently learned that Reznor wrote and recorded that song (well, the album Downward Spiral) in the Tate-Manson murder house. He had a studio put in. I think he was the last person to live there before they tore it down and he took the front door from the house for his next Studio.
Honestly, about 90% of my marketplace/craigslist interactions are really not that bad. But what is with this dude!? In the month that I've been interacting with him to try to look at the motorhome he's trying to sell, I've asked him for an address about a half dozen times. He's fine with scheduling a time to see the thing, but he won't tell me where I should go!
In reply to wae :
Is this the one that is a bit sketchy? (As if any used RVs aren't)
Right there with you. On that SUV I'm interested in, the only response I have gotten so far is "drive good". Reached out twice so far to try to check it out, and radio silence.
In reply to eastsideTim :
Yeah, it's definitely sketchy. Way more than most used RV sellers!
Why the heck won't any of my 1/2" drill bits drill through angle iron on my drill press? I'm trying to make a mount to let me attach the DMC's frame to one of the engine stands I picked up to use as a makeshift rotisserie using a piece of angle iron, but I cannot get the big drill bits to go through it. Anything smaller than the 1/2"? Goes through the iron quickly and easily. Put the 1/2" bit on it? Will at most go halfway through (even if I've drilled progressively larger holes first so there's not much material that it actually has to go through. Yeah, it's an old drill press- but it works just fine with the smaller bits, and I really need to be able to drill larger holes...
In reply to Ashyukun (Robert) :
There's a lot more surface area being cut, so a lot more friction. I assume this is even with using cutting oil? 1/2" is were things tend to get sketchy on my little drill press with anything 1/8" and thicker.
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