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By Dennis Frisk (Dfrisk) on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 08:26 am:
...One night on a phone call She asked Her Dad if He'd buy another diesel. "In a Heart-Beat" was his answer which meant I could now shop for my PSD. I ordered it, waited thirteen weeks for delivery, picked it up Thursday nite June 27, 1996, and about a block away from the dealer was sitting at a traffic light and a breeze blew a BIG wifF of diesel exhaust into the cab. I got "The Look" of extreme displeasure, I quickly rolled her window up with my power window buttons and turned on the A/C. These were both NEW options for me in a pickup, I'd always gotten bare bones Custom's before.<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote>
Funny you should mention that, after a few years of deciding on a new truck I ordered one last year... and its got exactly what I want... no power windows no auto locks or auto anything (unless you count the in-dash brake controller). Its almost impossible anymore to get even a work truck without an auto and power everything. Guess no one wants em anymore, but you wouldnt know that from all my friends! Theres hardly an auto in the group!
The 5.9 and 7.3's were great motors but in getting a new truck last year the diesel options are less appealing to me; although the power #'s now are somewhat crazy I didnt like the price tag or the expensive maintenance and possibility of lots more expensive mechanical problems, so I stuck with a gasser thats had a great rep with everyone I know thats had one (V10). And anymore with the higher cost of diesel that takes a big chunk out of the fuel mileage savings - or the whole thing on years that diesel is pushing 20-30% higher cost.
I dont have a pic of my truck handy but it is in a couple of my cub pics! Here is one from this year getting firewood...
And that just made me think of a panoramic photo I took the same day back in the woods getting firewood. I just got the software on my computer last week and stitched them together. Has there ever been a panoramic photo featuring a cub? This is three photos stiched together:
Sorry about the edges of the photo that happens with panos and I felt it looked ok still and cropping it flat would cut out too much of the pic.
For a larger pic click here...