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#234179 - 20/09/2004 20:21 Silly US "car" link of the day
andy
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Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
There must be a point where someone says "that is too big", surely ?




Your eyes don’t deceive you. It’s a pickup truck.

...is the ultimate toy for extreme work and play?

There is nothing on the road as bold, strong and tough as this truck...

Born out of a 20-ton hauler...

...it features a spacious interior with crew cab design that seats five...

...for people who want to make a statement while driving in luxury...

...it is as much a statement of success as it is performance...

...you get all the attributes of a commercial truck – but you don’t need a commercial driver’s license to drive it...


Just crazy.

http://www.internationaldelivers.com/site_layout/news/newsdetail.asp?id=595


Edited by andy (20/09/2004 20:22)

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#234180 - 20/09/2004 20:27 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: andy]
drakino
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Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
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GVWR: 25,999 lbs. (Non-Commercial Drivers License applicable)

That makes it illegal to drive on a lot of Colorado roads.

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#234181 - 20/09/2004 20:29 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: andy]
msaeger
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Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
It looks like the front end of an H2
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#234182 - 20/09/2004 20:31 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: andy]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
Ah, yes, the new 2004 Compensator...
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#234183 - 20/09/2004 23:52 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: andy]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
I hope it comes with a CB Radio so I can say "rabbit ears" and "hammer down" to the Rabid Child as I commute to work for that big executive meeting. I can't wait till the teamsters union finds a way to rip this to shreads.
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#234184 - 21/09/2004 02:53 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: andy]
ninti
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Registered: 28/12/2001
Posts: 868
Loc: Los Angeles
Can you name the truck with four-wheel drive,
smells like a steak, and seats thirty-five?
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down.
It's the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown.
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Twelve yards long, two lanes wide,
sixty-five tons of American pride!
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Top of the line in utility sports,
unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!
Canyonero! Canyonero!
She blinds everybody with her super high-beams.
She's a squirrel-squashin', deer-smackin' drivin' machine.
Whoa, Canyonero! Whoa!
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#234185 - 21/09/2004 03:02 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: ninti]
Daria
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Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
i have an mp3 of that on my player

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#234186 - 21/09/2004 03:05 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: Daria]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
As do I.

They drove a dump truck full of money up to my house! I'm not made of stone!!
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#234187 - 21/09/2004 04:37 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: andy]
canuckInOR
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Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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There must be a point where someone says "that is too big", surely ?
Yes, there is. Many people say "that is too big" about most SUVs out there. The right question is "There must be a point where everyone says 'that is too big', surely?" and the answer to that is....

No.


Unfortunately.

I can't wait for the stretch limo version. You know there will be one eventually.

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#234188 - 27/09/2004 18:08 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: canuckInOR]
TigerJimmy
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Registered: 15/02/2002
Posts: 1049
I don't think that's true. To state what is probably obvious, the SUV thing is a status-symbol fad. I think its already passing, actually. I also think that the International monstrosity is too late for the market and will be a huge flop.

My SO has a theory about the new status symbol for the 'burbs in America. I think she's on to something: rare (and pretentious) pure-breed dogs.

Yep.

Jim

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#234189 - 27/09/2004 18:10 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: andy]
schofiel
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Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
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#234190 - 27/09/2004 18:38 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: TigerJimmy]
SuperQ
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Registered: 13/06/2000
Posts: 429
Loc: Berlin, DE
yep, I know two people with pure bread golden retrievers.. although, one of them is getting into breeding.. so I guess they don't count. (she's in the vet business already)
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#234191 - 27/09/2004 19:01 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: andy]
trs24
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Registered: 20/03/2002
Posts: 729
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
"Remote Control For Tilting Pickup Bed"

To be honest, this kind of makes me want the thing. I got to see about getting a kit like that for my Fronty.
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#234192 - 27/09/2004 19:08 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: trs24]
trs24
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Registered: 20/03/2002
Posts: 729
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
Anyone care to place a wager on which US celebrity purchases one first? My bet is on one or both of the Teutuls
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#234193 - 27/09/2004 19:19 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: trs24]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
You have a loose definition of "celebrity".
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#234194 - 27/09/2004 20:59 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: wfaulk]
trs24
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Registered: 20/03/2002
Posts: 729
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
Really? I dunno... If I had a wildly popular tv show on the Discovery Channel about me, I'd probably consider myself a celebrity. Granted, a lot of people think they've already jumped the shark.
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#234195 - 27/09/2004 21:32 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: trs24]
msaeger
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Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
I would like that show if it wern't for the "reality" show element. I think the construction parts are interesting but the bickering is way too annoying.

A bike is born (on one of those discovery channels I think) is much more entertaining.
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#234196 - 27/09/2004 21:39 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: trs24]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
If I'm reading these TV ratings correctly, assuming this report of 2.2 million viewers is accurate, that would put them about 271st out of 290 shows. Yeah, yeah -- I know it's not network TV, but still. I certainly wouldn't list any of the people in the shows in, say, the bottom third of that list "celebrities", much less the bottom tenth, and they're actually on networks people watch (well, and UPN, too).
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#234197 - 27/09/2004 22:42 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: msaeger]
trs24
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Registered: 20/03/2002
Posts: 729
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
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I would like that show if it wern't for the "reality" show element. I think the construction parts are interesting but the bickering is way too annoying.


I tend to agree. The bikes they make are for the most part very cool, but I'm not a fan of the fighting. And now that they hired a supervisor simply because he fights with Paul Jr. just like Paul Sr. does, it has taken even more away from the show.
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#234198 - 30/09/2004 14:26 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: tfabris]
JrFaust
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Registered: 07/02/2002
Posts: 193
Loc: New Richmond, WI
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Ah, yes, the new 2004 Compensator...


That’s a lot of compensation.
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#234199 - 30/09/2004 14:54 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: trs24]
loren
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Registered: 23/08/2000
Posts: 3826
Loc: SLC, UT, USA
This sort of brings up another example of... well i'm not quite sure what it's an example of but it annoys the [censored] out of me. Thanks to that show and the Jesse James show, I now see West Coast Choppers and Orange County Choppers stickers on every jacked up pickup truck i see... almost always together. They are the new Harley sticker, only worse, at least a probable majority of Harley sticker sporters own Harleys. What are you saying by putting that sticker on your car/truck? You'll never own one of their bikes, so that can't be it. It's like having a huge Nike swoosh on your back window, or a big Oakley O. If Confederate Motorcycles had a show i guess i'd be seeing those stickers everywhere. I don't get it. </rant>
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#234200 - 30/09/2004 15:15 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: loren]
peter
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Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
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Confederate Motorcycles

Advertising motorbikes with a TE Lawrence quotation? Have they not even seen the film?

Peter

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#234201 - 30/09/2004 17:53 Re: Silly US "car" link of the day [Re: loren]
Redrum
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Registered: 17/01/2003
Posts: 998
I really hate “mass stickeritis” as well. The one that really gets me is all these ribbon stickers. Where I live there everywhere. I guess it’s to support our troops or no doubt some good cause but why does every other car have to have one. I feel like we are all just a bunch of lemmings in shinny metal boxes. I just whish the first car would drive off a cliff and take the rest of the “me too’s” with them

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