I didn't choose the truck life

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
10/28/2015 at 11:24 • Filed to: None

The truck life chose me. Yay Nebraska.

DISCUSSION (23)

CalzoneGolem > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2015 at 11:31

That blue and black truck looks like every truck my dad ever owned.

shop-teacher > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2015 at 11:47

I love those square body Chevys.

Too bad there’s some weird lifted hatchback thing blocking my view of the blue and black one :)

My citroen won't start > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2015 at 12:18

Is this a real-life parking lot? I’ve never seen more than 2 pick-ups together where I live.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > My citroen won't start
10/28/2015 at 12:34

This is very real... for a second I thought it might be my old high school parking lot, because that’s what it always looked like. All the farm kids parked their trucks along the back row.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > My citroen won't start
10/28/2015 at 12:38

you must live somewhere either not American or very urban/civilized. If I ever saw a parking lot without a pickup in it, I would find it odd. Normally I see them in spots labeled "compact only" and chuckle.

My citroen won't start > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
10/28/2015 at 12:41

I do indeed, whenever I see them I wonder if they are countryside people or someone with small penises.

My citroen won't start > Snuze: Needs another Swede
10/28/2015 at 12:42

My university parking lot is full of small compacts and Jettas

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > shop-teacher
10/28/2015 at 13:07

Interesting you should say that, as these trucks all belong to shop students.

As for the one that isn’t a truck, well, it belongs to someone who...wait for it...

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > My citroen won't start
10/28/2015 at 13:08

Yup. That’s Nebraska for you. And this is supposed to be one of the snooty urban schools.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Snuze: Needs another Swede
10/28/2015 at 13:08

Which school?

shop-teacher > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2015 at 13:55

I’m waiting ........

No surprise that they’re shop students. It was pretty much the same thing when I taught auto shop in a rural town years ago.

shop-teacher > My citroen won't start
10/28/2015 at 13:57

This is the United States of Pickup Trucks.

The parking lot of my school is weird, because mine is the only pickup truck in the lot. That is very weird around here.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2015 at 13:58

Urbana High in Ijamsville, Maryland (near Frederick, 45 mins northwest of Washington, DC).

It doesn’t look exactly like my old school’s parking lot, I don’t think there were any homes that close, I just meant how we had a whole group of kids who all parked their trucks like that across the back of the parking lot.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > My citroen won't start
10/28/2015 at 14:15

I could see the draw of having a truck. You can carry so much stuff, tow things, and all that torque. But I could never picture daily driving one, I don’t even like how large mid-sized sedans are on the road much less a truck. I feel like given the required choice between a full sized car and a truck though, I would probably rather just have a truck.

My citroen won't start > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
10/28/2015 at 14:18

I fully understand the use of a truck when you need to haul things around, but in a big city with small parking spaces I’m not sure why someone would need one. Also, buying it for just driving around does not make sense in my mind.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > shop-teacher
10/28/2015 at 15:01

...isn’t a shop student.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Snuze: Needs another Swede
10/28/2015 at 15:02

Oh ok.

Yeah it seems to be a universal truck thing.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > My citroen won't start
10/28/2015 at 15:15

I think the key point is the word "need". I definitely don't "need" an aftermarket exhaust or summer tires, but I surely want those things!

Snuze: Needs another Swede > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2015 at 15:21

Yeah, it’s truck life, bro.

shop-teacher > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2015 at 15:25

Oh ... that was anticlimactic.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > shop-teacher
10/28/2015 at 15:26

Yup

touring the brook - now with ZHP! > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
10/28/2015 at 18:19

I live in Alabama, and even I’ve never seen this many pickup trucks in one place.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > CalzoneGolem
10/28/2015 at 18:48

I’ve met the owner and see him around often (obviously). It’s my understanding that he finally took the confederate flag off his truck because people really started getting pissed about it. Even with that aside, he’s kind of a dick.