The Future or the past
 

I know which trucks I prefer...

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Sure, but are those 50yr old laminated windows as strong as the Musk truck windows?

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The trucks in the first picture were in my past, are in my present, and will be in my future as well. That Tesluck? Never seen a real one and it's already in my past :cool:

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There is one advantage to that ugly Tesla poor excuse of a truck.

No one will ever ask you to help them move.

It's got my vote there. ;)

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Tesla remind of this.

https://youtu.be/g1blXLI9bJo

They will never go mainstream till he embraces conventional at some point.

Like why the F do I need a giant I F'ing pad to turn on the heat?

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The 1st Company that comes up with a good looking designed electric truck will blow them out of the water . That thing is Butt ugly . They my have shot themselves in the foot with this

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The older I get ,the more I like older things....just not big on technology

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I choose the past because I'm too old to get excited or invest in the future. My buddy and I were just amusing ourselves a while back on how we both have newer diesel trucks for pulling our 5th wheels, yet we both automatically hop in our old flatbeds on a daily basis....drives our wives crazy!

Don't get me wrong all this new stuff is comfortable, drives nice, has all the bells and whistles and you can't beat diesel power for pulling, but him and I are both real comfortable bombing around on a daily basis in our old flatbeds.

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I like the old stuff better than today's too. Difference is new are more convenient, and it doesn't bother me so much to see them deteriorate.


If I had that flatbed I'd drive it too. I have a rusty C20 with no bells and whistles, and it doesn't bother me. Only the horn and signals are fully operational, literally. It runs and stops every time, suspension isn't too bad. I prefer driving that over my Tundra.

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Ironic and so true. One way or another old stuff was built very well. And they're more personal. My cool-cat uncle left me a small traveling chest for example. It's intended for hygiene and stash, has a built-in mirror, dude was a stage actor. I use it for camping & road trips. It's 120-130 years old and mint.

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I own more antiques than modern consumer products. Heck, I have antiques I bought new! :lol:

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I guess I just see the new Tesla as not really a truck. It's an EV with a bit of a bed on it but I don't think it will do half what a "real" truck will do. Folks with deep pockets that have to have the latest gadget are already on board but they are the same folks that buy all the other new gadgets to make their friends and neighbors envious.

I actually prefer the guy who is envious when he sees the nose of my 67 when I have my shop doors open.

I'm happy to see EV's making progress and as battery technology evolves they will continue to get better. However, I still live in the real world where everyone doesn't drive in the city, or just 20 miles per day, and some of us pull trailers and haul "stuff" that others simply wouldn't understand.

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Tim..I thought YOU were an antique.....

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No that's just a bit of patina. :P

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Patina ain't nothin' but paint all scrambled up with an extra 'a' added on!

I'm a mature adult... in years but not the way I act. But I really do hang onto things a long time. I ain't one a them gitridofits, more like a hangontuit

I have a new answer to "future or past". It's neither. My new answer is "forever" :cool:

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Yer a good sport, Tim! I may be older (67), but I haven't grown up all that much, either.

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leaving you lights on is a big deal

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Damn, you beat me to it. :lol::lol::lol:

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Not antique, historic! Sounds better anyway. A historic event could happen tomorrow. So those older than me must be ancient? Relics? Prehistoric? :lol:

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Who you talkin' about? :lol:

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Walking a thin line here.

I come from a big family. My oldest sister would have just turned 68 (Nov 24, 1951) and my brother will be 50 (Jan 29, 1970). He's young enough to have been my sister's son. Y'all fit right in there. So how can I call either of you old? I dated a gal his age. People would comment she's a little young for me and say "She's the same age as my brother, not my daughter" :frog:

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My brother, the youngest, was born August 1, 1970.

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Tim ,,are you ,,your own grandpa ? I heard a song about you if you are. :)

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No way! What a coincidence. Same spread same years, right? I figured you were my oldest sister's age. Wait, are you the oldest?
I'm too inbred to know the difference. I'll have to ask my son. "Hey Dad, you up? I have a question for you"

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I am 45, and went out with a girl who was 20. Personally I believe she was 1/2 blind, and hard of hearing. It could be then only reason she went out with me. I was a few months older then her dad.

Her friends told me I was robbing the cradle. I told them she was robbing the grave.

They gave me dirty looks. Then calmed down when they realized she was pursuing me, and gave her dirty looks.