I'll never forget a time when a boyfriend of mine
bought his first double-cab dually, a Chevy 1-ton flatbed truck, it
was bright red, a huge, beautiful truck, with all the lights bells and
whistles, set up to tow stock trailers and to do welding jobs.
Jim drove it around very proudly (of course!), and after he had it for a
couple of days, he asked me if I wanted to drive it. I said sure!! I
got behind the wheel and took off, hit 90 mph before I even looked down at the
speedometer -- man, that truck had power. I was totally comfortable
driving it, and he was sorta sheepish. He actually thought I'd be
intimidated by such a "big" truck. Nope. Woo hoo, I live for speed,
and love driving!
Maybe it helped that I learned to drive in 5-lane
freeway traffic, going 90 mph, near Houston when I was 16 yrs old?
(and putting on make-up while going down the road at 75 mph?) Ok - I know,
it's another stereotype -- Texas women driving trucks, putting on mascara
while going down the highway, but it's true... bet you've seen that,
Dawn!
<But having "put up with" silly stupid car (and truck) salesmen over
the years, where I usually know more about whatever car or truck I
was interested in buying than the salesman, an ad like this just kind of
annoys me.>
I agree with you, Carla. When my husband and I
went truck shopping almost 4 years ago, we had a particularly annoying
salesman at the Ford dealership. When we found the truck we wanted to
buy (F350 extended cab diesel dually 4x4) and wanted to take it for a
test drive, the salesman tried to hand the keys to my husband, who said, "Give
'em to her...it's gonna be her truck." The guy looked nervous
and asked, "Have you ever driven one of these before?" I said,
"Have I driven what? A truck, a 4x4, or a dually?" He was a
condescending idiot throughout the whole process. But I
took perverse pleasure in watching him try to park it when we came
back...he had a heck of a time maneuvering it into it's slot. After he
finished (my husband and I had gone back to our vehicle to discuss the
truck and price in private), I said to him very sweetly, "You should
have told me you hadn't driven one of those before...I would have parked it
for you." <VBEG>
Dawn in East Texas
-----Original
Message----- From: Sky Ranch <skyranch@xxxxxxxx> To: Bruce Weary
DC <bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Ridecamp
<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 09:01:27
-0700 Subject: Re: [RC] Chevy Ad
I can only speak for myself, Bruce, but I pretty much agree with you.
But having "put up with" silly stupid car (and truck) salesmen over the
years, where I usually know more about whatever car or truck I was
interested in buying than the salesman, an ad like this just kind of annoys
me.
I agree, the ad is just a fly speck, but fly specks are ugly... aren't they!
and they mean that flies are around.
Carla Richardson
Colorado
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Weary DC" <bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 7:53 AM
Subject: [RC] Chevy Ad
> As I get older, I realize that I have to know my limitations if I am
> to live happily and not spread myself too thin. I made a New Year's
> resolution to reserve less time for "taking offense" and more time for
> appreciation. When I am connecting with my beautiful 16 year old
> daughter, or sharing a special dinner with my wife, or I am king of all
> I survey when my horse carries me to new scenery and safely back home
> again, I just can't muster the energy to worry seriously about some
> corporate ad exec's poor judgement they exercised in trying to sell more
> trucks. I heard a phrase one time that always gives me hope when I
> recall it: "It's true that the world is full of pain, suffering and
> injustice. But it's also full of the overcoming of them." When we look
> through the "window of the world," the Chevy ad is just a fly speck, in
> my book. Here's hoping you can all happily exhibit as much honesty and
> fruitful hard work in the coming year...............as your horse.
> Bruce Weary
>
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