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11/29/2016 at 23:18 • Filed to: None
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"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
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I give you a truck that, to my recollection, about which nobody said shit . This is the ‘97 S-10 I once owned with the ZQ8 package, step-side bed. 4.3 liter V6, 195hp/250tq, automatic, 23mpg. Had a 2nd intake gasket, 2nd alternator and 2nd wiring harness with a new first-time electrical smelling problem by 75,000 miles, and not a single asshole bullshitted about how it was a truck for pussies and because it couldn’t go offroad that it wasn’t a real truck.
I needed a truck, and this sucker did fantastic in all of my truck needs in my life over the 7 years I owned it. Not once did I ever have a desire to go off road or up a mountain pass trail. I put snow tires on this with steelies and took it to snowboard at Whiteface mountain every other day for two whole winters back in the day (Lake placid) when I worked out there, all winter, and no problem with that. I overloaded it with gravel for home projects, overloaded it with phonebooks to deliver when I was jobless, and fulfilled everything I required, except for the reliability and the underside rust (not pictured).
So Why do I mention all of this? Because some folks out there have a problem with a truck that doesn’t look like a truck should or drive like a truck should or off-road like a truck should.
In the last fifteen years, aparently an entire perspective of what a truck should be like has been injected with steroids and terrible fantasy action movie scenes. In the movie below, we see three trucks matched up against my Chevy S-10 ZQ8 sport package truck.
Learned understanding: Not everyone’s requirement for a truck has to be based on how many balls it has or if their balls are made of steel or how well it does up a mountain pass, but more of how well it does the jobs you need to do. Right away we can see the purpose each truck is built for and where it excels.
This is testing up a mountain trail with exposed rocks and dips that will pick up wheels, and bash oil pans, exhausts, driveshafts, where the Ridgeline S-10 ZQ8 package truck overheats the transmission on the way up. Of course it did. Know why? Because it’s not built for going up mountain trails at high altitude. It’s built for everything I’ve ever had to do with a truck in my life.
Why does anyone in town need a mountain crawling truck? I don’t. Which brings me to the next video below by our good Jalopnik ministers of information.
In this, they tow a mustang on a flat-bed around theAppalacians. It does just fine and accomplishes the job worry free. That’s my truck doing exactly what I need it to do. It looks like a truck to me. Looks like it’s doing truck work to me. Oh WOW! Is that someone NOT climbing mountain trails?
They must be communists.
bhtooefr
> Grindintosecond
11/29/2016 at 23:26 |
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Honestly, I’d love to see Ford bring back the Ranger as a variant of the Transit Connect. Really, that’s how Rangers got used anyway...
DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
> Grindintosecond
11/29/2016 at 23:31 |
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Tangent, but I’m waiting for someone to lower it and make it a Ute.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Grindintosecond
11/29/2016 at 23:35 |
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I love the Ridgeline. I lov the first gen I love the Second gen. I was really excited when in 2009 my Dad almost bought one new. He loved that it was a truck, but rode much more smooth, and loved the trunk under the bed. The only reason he didn’t buy one was his employer offered to give him a used 07 Tundra, as a bonus. A free truck was a better deal. But even years later he still says the Ridgeline would have been a better truck for him.
The only time the Ridgeline would have let him down was one winter where he needed a plow on the Tundra. But he would have been just as happy to let some one else plow the parking lot at his plant.
Nothing
> Grindintosecond
11/29/2016 at 23:52 |
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Ok. Get a base Tacoma, or Colorado. Those are cheaper than a Ridgeline, which starts at just about $30k. Probably a touch over with destination charges, etc.
I have no issues at all with the Ridgeline, and nearly purchased a 1st gen. But for “basic truck stuff”’ there are cheaper options.
loki03xlh
> Grindintosecond
11/29/2016 at 23:53 |
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Nice truck. My ‘97 S10 just past 290,000 miles. I’d buy another one tomorrow if they still made them.
Ssfancyfresh
> Grindintosecond
11/29/2016 at 23:55 |
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Thank you.
Shift24
> Grindintosecond
11/30/2016 at 00:54 |
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As a Honda fan and owner, the new Ridgeline represents Honda perfectly, it’s all the vehicle you need on a trusted and proven platform. They threw a bed on a Pilot with flares of the first gen and that was it. And it’s 90% of what the truck buyers will ever need, but as the market shows people want to have the capability to move mountains. That’s why there are Raptors, Powerwagons, ZR2s, Z71s, 900+ ft lb diesels, and $90k 1500s. The market is what people want, not need and thats why the Ridgeline is looked down on.
J_P_Cars10s
> Grindintosecond
11/30/2016 at 10:40 |
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I totally agree with what you’re saying.
However, my dad has a Tacoma with the locker and whatnot and my brother has an F150 on 33" tires with a winch.
Both trucks get used in a way that justify those features, obviously putting them in the minority. Some people, few and far between, need “real” trucks for more than just the image.
I can go 90% of the places they do in my Outback on General Grabbers, but not with any sort of confidence or error margin.
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> J_P_Cars10s
11/30/2016 at 11:36 |
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Exactly my point. A long while ago, a survey came out which I can’t find that listed the most requested features on the ford explorer. $-wheel drive, and skidplates. At that time, the report detailed 90% have never engaged their 4wd and I bet 99% of those skid-plates weren’t even close to necessary on the grocery getter.
It’s a good feeling to grow up in a sensible family.