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Old 02-04-2010, 10:31 AM   #21
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. And, my daughter thinks it's going to be her first car
Tell her not to practice parking near me

Nice looking truck... too bad about it not coming with a Cummins
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Old 02-04-2010, 10:35 AM   #22
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Tell her not to practice parking near me

Nice looking truck... too bad about it not coming with a Cummins
I posted the pic on facebook, she tagged herself in the cab - I moved the tag to the back tire.

It's a long ass bed, best backed into a parking space. She's working on mastering that. We're parallel parking this weekend... well, practice. If she can park this thing, she can park anything.
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Old 02-04-2010, 10:38 AM   #23
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I posted the pic on facebook, she tagged herself in the cab - I moved the tag to the back tire.

It's a long ass bed, best backed into a parking space. She's working on mastering that. We're parallel parking this weekend... well, practice. If she can park this thing, she can park anything.
I parallel parked a Lincoln Town Car on my driver test.
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Old 02-04-2010, 10:40 AM   #24
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If she can park this thing, she can park anything.
You would think that but my father, who has been a truck driver all his life, could probably parallel park a big truck better than he could a little car.
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Old 02-04-2010, 10:43 AM   #25
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You would think that but my father, who has been a truck driver all his life, could probably parallel park a big truck better than he could a little car.
You do have a point - when I park the Mini I have been known to not get all the way to the curb I forget how short it really is.

But, the truck? I can get that bad boy into a spot with only inches to spare.
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I'm the same way. Learned to parallel on a huge ass dodge ram. Takes a bit of getting used to in a smaller car.
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too bad about it not coming with a Cummins
My perfect work truck would have the Cummins engine, Allison trans, Ford chassis/suspension, and a Chevy body parked atop it all.
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My perfect work truck would have the Cummins engine, Allison trans, Ford chassis/suspension, and a Chevy body parked atop it all.
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Old 02-04-2010, 11:17 AM   #29
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I posted the pic on facebook, she tagged herself in the cab - I moved the tag to the back tire.

It's a long ass bed, best backed into a parking space. She's working on mastering that. We're parallel parking this weekend... well, practice. If she can park this thing, she can park anything.
I was pretty good at dancing a large truck around when I had that 3/4 ton Dodge brick.
I would throw it in reverse and whip back into a parking spot with enough ease to raise a good many eyebrows.
It's definitely a skill you have to work on.
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Old 02-04-2010, 12:29 PM   #30
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Nice F250!

I've had 4 dodges. Keep trading in for newer ones. I've had zero problems so far. They've all been 2003 or newer and they have the new 5 speed auto trannys. Chrysler fixed that problem finally.

If I were buying a new truck today, it would probably be a Ford F250. I like the looks. It also doesn't hurt to support the one american truck manufacturer that didn't take a bailout either!
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