Everybody needs to chill a little. Debates are freaking awesome until somebody spoils it by getting too mad and running off like a ninny-baby.
On some points I agree with Cash.
Cash68 wrote:
Get a minivan. They are designed to carry PEOPLE and gear safely and efficiently. But of course, you laugh at this. Why is your manhood threatened by vehicle choice?
Hey, I'd be glad to get a minivan, if I needed one. Just like the trucks, if you don't need one, it's really a waste of money. Maybe when I have four kids I'll consider buying one.
Cash68 wrote:
They go from being stupid and not understanding something to straight up violence, without ever attempting to realize that maybe they're wrong. I was talking to this one guy one time about why he shouldn't just 'drive' in the passing lane, and how that lane is for passing, and that when you aren't passing, you should move to the right, so other people can pass you, and he would simply not agree with me. When I asked him what he did when he was 'driving' in the passing lane and came up to a car going 10 under the speed limit, he said he'd get pissed off and flash his brights and stuff. Then I explained that by staying in the passing lane, he IS that person, and then he just started getting pissed off, starting calling me gay, when I asked him why he couldn't just admit that maybe he was wrong, he wanted to fight. Whatever.
Another point! Everybody doesn't get this... that the left lane is for passing! Almost every time I need to pass somebody on I-12 I have to wait for nearly a mile for the line of people, (from Mandeville
), only about three foot apart to get on by at 85. In the meantime, I'm stuck doin' 60 behind the Mexican crap-mo-bile that's about to drop a mattress on my head.
Now, here comes the part where I gotta disagree again.
Cash68 wrote:
You'd be better off, where I live. The MPD is corrupt as hell. Check out some of milwaukee's finest right here:
http://milwaukee.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/203873.shtml
And sorry, I've never been 'in trouble' and needed to call the police. I can take care of myself. Every cop I know was a loser in high school, and only chose their job because they have a 'god complex' where they like to assert power over others.
That's because you've never met a cop on their off-time. Cops are PAID to assert power over others. When they go to work, their "Work-voice" just takes over. Most of the time, people who choose to be a cop to have power over others would be weeded out in the Academy, (at least for the State Police).
Cash68 wrote:
>shrug< Have you WORKED in a factory before? Just wondering.
No, but I've worked in a supermarket before!
Cash68 wrote:
So you're a poser. You don't tow, or haul, yet you want the macho image. Why?! Would you feel less manly driving a car? I suppose you think soccer moms trading in minivans for Hummer H2s is also a good idea. And.... not to be a jerk, but neither of those scores is very impressive.
No no no.... Me and my dad got the truck because it was nearly 600 dollars cheaper than most of the cars there were available. It was a good deal, too. Somebody just got out of college and didn't want the truck anymore. They sold it for under three-grand.
Also, I have put the truck to use. I don't tow boats or trailers or anything like that, but there have been multiple occasions where I need it to drive my four-wheeler to the Bogue Chitto. Also, it proved invaluable when cleaning out my closet. I don't know how I would get 7 mailing tubes, twenty UPS boxes, over 20 feet of scrap pipe, and multiple other assorted crap to the dump in a car.
Also, what did you make on the ACT? Both those scores are pretty good for the first time we took the test.
Cash68 wrote:
Yes, but WHAT is there to like? Compared to the average car, they are slower, have poor brakes, poor handling, poor response, poor gas mileage, poor safety, poor sound deadening, and a poor ride. So that leaves.... what exactly?
I still have not experienced any of the problems you mention above. Of course, I have a smaller Ford Ranger, so that might be a blessing. I can easily get up to over 100 on the interstate, (if I actually tried... I've only sped up to 90 one night when nobody was around), and as long as the tires have good treads on the back and the air pressure is right, I have great handling. Most people don't know to put their best tires on the back of their truck. If you have bald tires back there... forget it. You make a curve over 25 and you're sliding. As for gas, it only costs a little more than my mom's Corolla to fill up, and I only have to fill up 3 days more frequently than her. I'm not getting broke by gas mileage at all. Safety? Don't know. I'm a pretty safe driver so I only have the one ditch incident to attribute to, and I was fine after that. Not even sore the next day. Sound deadening? I don't know, as I drive with my window down all the time, even when it's drizzling. When the window is down, though, all I get is your standard road noise. Can't hear the tires any, and bumps aren't loud at all. I drive a little road called Stafford road at 55, (the highly out-dated and dangerous speed limit), all the time and it's nothing.
Again, it might be because I've got a small Ranger, but that's my experience anyways.