Girl I'm Dating on Trucks:

"Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen) 09/17/2014 at 13:38 • Filed to: None

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her: Trucks are big. They are hard to park in small spaces. Trucks waste a lot of gas. If you buy a truck you are dumb.

me: What if I had a big heavy boat?

her: Amendment: unless you need to move a large ass object, such as a boat, then it's acceptable...mostly because the boat is cool.

so... I mostly agree with her, trucks should be bought if you are going to USE them. But trucks ARE cool, not just boats. Haha.

This was in response to her being bored, so I suggested she write some articles for my truck blog and well... You can see how that went. I can hope right? See... My thinking is she's an English major, so she knows how to write, but the passion isn't there, hahaha.

I know pictured above is not a truck, but it is a badass looking boat and my current favorite SUV. Which is based off of an F-150, so there's that.

505Turbeaux > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 13:40

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"They are hard to park in small spaces. Boats waste a lot of gas. If you buy a boat you are dumb." The next argument...

-the guy with the twin 283 wooden chris craft

yamahog > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 13:42

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"Half of Oppo on Bro Trucks"

FTFY :P

Alfalfa > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 13:43

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Fun and coolness factors aside, your average boat is a much larger money pit than your average truck.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 13:46

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Boat is just an old English word for "Hole in the water one throws money into"

The Jalopnik equivalent might just be "Racecar" :)

And no one complains about towing a flatbed trailer with a racecar on the back...

For Sweden > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 13:46

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"Trucks are frivolous toys, but boats are fine."

Wut

Textured Soy Protein > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 13:46

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I agree with her. Commuting around in a bigass truck is dumb unless you have some actual use for it.

For Sweden > yamahog 09/17/2014 at 13:47

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In this brand new Chevy with a lift kit
Would look a hell of a lot better with you up in it

Vimto > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 13:48

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The Navigator is absolutely a truck. Anything body on frame is a truck IMO. Except post 98 Panthers that had their towing capacity neutered.

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > For Sweden 09/17/2014 at 13:49

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exactly what I was thinking. and ironically, there are a lot of bro trucks down south. maybe perhaps on the border between florida and georgia.

yamahog > For Sweden 09/17/2014 at 13:50

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Wow, Florida Georgia Line made it all the way to Europe? Not bad!

OPPOsaurus WRX > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 13:51

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Thats as close as your going to get to a truck (without a bed) its still body on frame right?

Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 13:51

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butbutbutbut....mine gets 40 mpg and is teeny tiny

CalzoneGolem > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 13:53

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My wife said we should get a truck because they have bench seats. Then she winked at me. My next vehicle will be a truck with a bench seat.

Bytemite > For Sweden 09/17/2014 at 13:53

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You don't use a boat every day to go get groceries though do you?

There is a reason the F-150 is the most selling car in America. And it is NOT because all those buyers are using it to go off-road and haul things. It is because they buy it with the off-chance that one day a year they might need it to go to IKEA. It is stupid.

For Sweden > yamahog 09/17/2014 at 13:53

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Blame the Italians, spaghetti westerns and what not.

For Sweden > Bytemite 09/17/2014 at 13:54

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Maybe I'll move to Amsterdam and do just that!

Textured Soy Protein > Alfalfa 09/17/2014 at 13:56

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My parents have a couple of boats, neither of which takes much in the way of upkeep. They've got a 21' Grady White powerboat, the main operating expense of which is fuel. It gets about 8 mpg. They also have a 14' sailboat with a little putt putt ripcord-start motor for getting around harbors.

Instead of a truck to haul them around, they bought a house on the water to park them at. They own zero trucks. The sailboat is light enough that they can trailer it with my mom's Acura MDX, and the power boat, my dad just motors over to the marina where he puts it up for winter storage.

Milky > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 13:56

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"I know pictured above is not a truck, but it is a badass looking boat and the most outdated SUV on the market. Which is based off the soon to be old F-150, so there's that."

fify

PS9 > CalzoneGolem 09/17/2014 at 14:02

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Panther-mino would also work.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > For Sweden 09/17/2014 at 14:02

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But what about the Nelly version? "This drop top Chevy painted real slick, would look a hell of a lot better with you up in it" ;)

PS9 > Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT 09/17/2014 at 14:03

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Good mileage? Small? Clear indicators that real red white and blue blooded 'MURICANS had nothing to do with building this truck

For Sweden > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 09/17/2014 at 14:03

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I didn't know Nelly was a Vette guy.

ticopow > Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT 09/17/2014 at 14:04

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No offense... but that would be called a trucklette! :)

Turbo666 > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 14:04

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My girlfriend has a truck so this is not a problem.

desertdog5051 > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 14:05

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Ask if she knows how much fuel a boat uses.

mcseanerson > yamahog 09/17/2014 at 14:08

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I group Brotrucks with BMWs: I like some of them, I hate some of them, a large portion of their drivers are asshats.

mcseanerson > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 14:08

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If she's an english major she should write about something she doesn't like so she can flex her creative muscles.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > For Sweden 09/17/2014 at 14:12

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Well... This is a girl, she doesn't care if I drive a truck. She cares if I have a boat though.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Textured Soy Protein 09/17/2014 at 14:13

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If I were to get a boat I really wouldn't need a truck either, the nearest marina to me offers excellent in/out service.

Nibbles > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 14:14

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Girl I married on trucks:

her: I miss my 2500 HEMI.

me: I bought you a Dakota.

her: Okay but you owe me a real truck someday.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Alfalfa 09/17/2014 at 14:14

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Depends how you use your boat, if you put a lot of hours on it, especially if they are at higher rpm's, yes, they are moneypits. If you use it to relax in the middle of your local lake and some other random things, then it's not so bad.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 09/17/2014 at 14:15

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BOAT = Bring On Another Thousand.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > For Sweden 09/17/2014 at 14:16

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I'm not sure he's talking about Vettes. He does seem to have a lot of Montes in his videos though IIRC.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Milky 09/17/2014 at 14:23

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True. BUT Ford still, in my opinion, managed to make it look better than the new Escalade, also has more torque out of the 3.5 than the 6.2 has. Is it an old frame, sure. But I think they upgraded it where it counts.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > 505Turbeaux 09/17/2014 at 14:23

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Haha they use soooo much gas.... I want one.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Turbo666 09/17/2014 at 14:24

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Lol, this girl's first car was a Ranger.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > mcseanerson 09/17/2014 at 14:25

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Very good argument, I will use it. Also... I've offered to pay her, still no bite. We are talking about a broke college student here...

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > OPPOsaurus WRX 09/17/2014 at 14:25

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Yeah, it sure is. Based on the (outgoing) F-150.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > desertdog5051 09/17/2014 at 14:26

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I pointed out that boats make full-size trucks look like they have an engine the third the size of a moped.

Turbo666 > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 14:38

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hmm, so is this were some of the hate stems from?

My first car was a GMC Sierra, so I enjoy driving trucks. But I have a muscle car now with a decent amount of power. Does she think that is pointless also? Cause really all it does is go fast lol, which is great.

Milky > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 14:39

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Not in my book. IMO it reeks of 2003 like no other can.

thebigbossyboss > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 14:44

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I really tend to avoid these suvs like the plague. The drivers can't see anything while reversing. That or they choose not too look.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Milky 09/17/2014 at 15:05

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Haha it does, and to me, that's not a problem.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > thebigbossyboss 09/17/2014 at 15:06

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Thankfully these have backup cameras.

T5Killer > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 15:49

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I want a truck as a 3rd car. But a compact one.

IPFreely > Textured Soy Protein 09/17/2014 at 16:17

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Damn, talk about first world problems. (or lack thereof)

Axial > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 16:19

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The million dollar question to follow this up with is this:

What is her stance on SUVs, given her stance on trucks?

IPFreely > Alfalfa 09/17/2014 at 16:20

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My boat costs $2k to rack on the river and about $500 a year to winterize. Other than that it I spend about $600 a season in fuel for wakeboarding and goofing around. So no, it's not a money pit but it's only a couple of years old and has a warranty.

IPFreely > For Sweden 09/17/2014 at 16:21

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Have you ever been wakeboarding behind your truck and get flagged down by a group of girls in bikinis who want to play too? No?

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Axial 09/17/2014 at 16:22

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her: MMmmm. Those should be purple.

Axial > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 16:23

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But they aren't stupid like trucks? Interesting.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Axial 09/17/2014 at 16:25

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Lol, I totally made that up.

Axial > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 16:26

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Hey, man, for all I know, she's right next to you and you are reading this on a phone. :p

Textured Soy Protein > IPFreely 09/17/2014 at 16:31

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Yeah, they're kinda rich. Me...not so much. I have no trust fund from them or anything like that, just a reasonably well-paying middle class job. I guess there's always my inheritance.

Vicente Esteve > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 21:06

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FINALLY someone who agrees with my liking of the Navigator!

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Vicente Esteve 09/17/2014 at 21:13

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YES, in my opinion it's so much classier than an Escalade, the Escalade has become a cartoon of itself in my opinion. MOAR CROAM, BIGGAR BADGES, TALLER WEALS! YESSSSsssssss... (regular car reviews voice).

Vicente Esteve > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/17/2014 at 21:35

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Haha, I like the fact that its the underdog. Also, my mother has an Expedition EL and I love it!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/19/2014 at 11:04

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The Colorado I want in the future gets the same combined gas mileage as I'm currently averaging in my 07 Mercury Milan.

Blow her mind with THAT

Oh and I do plan on towing with it a few times of year (5000 pound camper)

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 09/19/2014 at 11:59

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Haha yeah, trucks are starting to encroach on the mileage some sedans are getting currently, so it certainly is becoming more realistic to have a truck as a daily driver.

For me it'd be fine since my commute is only 10 minutes. Who cares what mileage I get? I do a little bit actually, it still adds up to about 400 miles a week, which is just a little more than one tank on the SHO. So the cost isn't negligible.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/19/2014 at 12:43

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yeah I still do 32 miles round trip if I stick just to the house -> daycare -> work -> daycare -> house route.

I shaved off 30 miles a day by moving though. While I only moved 8.5 miles, the daycare is almost next door.

I want the Colorado or Canyon so bad man.

Gonna be a few years though!

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 09/19/2014 at 13:08

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What I REALLY want is the Ranger, but we aren't as lucky as the rest of the world in that respect.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/19/2014 at 13:10

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Well to be honest, me too, and I've actually DRIVEN IT

I think I've told you about the chats I've had with Ford higher-ups about why we don't get it though right?

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 09/19/2014 at 13:17

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I don't think you have...

I imagine it's because they don't want to take away from F-150 sales, it's almost the size of an F-150 anyway and they figure fuel economy improvements in the F-150 will make the Ranger irrelevant here. Or did they allude to something more than that?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/19/2014 at 13:25

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You're close.

They really don't think people will buy the Ranger.

Which I assure you may be as tall as an F150 in Hi-Rider configuration it's drastically skinnier and shorter in length. It can be purchased in lo-rider as well, especially in single cab fleet configurations. They don't advertise that one much though because they don't need to and it doesn't look as pretty.

The problem really is that when configured similarly, it's only about 1000-1500 cheaper than an F150. They believe if they sold it here alongside the F150 people would say, why shouldn't I buy the F150 instead? it's only a grand for more capability. If you think about it over a 5-6 year loan 1,000-1,500 is nothing. It's expensive because they don't built it in the US so chicken tax plus shipping it over here, plus getting it certified for safety/emissions/mpg over here.

That's the reasoning I've been told by multiple people at FoMoCo. It makes me sad because I would rather have the smaller truck.

BTW the one I drove was full 4 door cab, high rider XLT and stick shift.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 09/19/2014 at 13:34

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Oh man, it's a real bummer, but I think Ford, unfortunately is right :(

I would love a manual diesel or turbo-gas Ranger. It's something different than the millions of F150's out there. I think if mileage were similar to my SHO it would be very tempting for me to get one.

As it stands now I'll probably at some point buy a cheap, older F150, F250 or F350, 2WD, screw the mileage, since I'll get that out of my DD, I'd mostly just want to tow some toys limited distances.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/19/2014 at 13:35

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if you're going 2wd it gets cheap.

How much weight would you need to haul?

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 09/19/2014 at 13:52

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I've been tossing around the idea of getting a boat, so pretty substantial. *goes to check tow ratings for <'97 F-350*

Looks like 10,000 pounds, that should be adequate! Boats I'm looking at are probably 5,500 to 8,500 pounds.

and you are right, I have seen them for really great prices and in really good condition.

example: http://lansing.craigslist.org/cto/4658131542…

(it does have the 5.8 liter, so it tows 8,000 pounds), but it's still a decent example.

The 2wd's don't command nearly the prices 4wd OBS's do!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/19/2014 at 13:57

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4wd is GREAT at boat ramps though.

At least up here you won't have current issues, my dad's brand new silverado (a few years ago now) almost went down the river in South Carolina because of a swift current. Thankfully my mom (who had never driven the truck and didn't have her reading glasses, only distance sunglasses on) found the 4x4 button and gunned it up the ramp. saving the truck and launching the boat in one swift gas pedal stomp lol

what size boat are you looking at man?!

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 09/19/2014 at 14:05

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something around 24-28ft, not really set on a type of boat yet, except that it won't be a fishing boat, something along the lines of a powerquest though.

Most of the time I wouldn't be towing it to the ramp, I would get in-out storage (they use a massive diesel powered forklift to lift boats in and out of the water from rack storage) for it and tow it the few times I want to take it to Traverse City or home to work on it. I could conceivably get by without actually having a truck, but it'd be nice, but it'd have to be a cheap truck, haha. So something 2WD with a 460 fits that bill pretty well I think.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/19/2014 at 14:20

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Badass.

I was expecting you to say an 18 ft bow rider or something and I was going to say you're buying way too much truck lol.

If you're not using the ramp, hell yeah save the money and get 2wd. The Taurus SHO will be better in the snow actually lol

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 09/19/2014 at 14:42

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Haha yeah, that thing does great in the snow. Don't need a winter car, haha. Which sometimes is the reasoning for people getting trucks, not for me.

This boat thing I probably wouldn't do till I get the SHO paid off. But boat payments are never as bad as you'd think because you can get much longer terms on them, they are somewhere between a car and a house in that respect.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/19/2014 at 14:56

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Hahaha, yep I know all about them.

Funny thing is I very nearly bought either a boat or a pair of yamaha waverunners when we settled on a classic car instead.

The wife figured I'd get more usage out of it and if I was going to buy something I should get the most usage out of it to make it worth it.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 09/19/2014 at 15:00

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Oh and glad she managed to save that boat and truck! Good thing the 4wd kicked in quickly, haha.

Swift currents can sure be a bitch.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/19/2014 at 15:02

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yeah, they put in and pull out their 23 ft Stingray every time it's used. It's brackish water so its like half salt half fresh, but it'll eat the boat up real quick if left in, so they pull it and wash it every usage.

He got in an argument with a guy one day this summer who refused to believe the boat was 5 years old and was used in the river/ocean because of how clean it was.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 09/19/2014 at 15:03

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That makes sense. With the in-out service you can really use a boat a lot easier, not trailering involved which cuts a lot of time and potential headaches out. So it's actually possible to drive to the lake on a weekday evening.

And I deal with the same thing still though, I'd also really like a classic car.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/19/2014 at 15:04

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Yeah that in and out service is EXPENSIVE at least down in South Carolina where they live anyhow.

In and out of my garage in the Montego is free!

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 09/19/2014 at 15:12

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Haha nice! That's another thing about in/out, you don't have it sitting in the water for months on end. Although that's what I'd do if I had a cruiser. But for something like a Powerquest, nah.

I've jetski'd in salt water and it certainly takes a lot of cleaning to make sure the salt doesn't eat up the whole damn thing.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 09/19/2014 at 15:13

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Haha hell yeah it's free!

I think in/out up here is just over 2 grand which includes winter storage.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/19/2014 at 15:22

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well if they clean it and winterize it for you too it might be worth it. Still a lot of cash tho

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 09/19/2014 at 15:27

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Gym, pool, in/out service, courtesy dock, wash racks, indoor parking. It does come with a lot of perks and conveniences. But yes, it does cost you, haha.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/19/2014 at 15:39

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oh wow, that's a lot more than i was expecting