by "My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
Published 12/30/2017 at 13:39
by "My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
Published 12/30/2017 at 13:39
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So I helped my friend move into his first apartment yesterday, and he rented the smallest uhaul truck since he doesn’t have alot of stuff yet.
Overall, I liked it. v8 had some balls to it, and the brakes were good. Truck had 44k miles on it.
Tons of wierd niggles though. The pedal was super touchy and spongy at the same time. Transmission had a tendency to shift abruptly into a new gear which is very disconcerting when driving an unknown, giant (for me) truck. There is this weird fuel economy gauge which is super distracting. Blind spots are massive and the non adjustable mirrors were all but useless. steering was both firm and vauge, which really sucked for maneuvering this thing. We were also driving 75 on a 70 section of highway and the truck felt like it was going to blow into another lane, I put the kibosh on that right away.
Other than that... was a pretty decent ride. Got about 10mpg on a high speed section of freeway.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
12/30/2017 at 13:58, STARS: 0
Do these still have a totally horrendous plastic interior and an oddly-offset steering wheel?
"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
12/30/2017 at 14:04, STARS: 0
No, I think it’s the same interior as an early 2000s GMC truck. has the same radio as my dad’s old cobalt. The pedals were slightly offset to the left which led to some accidental revving in park.
"hike" (hike15)
12/30/2017 at 17:23, STARS: 1
This is just your friendly reminder you can still buy a new vehicle with sealed beam head lights. That never ceases to amaze me.
"Shift24" (the-nope)
12/30/2017 at 17:46, STARS: 0
We had a bit bigger Uhual with a Triton V10 when I moved my friend from Tennessee to Ohio. Let’s just say I was hoping for something with an LS V8. It had the torque but would fall on it’s face getting up to 60. It would shift at weird times as well. Seats were comfortable though.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
12/30/2017 at 18:30, STARS: 0
Uhaul maintenance is notoriously awful.
"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
12/31/2017 at 11:54, STARS: 1
it had low miles, so it was in decent shape, good tire tread ect. only thing was that it was out of window washer fluid.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
12/31/2017 at 23:29, STARS: 1
You got lucky!